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Infinite Inning 336: The St. Louis Cardinals, a Trade, and a Kidnapping

Infinite Inning 336: The St. Louis Cardinals, a Trade, and a Kidnapping

Update: 2025-06-21
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Emotional trades happen, and the Cardinals—anticipating the exile of Rafael Devers from Boston—made one with a future Hall of Famer (who eventually wound up in Boston). Then a Cardinals pitcher is kidnapped—or was he?—and the host questions whether he once witnessed an example of the same on the mean streets of New Jersey.  

The Infinite Inning is a journey to the past to understand the present using baseball as our time machine. America's brighter mirror, baseball reflects, anticipates, and even mocks the stories we tell ourselves about our world today. Baseball Prospectus's Steven Goldman shares his obsessions: history from inside and outside of the game, politics, stats, and Casey Stengel quotations. Along the way, we'll try to solve the puzzle that is the Infinite Inning: How do you find the joy in life when you can’t get anybody out?
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Infinite Inning 336: The St. Louis Cardinals, a Trade, and a Kidnapping

Infinite Inning 336: The St. Louis Cardinals, a Trade, and a Kidnapping

Steven Goldman