extra innings

The joy of baseball is that it’s timeless. The trouble with baseball is that it’s timeless. Literally. There’s no clock ticking down to zero which announces to the world, “Game over.” Because of that, the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers are still trying to finish a game they started more than sixty years ago. In 1947, the Indians and Tigers were virile young men playing the game they loved. In 2011, they’re debating the merits of adult diapers. Extra Innings is the story of the game that wouldn’t end, as told by the men who played it, and the people whose lives were touched by the men who played it. Not in the creepy touching kind of way, though. Extra Innings isn’t just a baseball game anymore. It’s an American icon. It’s Mount Rushmore, Old Faithful and your grandfather sleeping on the couch with his hand tucked in his pants after Passover dinner all rolled into one.