Lest We Forget: Michael Lerner

April 11, 2023

Not a ballplayer, manager, or coach. But the actor, who died at the age of 81 on Saturday, played a famous figure in Major League history. Or rather infamous.

Learner portrayed the gambler Arnold Rothstein in the 1988 feature film, Eight Men Out.

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Here’s his obituary from The New York Times by Lauren McCarthy.

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