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Hank Greenberg
At the risk of blowing my own horn, I wanted to say that my essays on Shawn Green, Hank Greenberg, and Sandy Koufax are included in the recently-released Encyclopedia of Jewish American Popular Culture, edited by Jack. R. Fischel with Susan M. Ortmann (Greenwood Press). I’m kvelling.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame is hosting a program this weekend to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Hank Greenberg‘s rookie season. Not his debut (which actually occurred with a single at bat in 1930), mind you, but close enough for jazz. For more information, visit the MLB.com story.
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Every time the High Holidays come around, you can be sure you’ll be reading stories about Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg, the two greatest Jewish baseball players of all time. Both refused to compromise their religious beliefs to play on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the year for Jews — Edgar Guest even penned […]
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