SubscribeKornheiser and Marquis, together again for the first time
Paraphrasing here, but Kornheieser, in addition to his gig on PTI has a radio program on the Washington ESPN station (980 on your Am dial), mostly sports (duh). So when it came to the news that Marquis had signed with the Nationals, he said, proudly. “He’s one of my people,” and that he was looking forward to having him over for latkes.
The season hasn’t even started, and already the folks in the Yahoo Jewish Sports Collector’s group are speculating whether Marquis will play on Yom Kippur, which falls out this year on Friday night-Saturday, Sept. 17-18. A quick look at the Nationals’ schedule has them playing the Phillies in Philadelphia. Of course, the rotation hasn’t been established yet, so there’s no way of knowing if Marquis will be set for either game.
Here’s an article from the Oct. 7, 2004 L.A. Times about what he did when that situation arose in 2001 when he was with the Atlanta Braves.
“Baseball, family and religion are on the same level to me,” Marquis said. “I’m not going to put one on the back burner. I don’t see why you can’t combine them.
“Some people may view that as wrong. That’s what I decided to do, and I’ll stand by it.”
Yom Kippur extends from sunset to sunset. Marquis, then playing for the Atlanta Braves, elected to pitch in the evening, during the first few hours of the holiday, then attend religious services the next day. He honored the tradition of fasting, as he does every year, so he pitched without so much as a sip of water or Gatorade.
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