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A gift idea for Hanukka.
DVD review: The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
DVD review: “The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg”
“He’s true to his religion…”
A High Holy Day tribute to Hank Greenberg.
Hank Greenberg: Patriot or pragmatist
Hank Greenberg was not only baseball’s first Jewish superstar, but the first player to enlist for the draft in World War II.
New site offers free on-line viewing of Jewish sports documentaries
Snagfilms is a new “beta” site that offers feature documentaries to view on your computer, including two excellent programs of particular interest to Jewish sports fans:
By the way, Aviva Kempner, the brains behind the Greenberg documentary, is about to release a new documentary about another Jewish icon, Gertrude Berg, better know as Molly Goldberg. For [...]
Author calls baseball stance on steroids hypocritical
The cover of Cooperstown Confidential: Heroes, Rogues, and The Inside Story of The Baseball Hall of Fame (Bloomsbury) features four circa 1920 players with their heads cropped off. How appropriate, since a lot of what Zev Chafets has to say turns conventional wisdom on its head.
Chafets, the founding managing editor of the Jerusalem Report and [...]
Fair is fair.
If Jewish Major Leaguers should be given a shout out for refusing to take the field on their holiest holiday, shouldn’t Catholic players be accorded the same courtesy?
What am I doing here?
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.
Small world
What are the odds that the two premier Jewish baseball players would be born just two days apart?
Sandy Koufax made his “debut” on Dec. 30, 1935; Hank Greenberg on Jan. 1, 1911. Both are in the Baseball Hall of Fame and both are known, in addition to their outstanding careers on the field, for their [...]
Hebrew homer trivia
Did you know:
Hank Greenberg’s 206 home runs were the seventh-most from 1930-39.
On Aug. 12, 1966, Art Shamsky hit two extra-inning round-trippers in the same game, a 14-11 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Shawn Green is one of only 15 batters to hit four home runs in one game. He accomplished this rarity on May 23, 2002 [...]
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