People of the book: Upcoming Jewish baseball titles

People of the book: Upcoming Jewish baseball titles

‘Tis the season: Sports books make fine gifts

‘Tis the season: Sports books make fine gifts

Guest column: Jews, Israel, and Baseball: A shidduch?

Guest column by Andrew Wolfenson: Jews, Israel, and Baseball: A “shidduch”>?

Now read this: Review of new Greenberg bio

The Jewish Review of Books (shouldn’t that be Review of Jewish Books?) ran this review of Mark Kurlansky’s recent biography, Hank Greenberg: The Hero Who Didn’t Want To Be One. The piece begins with a reference to Mark Helprin’s short story, “Perfection,” which “re-imagined Bernard Malamud’s “Natural” as an adolescent Holocaust survivor whose otherworldly ability [...]

Conspiracy theory? Was Hank Greenberg denied his place in the record book?

Was Hank Greenberg robbed?

Greenberg’s a card

Hank Greenberg: still a card

Hank Greenberg gets the treatment

Hank Greenberg gets the treatment

Baseball backup, May 16

A little something extra on the national pastime news. * Such a good boy: Kevin Youkilis gives Wally’s mom a rose on Mothers Day: * Some additional “insight” into Ike Davis‘ ankle injury. * Sara Ivry over at Tablet conducted an audio interview with Mark Kurlansky, author of the new biography, Hank Greenberg: The Hero [...]

Now hear (and read) this: Jewish baseball books for Opening Day

New baseball books highlight Hank Greenberg, Lip Pike

What’s on Second? A literary recap

“What’s on Second?” A literary recap.