Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words: Oral Histories of 23 Players (Paperback)

from sallylou61

This is a very unevenly edited book, mainly taken from interviews of Jewish major league players. These interviews had occurred over many years, and were conducted by at least eleven interviewers. Peter Ephross used the interviews, many of which had conducted in question-and-answer form, to write...

from Eliz12

I live in Detroit, a place where, in the Jewish community, Hank Greenberg is still considered as close to God as any one human being could be. "Did you know he refused to play on Yom Kippur?" I've heard the story at least 100 times since I moved here 25 years ago. So I couldn't wait to read his a...

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Jewish Major Leaguers in Their Own Words, Oral Histories of 23 Players, Peter Ephross, with Martin Abramowitz, is an interesting book that both baseball fans and non-baseball fans can enjoy. The subtitle pretty well describes what the reader will get, though it is slightly misleading. Misleading ...

from bostonian71

As a Red Sox fan, I first reacted to this book with "What? No Youkilis?" (followed by a stifled sob as I remember Youk's no longer with Boston). All kidding aside, this is a well-edited though slender book that serves as an introduction to the upsides and downsides of being a Jewish major leaguer...