Jews Take the Field; Baseball Stumpers Test Fans: Books
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Jews and baseball have always gone together. Trying to explain this connection has become something of a national pastime.
The latest effort is “American Jews and America’s Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball” by Larry Ruttman (Nebraska, $34.95), a large (510 pages!) collection of interviews with leading Jewish players and personalities.