Frederic J. Frommer, a politics and sports journalist and the author of several books, including “You Gotta Have Heart: Washington Baseball from Walter Johnson to the 2019 World Series Champion Nationals.” Follow him on Twitter @ffrommer or email ffrommer@gmail.com.
Jewish immigrant Barney Dreyfuss needed a way to showcase his Pittsburgh Pirates after they kept winning the pennant
The Yankees had the Bronxville Bomber, but he wasn’t enough to stave off Alex Bregman and the Astros
In this week’s division series, Bader became only the second player in Yankee history to hit 3 home runs in his first 4 postseason games
In contrast to the 2017 team, Team Israel 2023 will feature several current major leaguers
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Kurt Epstein refused to boycott the Olympics, and was later deported to Terezin and Auschwitz
The Brooklyn southpaw who famously skipped a World Series game on Yom Kippur may have been the greatest Jewish athlete ever
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