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 [email protected].
Frederic J. Frommer
By Frederic J. Frommer
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For 6 seasons, the Jewish pitcher struggled. On June 30, 1962, his eminence revealed itself.
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In the 1950s, Jackie Robinson became penpals with a Jewish kid from Wisconsin, sang to him at his 10th birthday party and congratulated him on his bar mitzvah. On Friday, when baseball marks the 75th anniversary of Robinson breaking the color barrier, Ron Rabinovitz will remember his boyhood hero -– as a civil rights icon…
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