Melanie Greenberg

Why My Grandpa Was No Hitter on Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is rather inconveniently timed. Just ask any Jewish baseball player. It invariably falls during either the pennant race or the post-season, which poses a dilemma for players with teams that are championship contenders. In 1934, my grandfather, Hank Greenberg, was the first big leaguer to sit out a game on the Day of…