Daily Podcasts Video Research

Baseball’s Jewish All-Stars

JL;DR SUMMARY The article traces the history of Jewish players in Major League Baseball's All-Star Games since its inception in 1933. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish AthletesMlbSandy KoufaxHank GreenbergRyan BraunAlex BregmanMax FriedBaseball HistoryAll Star GameVoting Dynamics

Places mentioned

Chicago, Illinois, United States
"The first baseball All-Star Game took place in 1933 at Chicagos Comiskey Park."
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"But neither player will be in uniform at Truist Park in Atlanta today."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"But the game, set for July 10 at Bostons Fenway Park, was canceled due to World War II travel restrictions."
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
"The game ended with a 7-7 tie at Miller Park in Milwaukee."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"The Dodgers were permitted to travel to Washington, D.C., to play the Senators."
Detroit, Michigan, United States
"But even if Fried had wanted to start the contest, on Saturday he developed a serious blister on the left index fingerhis pitching hand."
Superior, Wisconsin, United States
"His parents traveled from Superior, Wisconsin, to watch him play."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 58091
Cairo Source ID 10
Retrieved 2025-07-30 05:31:47 UTC
Curated 2025-07-30 08:31:50 UTC