The secret Jewish history of America's oldest pro baseball park

JL;DR SUMMARY Rickwood Field, America's oldest baseball park, holds a secret Jewish history that will be highlighted during a special event on June 20, 2024, when the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants will play there to honor Juneteenth and the field's significance during the Negro leagues era. 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'.

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