Posts tagged Detroit Tigers
🏟️ Faith And Baseball: Why These Fans Feel A Special Connection To MLB’s Playoff Teams 🔌

It's baseball playoff time, and six remaining teams look to make it to baseball's proverbial promised land. Here's why some of their fans have such a special — even spiritual — connection to the teams.

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Up Against Hank Greenberg, Baseball’s First Jewish Superstar, Antisemitism Struck Out

Hank Greenberg was also Jewish, and he is often called America’s first Jewish sports superstar. As Greenberg wrote in his autobiography, that was not an easy honor to bear. Greenberg played during a time of rising antisemitism, and the cruel taunts he suffered from players and fans lasted throughout his career. Here's a look back at the man known as the "The Hebrew Hammer."

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