David Eckstein, released without compensation by the Angels after last season, was the National League’s starting shortstop in tonight’s All-Star Game- and Jeter didn’t play. I love it. Quite an inspirational story, especially taking into account that Eckstein’s father is in poor health.
Due most likely to Eck’s participation, I got a couple hundred Google hits tonight asking whether or not the player is Jewish. To those of you unfamiliar with the Eckstein Award, the answer is no. But to devotees of Jews-in-baseball, good news is afoot: not only is Gabe Kapler rumored to be leaving Japan in order to return to the Red Sox, but the Cubs recently called up the very Jewish Adam Greenberg to be their new starting center fielder. And I’m not alleging widespread MLB anti-Semitism or anything like that, but in Greenberg’s first major league at-bat, he was beaned in the head.
Greenberg is not related to Hall-of-Famer Hank Greenberg, although that was his grandfather’s name.
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