August 07, 2007

Eckstein Rules

Apparently, I'm not the only sports fan out there obsessed with figuring out which athletes are and are not Jewish. From a Slate piece on the new Google Suggest tool:

Google, however, won't stop suggesting that I want to look up the player's "wife" or "girlfriend." Sure, you'd expect that for pin-ups like Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. But Ryan Klesko, Ryan Theriot, and Mark Derosa? Really? Another strange baseball-related trend: There seem to be a bunch of searchers who wishfully append the word "Jewish" onto the names of vaguely Jewish-sounding athletes. Sorry, fellow Semites—Lance Berkman and Josh Phelps are not members of the tribe.
I've known this for years. During every nationally televised Bears game of the past few years, I've gotten hundreds of Google searches to my blog with the string "Is Rex Grossman Jewish?"

Posted by Stephen Silver at August 7, 2007 04:44 PM
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http://rexgrossmanisnotjewish.com/

Posted by: Jeff S at August 7, 2007 10:38 PM

And Shaquille O'Neil is the most famous Irish-American. Ever see that bit on Conan? I love it.

Posted by: Meg D at August 8, 2007 03:43 PM
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