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I off at Fenway Park and we would
watch the Red Sox play.”
During his 18-year playing career
in the major leagues, which included
three seasons with the Tigers,
Ausmus had Jewish fans approach
him because, in a way, they identified
with him.
“At first, I didn’t really think about,”
Ausmus said. “At some point, I had
a young Jewish boy tell me I was his
favorite player because I was Jewish
and he was Jewish, so, I think, from
then on, I kind of embraced it. If this
gives kids a reason to smile or a rea-
son to watch baseball or a reason to
enjoy the sport, then great.”
Since he was hired as manager of
the Tigers, Ausmus has experienced
more of the same. And sometimes,
things get lost in translation.
“One thing that happens a lot is
people come up and speak Hebrew
or Yiddish to me, and I have no idea
what they’re saying,” he said. “A lot of
times it takes me a second to under-
stand what they’re even trying to say.
And that happens frequently.”
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In 1934, with the Tigers in the middle
of a pennant race, Hank Greenberg
made the difficult decision not to
play on Yom Kippur. It was a decision
Greenberg agonized over, even dis-
cussing it with his rabbi. Without the
future Hall of Famer, the Tigers lost
to the Yankees on Yom Kippur. The
Tigers went on to face the St. Louis
Cardinals in the World Series.
Both Kinsler and Ausmus have
tremendous respect for the way
Greenberg handled the situation.
“He was dealing with a lot more
than I’m dealing with now as far as
religious beliefs and what Jewish-
Americans were allowed to be a part
of, or how they were held in mind to
other people,” Kinsler said.
“I’m sure he toiled with it because
it’s not an easy decision,” Ausmus
said. “Every person has to make those
types of choices in their lives when it
comes to their faith and their job.”
Greenberg’s sacrifices went beyond
his religion. In 1940, Greenberg
became the first American League
player to register for the military
draft. He served for almost four years,
the longest of any major league play-
er. And he did it in the prime of his
baseball career.
“He was his own man,” Kinsler
said. “He did so many special things
outside of baseball as far as protect-
ing the country and doing things that
players now may not understand
or don’t have to think about going
through.”
While Kinsler and Ausmus never
got to see Greenberg play, they both
help to carry on his legacy every time
they put on a Tigers uniform. Seventy
years after Hang Greenberg’s final
game with the Tigers, a connection
to Judaism is still woven through the
fabric of the franchise.
“I think it’s a source of pride,”
Ausmus said. “Hank was one of the
greatest players to ever walk the
planet, a Hall of Famer and a Detroit
Tiger.” •