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its subject, another winner. It
provides the fundamental facts
about Greenberg’s life for a
solid history of the person, but
the audio clips are the major
reward for listening to this
23-minute podcast. Listeners
will hear contemporary sports
announcers call a Greenberg
home run during a game, and
comment on his character and
accomplishments in baseball.
Moreover, hear Greenberg
himself speak about his feel-
ings for and loyalty toward the
Detroit Tigers Baseball Club
and the city from a CBS radio
broadcast in 1947.
As a bonus, you will be
treated to Groucho Marx
and Bing Crosby singing
“Goodbye, Mr. Baseball,
Goodbye,” a song to celebrate
and anticipate all the home
runs Greenberg would hit for
the Pittsburgh Pirates after he
was traded from the Tigers in
1947, and hear John Sinclair
read the Edgar E. Guest poem
“Speaking of Greenberg.” In
addition, local sportscaster Eli
Zaret and Detroit writer Bill
Dow share their Greenberg
insights.
Why do a podcast on
Greenberg? Kiska tells his
story: “I initially thought
about doing the 1945 Tigers.
The more I looked at the 1945
Tigers, the more I realized
that the real story was Hank
Greenberg. It really hit me
how this guy came up in such
an era of antisemitism in the
1930s, from Charles Coughlin
to Hitler’s rise in Germany.
And the more I found out
about Greenberg, the more I
felt that he deserved recog-
nition. I also figured there
may be a number of younger
folks — who are the biggest
consumers of podcasts — who
would wonder who this guy is.”
Several other episodes
of Detroit History Podcasts
feature Jewish Detroit his-
tory. One is about Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, who built the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
There are others about Henry
Ford and antisemitism, Jonas
Salk and the polio vaccine, and
Harry Houdini.
The Detroit History Podcasts
are a real multimedia treat for
history lovers. I highly recom-
mend them.
Hank
Greenberg
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