January 14, 2000 • Page Image 83
…says in the film. "I wanted to be Hank Greenberg and I couldn't be, so I kvelled. I loved being part of the group that identified with him." Attorney and author Alan Dershowitz notes, "Hank showed us, the children of immigrants, that we were as American as anybody else." in comparison to the battles he faced as a Jew in Major League baseball. Fans screamed epithets from the stands, such as "sheenie," "kike" and "Jew-bastard," but it didn't st...…

















































