The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

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Alan Dershowitz, Bob Feller, Charlie Gehringer, Hank Greenberg, Ira Berkow

Portrait of the legendary Bronx-born Jewish baseball player who came close to breaking Babe Ruth's record--hitting 58 home runs in a single season--he was baseball's first Jewish star. Tall (6'4"), ha...( read more  read more... )ndsome, and uncommonly good-natured, Greenberg was a secular Jew from Bronx who became "the baseball Moses," an icon for everyone from Walter Matthau to Alan Dershowitz. The film examines how Greenberg's status as a major star gave hope to American Jews who faced religious bigotry during the Depression and World War II.

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  • August 22, 2009
    Outstanding story of legendary Jewish slugger Hank Greenberg who excelled at the sport of baseball in a time when many people held his religion against him. The film features many interviews with prominent fans like Walter Matthau & Alan Dershowitz, as well as family, teammates, ...( read more)and Hammerin' Hank himself in archive footage interviews. Being from Michigan, it is also a nice historical look back at Detroit and it's professional ballclub.

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