While I understand Green’s dilemma I think he handled it poorly. What he ACTUALLY did was
skip the day portion of day/night double header on Yom Kippur ( it might have been the other way round) which was both half assed and a little suspect as he skipped the game in which a pitcher who owned him was starting. His team was in the heat of the race and he was not religious . He wanted to follow in the footsteps of Hank Greenberg who also was not religious but considered himself ( correctly) as major example to the public for Jews, Koufax did the same. However times are different and I don’t think of Shawn Green as the public face of Jews and IF he really believed that he should have taken BOTH games off.

I sort of lost track but there are a record number of Jewish players in the MLB right now at
least 10. While I can’t claim to be an expert from what I know our own Jason Marquis is the only one likely to attend services on the high holidays. Many are half Jewish and some are more “connected” than others. Mike Lieberthal who played until last year constantly requested ( politely ) that he NOT be included on a list of Jewish baseball players. His father was Jewish but he was raised Christian and did not wish to be considered Jewish. Cub killer David Newhan on the other hand was raised Jewish but is a practicing Born Again Christian who DOES want to be considered “Jewish” at least for his background.

Too much trivia for an off day.