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Moe Berg was better known for his brains than his accomplishments in the game. He spoke seven languages fluently, and it was said that "he can speak in seven languages, but can't hit in any of them." 
Educated at Princeton and Columbia Law School, Berg chose baseball as his calling. He spent 15 years as a journeyman catcher and coach for Major League Baseball. Post-baseball career, as a first-class intellect, Berg served as a spy for the precursor to the CIA.

Moe Berg

What was the name of this pro catcher turned covert agent after his baseball career?

Chicago White Sox and Bulls owner, Jerry Reinsdorf was quoted on the Chicago White Sox Twitter account as saying, “Basketball is just a game. Baseball is a religion, baseball is American.”

Jerry Reinsdorf

Which Jewish owner of a MLB team is the only team owner in North America to have won championships in two different major league sports?

In 2002, Shawn Green's 4-homerun barrage puts Green on the list for arguably the greatest single-game performance in MLB history.
In a 16-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers (5/23/2002), Green recorded 19 total bases, which remains the all-time MLB record.

Shawn Green

Which Jewish ballplayer holds the MLB record for most total bases in a single game, with 19?

Sunday, August 27, 2017 marks Federation’s third annual Grand Slam Sunday: Jewish Community Day at Nationals Park. More than 1,500 community members join together to connect as a community and celebrate America's favorite pastime.

Three

How many years has The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington hosted Grand Slam Sunday: Jewish Community Day at Nationals Park?

Marvin Miller was the Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) from 1966 to 1982. Miller brought free agency to baseball, and by osmosis to all other major professional sports. Under Miller's direction, the players' union was transformed into one of the strongest collective bargaining units in the United States. In 1992, Red Barber said, "Marvin Miller, along with Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson, is one of the two or three most important men in baseball history." His portrait hangs in the Supreme Court of the United States next to his friend, former Justice Arthur Goldberg, the only non-justice and non-lawyer to have that honor.

Marvin Miller

Red Barber once said that Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson were two of the three most important men in baseball history. Which Jewish baseball figure was the third?

Stone pitched for four MLB teams between 1971 and 1981. His best year was 1980, when he went 25–7 for the Orioles, won the Cy Young Award and The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award, and came in 9th in the AL MVP voting.

Steve Stone

Who is the only Jewish pitcher other than Sandy Koufax to win a Cy Young Award?

From the Jewish owners and executives to the Jewish players and, of course, fans, Baltimore’s baseball history intertwines with its Jewish identity. And the Baltimore Jewish community even beat its New York brethren for one particular baseball milestone — the first kosher food stand in a Major League Baseball stadium. The stand opened in 1991 at Memorial Stadium and moved with the team to Camden Yards the following year.

Camden Yards

What was the first major-league baseball stadium with a kosher food concession?

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