Highlights of the 1945 Baseball Season

  Here is a delightful Washingtonian article about how the Senators were upstaged by Hank Greenberg’s hitting in 1945. “Legendary slugger Hank Greenberg, just out of the Army Air Corps, had rejoined the Detroit Tigers. And on this last day of the...

Golden Age of Baseball Blog Archive

The Golden Age of Baseball   Check out the Ciesla Foundation’s archived blog about Hank Greenberg and the golden age of baseball! Click the image below to visit thegoldenageofbaseball.com © Copyright The Ciesla Foundation

The Annual Jewish Baseball Challenge

Photo from the Ciesla Foundation As with all walks of life, choices define who we are and what we stand for. Yearly, Jewish baseball players are faced with the difficult choice of observing Yom Kippur or October baseball as the playoffs heat up. Back in the day this...

Greenberg’s Ghost Haunts Wrigley No More!

Photo Courtesy of the Chicago Tribune 76 years ago a single crack of the bat reminded the Chicago Cubs that the Detroit Tigers and Hank Greenberg would not go gentle into that good night. Greenberg rocketed a homer against Cub’s pitcher Henry Ryse giving the Tiger’s a...