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Jul 16, 2021, 4:06 PM

When Orthodox Jewish players make it to baseball’s big leagues

Children playing baseball at the Irene Kaufmann Settlement playground in Pittsburgh, July 1936. (Irene Kaufmann Settlement Photographs/Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center)

With MLB accommodating their religious needs, Jacob Steinmetz and Elie Kligman are in uncharted territory; still, the real question is how well they'll play

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Ron Kaplan is the author of "Hank Greenberg in 1938: Hatred and Home Runs in the Shadow of War."