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Baseballs Basketballs And Matzah Balls Offers A Sweeping Exploration Of Sports: Of Contests And Heroes Of Triumph And Adversity And How They Relate To The Festivals That Jews Have Celebrated For Thousands Of Years. Among The Chapters: Remembering Simpler Times: What Central Message Of Sukkot Is Enthusiastically Espoused By Winning College Coaches? Kindling The Light Of Confidence: What Hanukkah Teaches Us About The Kind Of Confidence That Builds Champions? A Purim Perspective On Competitive Anger: Why So Many Athletes Lose Their Cool Just Like The Villainous Haman Did Becoming Their Own Worst Enemies? Coach K And The Meaning Of Passover: How Mike Krzyzewski'S Success Explains The Exodus? A Compelling Entertaining Illuminating Work That Will Stir The Hearts And Intellect Of Jews And Non-Jews Alike. - Seth Davis Sports Illustrated/Cbs Sports Rabbi Mitch Smith Has Written A Book That Gives All Sports Fans Occasion To Think About The Meaning Of Sacrifice Teamwork Leadership And Other Virtues In A Different Light. - Bud Selig Commissioner Major League Baseball This Book Is A Great Read! It Offers All Of Us A Roadmap To Becoming More Fulfilled Human Beings - Lenny Krayzelburg 4-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Informative Insightful Inspirational... Mitch Smith Scores On Every Level With This Tonic For The Soul. - Tim Green Former Defensive End Atlanta Falcons Fox Sports Nfl Analyst A Must-Read! Mitch Smith Brings Age-Old Texts To Life And Conveys How Concepts Like Team Work Resilience And Refusing To Succumb To Defeat -- Mainstays In Sports -- Not Only Allowed The Jewish People To Weather History'S Storms But To Constantly Engage In Self-Renewal. To Paraphrase The Old Levy'S Rye Bread Ad You Don'T Have To Be Jewish To Love This Book. - Dr. Richard Lapchick Director Institute For Diversityand Ethics In Sport