When: October 26
Time: 7:00  pm
Location: Zale Auditorium at the JCC
Price: $10

Why We Love Baseball is a love letter to baseball, a fresh and heartfelt look at the game’s greatest moments and how they continue to grab at our hearts. Whether it’s Willie Mays’ over-the-shoulder catch, Babe Ruth’s called shot, Shohei Ohtani’s exploits as both a pitcher and a hitter, or Josh Gibson or Sandy Koufax’s perfect game, these timeless and magical moments take us to the heart of  why we love baseball after almost 150 years.
The connection between Jews and baseball is particularly strong. When Joe Posnanski’s father came to the United States from Israel just before Joe was born, his father made certain to learn baseball so that he could teach it to his oldest son. When Joe’s mother saw that her son was a baseball nut, she helped him collect baseball cards (while asking if Boog Powell was a gantse macher). This is a common story. Baseball has always drawn Jewish attention, whether it was players like Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax,  broadcasters like Mel Allen, Gary Cohen, and Al Michaels, writers like Roger Kahn, Lawrence Ritter, and Donald Honig, or executives like Theo Epstein and Bud Selig. The Jewish love of baseball is powerful and enduring,

About the Moderator: 

Robert Steinfeld is Executive Producer of the WNBA Dallas Wings and National Lacrosse League Panther City Lacrosse Club. He has produced and directed local, regional and national network sports television since the early 1980’s and during that time has covered Major League Baseball; NBA, WNBA and college basketball; college football; NCAA Championship events; World Cup Soccer, the Cotton Bowl Classic and three Olympic Games. He’s been tapped to produce or direct for ESPN, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox Sports networks, Bally Sports, the NBA and more. During that time his work has earned him 10 Sports Emmy Awards plus five more nominations; a national Cable Ace Award nomination for Outstanding Programming Achievement; five Telly Awards and more. He’s produced five highly successful and critically acclaimed baseball pitching instructional videos – including Nolan Ryan’s Fastball with Randy Johnson. He’s been fortunate to work with some of the greatest athletes and broadcasting talent and learned a lot along the way. Robert is a native of New Jersey, but grew up in Dallas, TX where he’s lived since 1965. He attended Dallas Hillcrest High School then the University of Texas-Austin graduating with honors with a Bachelor of Journalism degree. He and his wife, Sarah, have two children, Elaine and Lee (AKA Leonhart on YouTube) plus two grandchildren. His memoir, “3…2…1…We’re on the Air”: Inside Stories of My Five Decades Producing Network Sports Television from the NBA and WNBA to MLB and Olympics, will be published by TCU Press in the fall of 2024.