Shawn Green
I was excited when Shawn Green came to the Mets. Even though I am not a Mets fan, I thought it would be fun to have a Jewish player on a New York baseball team. I was also proud of his decision not to play on Yom Kippur in L.A.. But I was dissappointed that he decided to play on Rosh Hashana. After all the Mets have already clinched so there is no pennant race and the games mean nothing. In New York it would be even more acceptable because we are home to the largest Jewish community in the U.S.. Furthermore, he will not have to miss any time for Yom Kippur because it comes right after the last regular season game and before the playoffs start.
Shawn was very excited to come to New York and get involved in the Jewish life here. He recognizes his role as a Jewish ballplayer even though he is not really observent at all. Do you think he should have played on Rosh Hashana in NY?
Shawn was very excited to come to New York and get involved in the Jewish life here. He recognizes his role as a Jewish ballplayer even though he is not really observent at all. Do you think he should have played on Rosh Hashana in NY?
posted by bellanny at 9:59 PM
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Lets go mets! Have a gmar chasima tova.
Thanks. You too.
"Shawn was very excited to come to New York and get involved in the Jewish life here. He recognizes his role as a Jewish ballplayer even though he is not really observent at all."
just wondering, where did you get this information from?
I got the info from quotes in the NY Times and articles online.
From what I understand he's not religious yet he choose to make a statement by refusing to play on YK.
I admire that and it's not so surprising that he didn't do the same RH, as he probably felt that this kind of statement does not need to be repeated dafter 10 days.
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