Not wanting to play for them, the quarterback threatened to play baseball instead ... may not be a bust, Moe Berg’s second career was much more important. Randy Poffo was signed out of high ...

Philip Fong/Getty Share Only four active baseball stadiums remain where Babe ... Jimmie Foxx and a rather inconspicuous journeyman catcher named Moe Berg. Ruth became a Japanese icon, and a ...

baseball player/World War II-era spy Moe Berg in 1902; writer "Dr. Seuss," Theodor Geisel, in 1904; actor/musician Desi Arnaz in 1917; actor Jennifer Jones in 1919; actor John Cullum in 1930 (age ...

Moe Berg wasn’t a baseball star, but his life was far more interesting than almost any other player. He was born in 1902 in New York City, he excelled academically, graduating from Princeton and ...

Kevin Baker’s The New York Game: Baseball and the Rise of a New City ... Rabbi of Swat,” but he didn’t work out. You had Moe Berg, who was a wonderfully complex character, but he’s a ...

22-game baseball tour of Japan. While Ruth and Gehrig headlined the roster, a less-decorated but quietly interesting player joined them: Jewish catcher and US government spy Moe Berg. Berg ...

Two baseball cards belonging to Moe are placed in the case with a placard that partially reads, “He [Moe] spoke a dozen languages fluently and often autographed pictures in Japanese.” To play Moe Berg ...

I was a rookie reporter at the big league level and was still getting used to the sights and sounds of major league baseball from ... someone say “This is Moe Berg.” I knew the name.

Moe Berg is one of the most interesting baseball players to ever live, and his story deserves more recognition. Why is Moe Berg's story not as well known as compatriots like Ted Williams?

Morris “Moe” Berg in 1933. Dubbed the “brainiest man in baseball” due to his knack for languages and quick wit, the catcher joined the OSS in 1943. Bettmann via Getty Images On December 18 ...

This was no ordinary baseball card show ... rare card that I was looking to possibly purchase — a 1933 Goudey Moe Berg. At most card shows, there might not be one copy of this card available ...

"I'm 84 and I've got to keep busy," Moe said in a phone interview. "I'm into fantasy football, fantasy baseball. I can't be messing with watching basketball games. Come on. At my age, you've got ...