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Four days later, Hank Greenberg, 29, the highest paid ballplayer in the major leagues at an annual salary of $50,000, registered for the military draft. October 16 was designated Registration Day; the Selective Service Act required all men between the ages of 21 and 35 to sign up for the draft lottery.

Meanwhile, the events in Europe would shortly change the lives of millions of Jews around the world.

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Irwin Cohen
Author, columnist, Irwin Cohen headed a national baseball publication for five years and interviewed many legends of the game before accepting a front office position with the Detroit Tigers where he became the first orthodox Jew to earn a World Series ring (1984).