Maury Allen – Maury Allen is an American sportswriter, actor, and a former columnist for the New York Post. His works include Mr. October: The Reggie Jackson Story and Jackie Robinson: A Life Remembered. He is also the cousin, by marriage, of Harry Eisenstat, a Jewish pitcher for the Detroit Tigers best known for having defeated Bob Feller in the 1938 game in which Feller set a record by striking out eighteen batters. Allen is a voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Yogi Berra – Yogi Berra, New York Yankees catcher, was a fifteen-time All Star, winning the AL MVP three times, in 1951, 54 and 55. He played in 14 World Series and holds numerous World Series records including most games by a catcher (63), hits (71), and times on a winning team (10), first in at bats, first in doubles, second in RBI's, third in home runs and BOB's. Yogi also hit the first pinch hit home run in World Series history in 1947. Yogi was named the Yankees Manager in 1964 and went on to win the AL pennant.Yogi was named as the Mets manager in 1972. In 1973, he brought the "You Gotta Believe" Mets from last place in the final month of the season to win the National League pennant. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972.

Ron Blomberg – Ron Blomberg began his baseball career with the New York Yankess on September 10, 1969. As an All-American athlete in high school, he excelled in baseball, basketball, and football, and was selected 1st overall in the 1st round of the 1967 amateur draft by the New York Yankees. Blomberg earned himself a spot in baseball history on April 6, 1973 when he became the first major league player to start a game in the designated hitter position. During his 8-year career, Blomberg had a .293 batting average, with 52 home runs, 224 RBIs, and 184 runs

Shawn Green – , Green began his stellar career with the Toronto Blue Jays on September 28, 1993. As a two-time major league All-Star, Green drove in 100 runs four times and scored 100 runs 4 times, hit 40 or more home runs three times, led the league in doubles, extra base hits, and total bases, won both a Golden Glove Award and a Silver Slugger Award, and set the Dodgers single-season record in home runs (49 in the 2001 season . On May 23, 2002, Green had one of his best single game performances ever, hitting a major league record 4 home runs in a single game. During his 15-year career, Green had a batting average of .283, had 2,003 hits, 328 home runs and drove in 1, 070 RBIs in 1, 951 games played. Of Jewish major leaguers, only Hank Greenberg, with 331 home runs and 1, 276 RBIs, has more major league home runs than Green

Hank Greenberg – Hank Greenberg was the first Jewish baseball superstar in American professional sports during the 1930s and '40s. As first baseman for the Detroit Tigers, Greenberg was one of the best power hitters of his generation. In 1938, he hit in 58 home runs, tying the record for the most home runs in one season by any player after 1927 As one of the first major superstars in Baseball, Greenberg endured a great deal of prejudice because of his Jewish background. The anti-semitism Greenberg faced ranged from players staring at him because they had never before seen a Jew, to coarse racial epithets hurled at him. Greenberg sometimes retaliated against the ethnic attacks, once going into the Chicago White Sox clubhouse to challenge manager Jimmy Dykes, and at another time calling out the entire Yankee team. Despite the on-field hostilities, Jewish fans in Detroit took to Greenberg almost at once, offering him everything from free meals to free cars, all of which he refused.

A five-time All-Star selection and a two-time winner of the American League's Most Valuable Player award, Greenberg led the Tigers to their first World Series Championship in 1935. That same year, he led the league in RBIs (170) and total bases (389), In 1956, Greenberg became the first Jewish player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, receiving 85% of the votes that year.

Steve Greenberg – Steve Greenberg is the son of former baseball great, Hank Greenberg. Born on September 8, 1948, he was drafted in the 17th round of the amateur draft by the Washington Senators. He played triple-A with the Spokane Indians during 1973-74, then was sold to the Chicago White Sox in 1974. Steve served as the Deputy Commissioner of baseball from 1988-1993

Ron Howard – Academy Award winning film-maker and actor, Ron Howard has directed Frost/Nixon, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind and The DaVinci Code. Ron co-owns Imagine Entertainment, a film-production company.

As a child, Ron starred in The Andy Griffith Show and as a teenager he starred opposite Henry Winkler in Happy Days.

He won Best Director and Best Picture Oscars for A Beautiful Mind. Today Ron works as one of the most respected directors and producers in the film industry. He is a passionate and extremely knowledgeable fan of baseball.

Ron shares his insights with us on the meaning of baseball in America, and we are honored by his participation in Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story.

Roger Kahn – Roger Kahn is one of the top American sports writers on the subject of baseball. Kahn is best know for his 1972 memoir, the Boys of Summer, which reflects on Mr.Kahn's relationship with his father seen through their shared affection for the Brooklyn Dodgers, a team Kahn covered as a young reporter for the New York Herald Tribune. It has sold nearly three million copies and is in its 85th printing.

Kahn is the author of 20 books and hundreds of articles in national magazines such as Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Time and the Saturday Evening Post. His most recent book is entitled Into My Own: The Remarkable People and Events that Shaped a Life. He lives in Stone Ridge, New York, with his wife, Katharine Johnson.

Larry King – Larry King is an award-winning American television and radio, and is recognized as being one of the premier broadcast interviewers in the United States today. He has conducted some 40, 000 interviews with politicians, athletes, entertainers, and other newsmakers throughout his broadcasting career.

King began his broadcasting career as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and '60s. He gained prominence as an all-night national radio broadcaster beginning in 1978, and then came to dominate the airwaves when he began hosting the nightly interview television program, Larry King Live on CNN, which started in 1985.

King has been inducted into five of the nation's leading broadcast halls of fame and is the recipient of the prestigious Allen H. Neuharth Award for Excellence in Journalism. Both his radio and television shows have won the George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.

Sandy Koufax – From 1962 until 1966, Sandy Koufax was one of the greatest pitchers to ever pitch in the game. During that 5-year period, he recorded 111 victories and only 34 losses, led the league in ERA each season (averaging under two earned runs per game), paced the National League in strikeouts ,(1963, 1965, and 1966) ,and shutouts (three times), and pitched four no-hitters, including a perfect game in 1965. He was a recipient of the Cy Young Award in 1963, 1965, and 1966 ( the first 3-time Cy Young Award winner in baseball history) , all by unanimous vote and during an era when only one pitcher was chosen per season.

The 1961 season marked the beginning of Koufax's dominant streak, a period in which he would be an All-Star selection six times (1961-1966), and would lead the Dodgers to two World Series Championships in 1963 and 1965, being named the World Series Most Valuable player in both series. On September 9, 1965, Koufax became the sixth pitcher of the modern era to throw a perfect game, the first by a left-hander since 1880. The game was Koufax's fourth no-hitter, setting a Major League record. Koufax struck out 14 batters, the most recorded in a perfect game.

At the age of 30, due to extreme arthritis in his pitching arm, Koufax decided to retire. In his 12-season career, Koufax had a 165-87 record with a 2.76 ERA, 2, 396 strikeouts, 137 complete games, and 40 shutouts. He was the 2nd pitcher in baseball history to have two games with 18 or more strikeouts, and the first to have eight games with 15 or more strikeouts.

Retiring at the peak of his career, he became, at age 36 and 20 days, the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Sporting News ranked Koufax number 26 on its list of "The 100 Greatest Baseball Players". He was also one of 30 players named to the Major League Baseball All-Century team that same year.

Koufax is also remembered as one of the most outstanding Jewish athletes in American sport. His decision not to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur received national attention as an example of conflict between social obligations and his own personal beliefs.

Elliott Maddox – Elliott Maddox made his Major League debut with the Detroit Tigers on April 7, 1970. An excellent defensive player who could play both infield and outfield positions, Maddox primarily spent much of his career playing outfield, but also started at third base, shortstop, second base, and first base. His fielding percentage was better than the league average every year that he played. In 1974, he was 6th in the American League with a .303 batting average for the New York Yankees, 4th in the league in on-percentage (.395), and had 14 assists from the outfield. He finished 8th in the league in Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player voting. He finished his 11-year career with a lifetime batting average of .261, had 742 hits, hit 18 homeruns, and drove in 234 RBIs. After a life-long interest in the Jewish faith, Maddox converted to Judaism in 1974 while a member of the Yankees.

Marvin Miller – A former economist and negotiator for the United Steelworkers union, Marvin Miller was elected head of the Major League Baseball Players Association in 1966, transforming the player's union into one of the strongest unions in the United States. During Miller's era as leader of the Major League Baseball Player's Association, the average player's salary increased from $19,000 to $241,000 a year.In 1968, he negotiated the MLBPA's first collective bargaining agreement with the owners, an agreement that saw the minimum playing salary rise from $6, 000 to $10,000, the first increase in two decades. In 1970, Miller fought to have arbitration included in the collective bargaining agreement, allowing for salary disputes to be settled by an independent arbitrator. This was a significant achievement in the early years of the baseball union as previous disputes were taken before the owner-appointed Commissioner, who normally ruled in favor of the owners.Miller also helped to eradicate the reserve clause in baseball, a clause that tied players to a team for one year beyond the end of an existing contract and freezing the player's ability to determine his own career.

Al Rosen – Al Rosen made his professional baseball debut on September 10, 1947 with the Cleveland Indians at the age of 23. During his 10-year career with the Indians, Rosen was a power hitting third baseman who hit in 192 homeruns and 717 RBIs in 1, 044 games, and amassed a lifetime batting average of .285. He was a four-time All-Star game selection between 1952 and 1955, and was unanimously voted the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1953, after leading the league with 43 homeruns and 145 RBIs. Rosen went on to have a hugely successful career as a baseball executive, with the Yankees, Astros and Giants. He is considered one of the best all-time Jewish players to have played the game, along with Hank Greenberg and Sandy Koufax.

Marv Rotblatt – Marv Rotblatt was a 20-year-old left-handed pitcher when he joined the Chicage White Sox in 1948, pitching in the 1948, 1950, and 1951 seasons. Marv at 5'6' was the shortest pitcher ever to play in the major leagues, but as a native of Chicago, was proud to make the starting roster of his home team

Allan "Bud" Selig – Bud Selig is the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, and has served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998. Selig oversaw baseball through the 1994 strike, the introduction of the wild card, interleague play, and the merging of the National and American Leagues under the office of the commissioner. On January 17, 2008, Selig's contract was extended by the MLB through 2012, at which point he plans to retire.

Norm Sherry – Norm Sherry was 27 years old when he broke into the big leagues as a catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Sherry is best known as the man who helped the great Sandy Koufax develop his talent and transform himself from a wild "thrower" into one of the fiercest pitchers of all time. A native of Los Angeles, Sherry signed with the Dodgers while they were still originally based in Brooklyn in 1950. He spent the next seven years working his way through the Dodger farm system, finally reaching the big leagues as a member of the 1959 World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers, in which his brother, Larry, a relief pitcher was named the Most Valuable Player.

Fred Wilpon – Fred Wilpon is the current owner of the New York Mets, a position he has held since 1980. He served as president of the team between 1980 and 2002, Chief Executive Officer since 1980 and as a Chairman of the Board since 2003.

Wilpon was a teammate of Baseball Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax on Brooklyn's Lafayette High School baseball team. Wilpon and Koufax remain close friends, with Koufax an annual visitor at the Mets' spring training facility in Port St. Lucie, Florida.