@book{159,
  keywords = {Irish Americans, baseball, World Series, Jewish Americans},
  author = {Benny Rubin},
  title = {Hot Curves},
  abstract = {The Pittsburgh Cougars, a fictitious professional baseball club, sign Jewish soda jerk Benny Goldberg (Benny Rubin) as a catcher to lure more Jewish fans to games. Benny and his pal, Jim Nolan, prove their worth by leading the team to the World Series. },
  year = {1930},
  note = {The plot is a spoof of New York Giants manager John McGraw, who allegedly signed Andy Cohen to draw Jewish fans away from Babe Ruth’s Yankees.},
  language = {English},
}