In a message dated 7/5/2003 6:31:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, TomFODW writes:
> There is an unfortunate tendency among some of Koufax's admirers, especially those > who have known him, to elevate him into some kind of human paragon. Granted that he > appears to be a highly decent, respectful, dignified person, the fact remains that > he is, basically, someone who had an astounding God-given ability that he got the > absolute most out of. He was a great baseball player; there's nothing wrong with > being a great baseball player, but let's not make him out to be anything more than > that. He's not Albert Schweitzer, he's not Martin King But your description of him is precisely one he would agree to. That is the person that comes through in the book. He disavows anything more. When he did not pitch on Yom Kippur this was not a political act and not really a religous one (Kofax is the prototypical non-observant Jew. And yet his act was in the modern parlance empowering to Jews. He accepted this and tried to be a role model _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
