Hannukah Songbook

It’s time to do the Hannukah Songbook but, well… here’s the thing...

Aside from, “I Have a Little Dreidel”, there not anything to sing.

At least nothing we’d all know, and that just seems damn wrong.

Especially given the Jews contributions to Christmas Holiday song.

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Cause a Jew wrote “White Christmas” also “Let it Snow”.

And "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer". I thought you should know.

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"Winter Wonderland" and "Silver Bells"… All by some guy named Schwartz… (poetic license)

But no popular Hannukah songs to segue me to sports. 

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Still, 

Hannukah starts at sundown tomorrow, and it’s time for a post.

So let's talk Great Jews In Sports… no this is not a roast.

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We know about Koufax and Greenburgh, 

and Olympian Mark Spitz.

Also, Aly Raisman who thrilled us with her splits. 

Sue Bird and Randy Savage...

Their immortality all sealed.

But our greatest achievements in sports...

have all come off the field.

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Start with Howard Cosell. 

Changed the role of the booth.

While also announcing, 

he added the truth.

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Football…  just a game. 

Not the stuff of fable…  

'Til the narrative changed, 

by NFL Films’, Ed Sabol.

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On the hardwood there’s Dolph Schayes... Not too many more.

As a people, we’re too short to get out on the floor.

Unless you count Holtzman, and Auerbach to name just a couple.

Add Abe Saperstein, to make it a thruple.

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Sy Berger at Topps, made our childhood’s less glum.

Fathered the modern baseball card… Including the gum!

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We all know Scott Boras and of course Marvin Miller.

The latter changed baseball. The former its killer.

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Roger Kahn, and Nat Fleischer, who published the Ring

are just some of the writers whose praises we sing.

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So… On Glickman. On Albert. On Suzyn. On John.

On Rosen, Mel Allen. On Bernstien. On Cohen.

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So what if we don’t have good songs everybody can sing...

Wait...

(I Had A Little Dreidel.) 

We once had a reliever. 

His first name was Clay. 

He kept on blowing close ones, 

but still they let him play. 

Oh Boonie. Boonie. Boonie.  

What is wrong with you?

We could have used Scott Effross. 

Did you know he is a Jew!"

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HA! 

and Happy Hannukah!