{"id":407,"date":"2009-07-08T07:55:58","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T11:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2012-03-26T17:27:33","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T21:27:33","slug":"the-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/08\/the-all-star-game\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ALL-STAR GAME"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This just in . . . the lineup for the klezmer <\/strong><\/span>clarinetists’ all-star game:<\/p>\n

Andy Statman<\/a> ss<\/p>\n

Good hands in the altissimo register.<\/p>\n

Marcel Salomon <\/a> 1b<\/p>\n

More Dutch than Honus Wagner. Flying Dutchman II.<\/p>\n

Margot Leverett<\/a> 2b<\/p>\n

Good with grace notes.<\/p>\n

David Krakauer<\/a> rf<\/p>\n

Mr. Twinkle Toes. Moves lightly over the clarinet break.<\/p>\n

Don Byron <\/a> cf<\/p>\n

Eccentric, yet loved. “That’s just Don being Don.”<\/p>\n

Michael Winograd<\/a> c<\/p>\n

Young enough to crouch for three hours.<\/p>\n

Ilene Stahl <\/a> 3b<\/p>\n

Best Jewish third-baseman since Al Rosen.<\/p>\n

Glenn Dickson<\/a> lf<\/p>\n

Ripken-esque.\u00a0 Can play the entire Nutcracker<\/em> without water.<\/p>\n

Kurt Bjorling <\/a>dh<\/p>\n

Can drive notes to any field: right, left, jazz, klez.<\/p>\n

Moshe Berlin<\/a> p<\/p>\n

Has super-wiggly vibrato and Hoyt Wilhelm longevity.<\/p>\n

Joel Rubin<\/a> coach<\/p>\n

Two-time NCAA klezmer coach of the year.<\/p>\n

Hankus Netsky<\/a> mgr<\/p>\n

Best first name.\u00a0 Better even than “Honus.”\u00a0 It doesn’t matter\u00a0 Hankus is\u00a0 more of a sax\/piano guy.<\/p>\n

National anthem by Yiddishe Cup:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

” . . . And the party planner’s red glare,
\nThe seltzer bottles bursting in air.”
\n—-<\/span>
\n2 of 2 posts for 7\/8\/09
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