Moe Berg was born in Harlem in 1902. He was the third child of Bernard Berg and Rose Taschker, Jewish immigrants from Ukraine, who came to the US seeking economic opportunity and religious freedom.

"The Spy Behind Home Plate," is a full-length documentary about Moe Berg, the Jewish former major-league catcher who later gathered information on the Nazis' nuclear capability for the United States.

Morris "Moe" Berg, a multilingual Princeton University graduate who played major league baseball throughout the 1920s and '30s, lived a life of danger and intrigue as a U.S. military intelligence ...

JTA — Moe Berg’s 15-year career as a major league shortstop, catcher and coach in the 1920s and ’30s wasn’t much to speak of, but his story keeps being told in about as many ways as there ...

During 148 games between 1932 and 1934, Moe Berg played catcher for the Washington Senators. He was also a talented spy for the US government. In a new documentary, The Spy Behind Home Plate, director ...

In this March 29, 1938, file photo, Boston Red Sox catcher Moe Berg is seen during spring training in Sarasota, Fla. Berg was a big league catcher who became a big time spy during World War II.

Baseball player Moe Berg, shown in Switzerland, is the subject of the documentary “The Spy Behind Home Plate.” (mTuckman Media/Courtesy of Linda McCarthy) Review by Pat Padua ( 2.5 stars ) ...

With the 2019 Major League Baseball season officially underway today, check out the trailer for “The Spy Behind Home Plate,” the first feature-length documentary about Moe Berg, the enigmatic ...

Moe Berg was easily the most fascinating baseball player to ever play the game. Not because of his skills as an athlete, but because he graduated from Princeton University and Columbia Law ...

Moe Berg wasn’t a baseball star, but his life was far more interesting than almost any other player. He was born in 1902 in New York City, he excelled academically, graduating from Princeton and ...

Moe Berg was unique in American annals, and this is one time that word is being used properly. That is, unless someone can identify another Ivy League-educated major league baseball player who ...

The movie’s subject, Moe Berg, was a third-string catcher who became a first-rate spy – a tall order for a Jewish intellectual who parachuted behind Nazi lines during World War 2.