Sid! Quotes

“The North side was mostly Jews and blacks when I was a kid. For the most part, we got along. On Sunday mornings, we would have softball games at Sumner Field—Jews against blacks.”
― Sid Hartman, Sid!: The Sports Legends, the Inside Scoops, and the Close Personal Friends

“Berkow had occasion to cover a game in which a team kept making comeback after comeback, only to fall short. Berkow’s story compared the losing team’s effort to Sisyphus’s attempt to push a heavy stone up a slope. Sid saw that lead and bellowed across the newsroom: “Sisyphus? Who is he writing about now? I never heard of Sisyphus. What team does he play for?”
― Sid Hartman, Sid!: The Sports Legends, the Inside Scoops, and the Close Personal Friends