from "Baseball Letters," by Seth Swirsky

This book is a collection of letters Mr. Swirsky exchanged with baseball players of different eras, about things like what it was like to play in their day, what it was like playing with such and such famous star, what their favorite memories were. One of my favorites was when he asked Elden Auker, "From your perspective, did players really get on [Hank Greenberg] because he was Jewish and who were they?"
Mr. Auker replied that in the 6 years they played together it happened only once, in 1937 in Chicago.

"Only Hank heard the remark after he grounded out & was returning to our dugout. Evidently, someone on the White Sox, called from the bench, to Hank['s] back "You yellow Jew S__ B__." Following the game, Hank walked into the White Sox Clubhouse & said "the man that called me a "Yellow Jew S__ B__" stand up!["] - nobody stood up! That was the end....I hasten to add, the man that made the remark was the smartest player on the White Sox club - Hank could & would have wiped up the Clubhouse floor with him."