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BERGER’S BERG: Thanksgiving, Hanukkah are kindred holidays

By Alex Berger

With Thanksgiving and Hanukkah approaching, football and basketball are in the air. However, I find the guys at the barber shop talking about the World Series and, guess what? I, too, still have the warm and rosy World Series glow. So one more time, permit me to talk baseball before I settle into the Thanksgiving and Hanukkah mode. Thanks.

A number of years ago, a Symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth under the baton of the very renowned maestro Mariano Derek Strawberry. At this point, you must understand two things: 1. There is a long segment in this symphony where the bass violins don