The baseball game would never have happened, baseball would not have potentially blinded Reuven, and he and Danny would never have become friends. Despite the oppression suffered by the Jews, the act of proving oneself before the world was obviously felt by the Jews through the example of organized athletics. The excitement of the baseball game, however, was never matched in the rest of the book. Not only were the ideals of the two sects distinct from each other but also the clothing was completely different. Hasidic Jews, from the creation of Hasidism in the 13th century until the time of the Romance in the mid-20th century, had a constant uniform to differentiate their sect:... In the fashion of the Orthodox themselves, their hair was cut short, except for the area near the ears from which... they fell into long side curls... Everyone wore traditional underwear under their shirts, and the tzitzit came out above the belts and rocked against their trousers as they walked... On the contrary, our team didn't have a particular uniform and each of us wore what we wanted. (Selected, p.