Max Kepler: The Berlin-Born Slugger Outsourcing the American Dream One Home Run at a Time
THE BALLAD OF MAX KEPLER, OR HOW A BERLIN-BORN OUTFIELDER BECAME A ONE-MAN GLOBALIZATION SATIRE Somewhere between the Brandenburg Gate and the Metrodome’s ghost, Max Kepler-Różycki was born with a passport thick enough to stop small-arms fire. His mother, a professional ballet dancer from Poland; his father, a touring stage actor from Germany—parents whose combined…