Moe Berg travelled to Switzerland to attend a lecture by the eminent German physicist Werner Heisenberg. Berg`s mission was to determine how close the Nazis were to an operational atomic bomb, and if they were close, Moe Berg was to shoot Heisenberg and then kill himself. But after listening to the lecture, Berg decided they were not all that close, and his mission was aborted. Instead of killing him, Berg walked Heisenberg back to his hotel, picking his brain about physics along the way. "Moe Berg’s crucial contribution to the war cause, was that he could offer Oppenheimer, General Leslie Groves and other Manhattan Project leaders “reassurance in some ways that there wasn’t something they were missing” regarding a potential German bomb". Sam Kean For his work with the OSS during World War 2, Berg was awarded the "Medal of Freedom". Moe Berg turned it down!! "Maybe I’m not in the Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame like so many of my baseball buddies, but I’m happy I had the chance to play pro ball and am especially proud of my contributions to my country. Perhaps I could not hit like Babe Ruth, but I spoke more languages than he did" Morris "Moe" Berg. Catcher, served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during WWII. "The brainiest guy in baseball and the strangest man ever to play baseball. He can speak seven languages, but he can’t hit in any of them." Casey Stengel. "I know Moe that you are in counterintelligence, which I assume means you are against intelligence". Red Smith interviews Moe Berg. The 1934, the 'Connie Mack All-Star' tour of Japan was a pivotal, 18-game exhibition series in November-December 1934 featuring legends like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Jimmie Foxx Moe Berg wassn’t there for his ability to play, but to spy. While playing tourist in Japan, Berg takes hidden photos of important military and industrial sites for the U.S. Government, photos which will come in handy during WWII. "If he wasn’t real, you’d have to invent him" ALWAYS, ALWAYS in my HOF!!!!!!
