JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Garrett Wittels had a phenomenal 2010 season at Florida International University. The then-sophomore had a hit in all 56 regular-season games, putting him in contention to break Robin Yount’s all-time NCAA hit-streak record of 58 games when he resumes play in 2011. He finished the year with a .413 batting average,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Sunday (8/15/2010): There are six Jewish players named Jason in minor-league baseball today. Three of them shined yesterday: 2B Jason Kipnis of the “AA” Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians) went 2/2 with a HR, a walk, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored in a…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Saturday (8/14/2010): LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers went 3/5 with two doubles and scored the winning run in a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies. A 26-year-old in his fourth major-league season, Braun has hit .394 in his last 10 games,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. It was a memorable day for Jewish pitchers in the minor leagues. Three had lengthy stints in which they gave up one or no runs and racked up multiple strikeouts without giving up a single walk: SP David Kopp…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — You’ve heard of the 12 tribes. How about the 12 tribesman? Two months after Major League Baseball held its 2010 amateur draft, we’re still figuring out how many of the player selected were Jewish. (At last count, we knew of 11.) Thanks to a tip from Jewish Baseball News reader Irwin…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010: 2B Jason Kipnis of the “AA” Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians) scored the winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning for a 3-2 win over the Reading Phillies. A second-round pick in the 2009 amateur draft, Kipnis went…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010: RP Michael Schwimer of the “AAA” Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Philadelphia Phillies) pitched a perfect inning of relief, striking out 2 of the 3 batters he faced in a 5-1 win over the Pawtucket Red Sox. Since being promoted to…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010: OF Sam Fuld of the “AAA” Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs) hit two triples and scored one run in a 13-3 loss to the Portland Beavers. A 29-year-old Stanford recruit with brief stints in the majors in 2007 and 2009,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Monday, Aug. 9, 2010: Batting leadoff, LF Adam Stern of the “AAA” Nashville Sounds went 2/4 with a double, a walk, and one run scored in a 12-2 win over the Las Vegas 51s. The 30-year-old Canadian also threw out a runner who…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Sunday, August 8, 2010: LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers went 2/4 with a walk, 2 RBIs and three runs scored in an 11-6 win over the Houston Astros. A 26-year-old in his fourth major-league season, Braun is on pace to hit…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — In his first appearance since going on the disabled list 4 months ago, Washington Nationals SP Jason Marquis gave up 2 earned runs over 4 innings in an 8-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday (8/8/2010). The first inning was a nightmare for the 31-year-old veteran. He allowed two…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Saturday, August 7, 2010: OF Sam Fuld of the “AAA” Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs) went 2/5 with a walk, a run and a stolen base in a 7-3 win over the Tacoma Rainiers. A 29-year-old Stanford recruit with brief stints in the majors in…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Friday, Aug. 6, 2010: 1B Nate Freiman of the “A” Fort Wayne TinCaps (San Diego Padres) went 3/5 with a home run, walk and 2 RBIs in a 12-3 crushing of the Lansing Lugnuts. A 2009 recruit out of Duke University, Freiman is…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Thursday, August 5, 2010: SP Brett Lorin of the “A” West Virginia Power (Pittsburgh Pirates) pitched 5 shutout innings and struck out two in a 5-1 win over the Delmarva Shorebirds. A 23-year-old righty who stands 6’7″ (see Monsters of the Mound), Lorin…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Boston Red Sox 1B Kevin Youkilis will have season-ending surgery on his right thumb Friday, the team reported yesterday (8/5/2010). For insight into how badly his injury hurts the Red Sox, listen to this video commentary by Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan, who argues that Youkilis is among the premier hitters…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday, August 3, 2010: A day after going 4/7 in a doubleheader, 2B Jason Kipnis of the “AA” Akron Aeros (Cleveland Indians) went 2/4 with a triple and HR in a 5-1 loss to the Altoona Curve. A 23-year-old out of Arizona State,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Boston Red Sox 1B Kevin Youkilis has been placed on the 15-day disabled list and may be out for the season if he needs surgery, the Boston Globe reported. The 31-year-old slugger tore a muscle in his right thumb Monday night (8/2/2010) while swinging at a pitch tossed by Cleveland Indians…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday, August 3, 2010: A day after going 5-for 7 with 2 RBIs, LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers smacked three hits and walked once in a 4-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Braun’s two-day barrage has lifted his season batting average…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here is your player of the day for Monday, August 2, 2010: LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers went 5-for-7 (all singles) with 2 RBIs in an 18-1 massacre of the Chicago Cubs, lifting his season batting average seven points to .281. Braun’s only other five-hit game came on 4/21/2009,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your players of the day for Sun., August 1, 2010: 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in a 4-0 win over the Seattle Mariners, the Twins’ 8th-straight victory. The 25-year-old rookie is batting .388 for the season (103 at-bats) and…
