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Watch Kipnis on TV tonight in AAA title game

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JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS –At 8:05pm ET tonight (9/21/2010), the “AAA” Tacoma Rainiers (Seattle Mariners) will face off against the “AAA” Columbus Clippers (Cleveland Indians) in a one-game, winner-takes-all national title game on the Versus Network. It’s not just the final game of the 2010 minor-league season. It’s also your opportunity to see Clippers 2B Jason…

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LSU’s Bregman likely to go early in 1st round

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By Scott Barancik, Editor Alex Bregman, a junior at No. 1 ranked Louisiana State University and the team’s star shortstop (see bio), is projected to be picked no later than 7th overall in next month’s MLB amateur draft. Four top prognosticators have weighed-in on the draft in recent days, and all of them repeated the…

Elliott Maddox’s latest hit: Bar Mitzvah

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JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Former 3B Elliott Maddox, an African-American man who converted to Judaism midway through his MLB career, will become a Bar Mitzvah on August 9. Maddox, 52, will read from the Torah before roughly 300 campers and former teammate (and fellow Jew) Ron Blomberg at the NJY Camps in Milford, Penn., according…

Kol nidre 2013: Who played last night, who didn’t

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By Scott Barancik, editor For some Jewish baseball fans, Yom Kippur isn’t just the holiest day on the calendar. It’s also a litmus test of a ballplayer’s commitment to Judaism. That’s not so true here at Jewish Baseball News, a secular website that holds no grudge against a ballplayer for choosing to swing a bat during the…