JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — From the way he’s played lately, you wouldn’t guess this was B Ian Kinsler‘s first time in the MLB playoffs, or that he’d sat out more than a third of the Texas Rangers’ regular season with injuries. The 28-year-old continued his mastery of the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday (10/12/2010), going…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Maybe we should change our motto from “People of the Book” to “People of the Blog.” Eight of the 180 prospects who will play in the Arizona Fall League this year have agreed to blog about their experiences. Two of the 8 are Jewish. P Josh Zeid, a 23-year-old Philadelphia Phillies…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — We’ve been out to lunch for a few days. Here’s what’s happened in the MLB playoffs. Valencia, Twins are out: On Saturday (10/9/2010), the New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-1 to win the playoff series 3-0. Danny Valencia, the Twins’ rookie 3B, singled, walked and scored the team’s lone…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here is your MLB playoff update for Thursday (Oct. 7, 2010): In just the second playoff game of his career, 2B Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers hit a solo HR and an RBI single in a 6-0 win over the (beloved) Tampa Bay Rays. Rays OF Gabe Kapler remains on…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here is your MLB playoffs update for Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2010): Rookie 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins hit a single and a game-tying walk in a 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Yankees’ SP C.C. Sabathia walked the 25-year-old on 4 pitches with the bases loaded to tie…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — When the Peoria Javelinas of the Arizona Fall League open their 2010 season Oct. 12, the team’s roster will feature 3 Jewish minor leaguers: C Ryan Lavarnway. The 23-year-old Yale University recruit hit a combined .288 and 22 HRS this year with two minor-league teams, and he led all Boston Red…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Last week, Baseball America named SS Jake Lemmerman one of the Top 20 prospects from the Rookie Pioneer League. Earlier today (10/4/2010), the venerable publication named 2 more Jews to one of its annual ‘top 20’ lists. Both 2B Jason Kipnis and C Ryan Lavarnway were listed as top prospects from…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Sunday (10/3/2010): In the final game of an 18-year MLB career, Los Angeles Dodgers C Brad Ausmus showed he still has it, going 2/4 in a 3-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. According to MLB.com: (Ausmus) was saluted before the game with a…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — When catcher Brad Ausmus was selected by the New York Yankees in the 48th round of the 1987 amateur draft, a long MLB career didn’t seem probable. So much for predictions. Though the Cheshire, Conn., native didn’t reach the big leagues until 1993, he ended up staying 18 seasons, long enough…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here is your Player of the Day for Saturday (10/3/2010): LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers hit a double, drew a walk, and scored a run in a 7-4 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. Braun’s double was his 45th, tying him for 2nd most in the N.L. The 2010 All-Star…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Thursday (10/1/2010). LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers hit an RBI single, drew a walk, and scored his 100th run of the season in a 9-2 win over the New York Mets. Braun is batting .306 and leads all MLB Jews with…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Wednesday (9/29/2010). It was Jew vs. Jew in a double-header between the Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Mets. Here’s how the match-up went: LF Ryan Braun carried the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 win in Game 2 with a two-run double, his…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — SS Jake Lemmerman, the top Jewish pick in the 2010 amateur draft, has been named MVP of the Rookie Pioneer League. The 21-year-old recruit from Duke University hit .363 with 12 HRs and 47 RBIs for the Ogden Raptors (Los Angeles Dodgers). In 259 at-bats, Lemmerman led the Pioneer league in…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday (9/28/2010): SP Jason Marquis of the Washington Nationals pitched well in his final start of the 2010 season, tossing 6 innings of one-run ball in a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Manhasset, N.Y., native scattered 7 hits and one walk…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Baseball, as we all know, is a stats-obsessed sport. Some fans are more interested in a player’s career HR total or on-base percentage than in his personal journey to the Majors. That’s one of the nice things about Matzoh Balls and Baseballs, a book recently published by longtime Georgia State University…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Rookie 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins seems to have taken a detour. Over the past 10 games, a period that saw his batting average drop from .338 to .318, the 25-year-old Florida native hit just .225 and had as many strikeouts as he did hits. But this wasn’t your…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS –Three cheers for Oakland A’s RP Craig Breslow, whose efforts to raise funding for pediatric cancer research have earned him a nomination for the 2010 Roberto Clemente Award. It’s an honor simply to have one’s name uttered in the same sentence as Clemente, the Pittsburgh Pirate great who died in 1972 when…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Sunday (9/26/2010): Rookie 1B Ike Davis of the New York Mets went 1/3, drew 2 walks, and scored once in a 7-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Davis is 1st among N.L. rookies in strikeouts (133); 2nd in doubles (32), walks (67) and…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Saturday (9/25/2010): 2B Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers reached base 3 times and stole his 14th base of the season in a 4-3, playoff-clinching win over the Oakland A’s. The 28-year-old singled, doubled and walked. 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Friday (9/24/2010): Rookie 1B Ike Davis of the New York Mets went 3/4 and scored once in a 3-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies. A 9th-inning double was his 32nd two-bagger of the season, second-highest among N.L. rookies. Davis is tied for 3rd…
