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By Scott Barancik, Editor Ryan Braun is one round-tripper away from eclipsing Hank Greenberg’s career record of 331 home runs. Because of his checkered past — Braun was suspended 65 games in 2013 for violating Major League Baseball’s drug policy — Jewish Baseball News asked readers last week to weigh-in on whether the new record…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 20-26, 2019: Mazel tov! C Garrett Stubbs (Astros) was called-up to the Majors on May 26, which also happened to be his 26th birthday. Stubbs was in the same draft class (2015) as Astros teammate Alex Bregman. Stats to share Max…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 13-19, 2019: Stats worth noting Max Fried (Braves) is one of just four N.L. pitchers to reach 6 wins this season. Two MLB Jews are among league leaders in home runs. Alex Bregman (Astros) is #2 in the A.L. with 14,…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of May 6-12, 2019: At the plate 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) hit .261 (6-for-23) with 3 HRs, 8 RBIs, and a .370 OBP. The highlight was a 2-HR performance on Mother’s Day, with mom Jackie Bregman in attendance. It was the third baseman’s…

By Scott Barancik, Editor It was a pretty amazing week for MLB Jews from April 29-May 5, 2019. Here are your highlights: At the plate LF Ryan Braun (Brewers) added 54 points to his batting average by hitting .462 (12-for-26) with 2 home runs, 2 doubles, a stolen base and a .481 on-base percentage. But…

By Scott Barancik, Editor So far this season, MLB Jews have had 524 at-bats, similar to a full season for a single player. Their collective power stats have been All-Star impressive: 31 home runs and 83 RBIs. Their batting average? A little thin, at .214. Oddly, the squad has hit just 18 doubles. Here are…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for week of April 15-21, 2019: At the plate LF Joc Pederson (Dodgers) hit .348 (8-for-23) with 4 HRs, 6 RBIs and a .444 on-base percentage. Highlights included a walk-off home run on April 15 and a 4-for-5 performance with 2 HRs on April 21. Pederson’s…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for week of April 8-14, 2019: At the plate LF Joc Pederson (Dodgers) hit a cool .400 (8-for-20) with 3 HRs, 2 triples, 2 hit-by-pitches, and a .478 on-base percentage. Pederson struck out just 3 times, a low number for a player who has struck out…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for week of April 1-7, 2019: At the plate 3B Alex Bregman (Astros) hit a blistering .550 (11-for-20) last week, with 2 doubles, 2 RBIs, one stolen base and a .615 on-base percentage. His .343 batting average ranks #10 in the American League. RF Ryan Braun…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the opening week of the 2019 season, March 25-31: Power trip Collectively, Jewish batters hit .230 (17-for-74) with 14 RBIs last week. When they did hit, they hit for power. A total of five players homered, with Joc Pederson alone hitting three. That’s one home…

By Scott Barancik, editor   With MLB Spring Training winding down, we thought we’d update you on how Jewish players are doing so far. We’ll start with roster players and non-roster invitees. Stats are for games played through March 19, 2019: P Jeremy Bleich (Phillies): A southpaw who made an inauspicious MLB debut in 2018,…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Every year I tell myself I’m really going to study up on my baseball. I get all the magazines, more out of habit than anything else since the information is somewhat repetitive between them and often outdated by the time the season starts. One year, when I was on jury duty,…

By Scott Barancik, editor What’s new in the world of Jewish baseball? Here are some items recently posted to our Facebook and Twitter pages. Houston Astros 3B Alex Bregman underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow to remove loose bodies. The 2018 All-Star Game MVP expects to be ready by the start of the regular…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Ian Kinsler’s two-out RBI single in the second inning put the Boston Red Sox on the board first en route to a 4-2 win over the visiting LA Dodgers on Wednesday night, giving them a 2-0 lead in the Fall Classic. Things didn’t go quite as well when Kinsler then tried…

By Ron Kaplan, contributor Unless you’re a Red Sox fan, this one was pretty ho-hum. Boston beat the visiting LA Dodgers, 8-4. Neither of our boys were involved in the highlights. Ian Kinsler started for the home team and went 0-for-4. Click here for an interview he did about Boston’s drive to the World Series. Joc…

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