Daily Pitch: 2017 archives

Here are your MLB highlights for opening week of the 2021 season: Who’s on first? A total of eight Jewish athletes started the 2021 season on Major League rosters. They include Richard Bleier, Alex Bregman, Max Fried, Dean Kremer, Joc Pederson, Kevin Pillar, Ryan Sheriff and Rowdy Tellez. At the plate 3B Alex Bregman (Astros)…

Mazel tov Max Fried (Braves) pitched a gem on August 20, a 9-inning, complete-game shutout over the Orioles. Thanks to two double plays, Fried faced only 29 batters, two over the minimum. A leaping catch by teammate Joc Pederson also helped. The Forward published an article titled “100 years of baseball on radio, a century…

Here are your playoff stats for October 12-17, a 6-day period that included the A.L. and N.L. Division Series and the beginning of the leagues’ respective Championship Series:   Stats to Share Through October 17, Jewish players had 2 of the 4 longest HRs in the 2021 playoffs. OF Joc Pederson (Braves) led the pack…

By Scott Barancik, editor Dalton Guthrie, a Philadelphia Phillies rookie who considered joining Team Israel for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, is the latest Major Leaguer to be identified as Jewish. The lanky 27-year-old is a talented and versatile fielder. Plucked out of the University of Florida in the 6th round of the 2017 amateur…

Mazel tov Team Israel’s dream of an Olympic baseball medal ended August 3 with a 7-6 loss to the Dominican Republic. Israel finished the miscue-laden tourney with a 1-4 record, including a 12-5 win over Mexico and a pair of one-run losses. But reaching the Olympics was an accomplishment that cannot be diminished. “I don’t…

By Scott Barancik, Editor Here are your MLB highlights for the week of September 30-October 6, 2019, the first week of the playoffs: Mazel tov Kevin Pillar is San Francisco’s nominee for the 2019 Hank Aaron Award, given annually to the outstanding offensive player in each league (see article). Stats to share By one measure, Max…