- Jewish journeyman Danny Valencia has played for two of the four remaining playoff teams: the Royals in 2014, and Baltimore in 2013 (10/10/2014) ***
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Friday, 9/12/2014 @ 9:01am
ByscottRyan Braun hit his 19th HR on Thursday, an opposite-field shot deep to right-centerfield in Milwaukee’s 4-2 win (9/12/2014) *** An RBI single by Ike Davis gave Pittsburgh its first run in a 4-1 win over the Phillies on Thursday (9/12/2014) ***
Thursday, 3/19/2015 (A.M. report)
Byscott(9:23am) Suburbs of Washington, D.C., have a 21-team synagogue softball league * * * (8:59am) A thriving synagogue softball league in Los Angeles has 34 teams * * * (8:53am) Hitless Wednesday: Sam Fuld (0-2), Josh Satin and Ryan Lavarnway (0-1) * * * (8:52am) Boston’s Craig Breslow pitched a scoreless inning Wednesday to keep his…
Wednesday, 9/10/2014 @ 9:41am
ByscottMaking a difference: Toronto is 14-7 this season in games where Kevin Pillar is a starter, and 61-62 in all others (9/10/2014) *** Toronto’s Kevin Pillar has 7 hits over the past 3 games and is auditioning for a 2015 starting spot, says this article (9/10/2014) *** Jew X 2: Kevin Pillar went 3-for-4 in Toronto’s 9-2 win Tuesday, while Danny Valencia singled and made an…
Cody Decker makes MLB debut…on Rosh Hashanah!
ByscottBy Scott Barancik, editor Cody Decker returned to L.A. on Sunday, a day after his El Paso Chihuahuas were knocked out of the Pacific Coast League (AAA) playoffs. His future was uncertain: after seven seasons as a San Diego Padres farmhand, the franchise’s all-time minor-league home run leader (154 HRs) was due to become a…
Thursday, 3/12/2015 @ 10:05am
Byscott(10:00am) Toronto’s Kevin Pillar and Detroit’s Ian Kinsler are tied for 5th in the A.L. with 5 RBIs apiece * * *
For Israel, dominance and drama so far at Euro qualifiers
ByscottBy Scott Barancik, editor Israel’s senior national baseball team crushed its “C pool” competition in last year’s European Championship qualifiers. Now it’s cruising through the “B pool” qualifying tournament, which began Monday (7/27/2015) in Vienna and includes national teams from Austria, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden. In Game 1, Israel defeated Belarus 13-1 on 13 hits…