By Scott Barancik, editor Of course we wanted Steven Matz to be Jewish. The New York Mets rookie practically threw himself onto our collective doorstep last week with an improbable MLB debut, not only striking out six batters in a 7-2 win but going 3-for-3 with 4 RBIs. He was from New York. His middle…
(8:31am) Detroit has optioned reliever Josh Zeid to its Triple-A club * * * (6:20am) Israel’s i24 News put together a video about Baseball Le’Kulam, which brings together Jewish and Arab kids * * * (6:18am) Check out this radio interview with Cardinals prospect Mason Katz (starts at minute 13:30) * * * (6:04am) MLB.com recently talked to San…
By Scott Barancik, editor “Erno Egri Erbstein was a Hungarian coach who became one of the most revered figures in Italian football during the 1940s,” CNN.com says. The story of Erbstein — who played soccer in New York, hid his family from the Nazis, leapt out of a train to escape a labor camp, became…
Cardinals “rookie-league” prospect Adam Ehrlich went 2-for-4 with 2 RBIs last week as the State College Spikes won the New York-Penn League championship (9/19/2014) *** With the “AAA” finals over now — his team came in 2nd — Ryan Lavarnway is back with the Boston Red Sox (9/19/2014) *** Every so often, Diane Firstman (@dianagram) picks…
(9:59am) Video: Analyst tells MLB Network why Joc Pederson will be L.A.’s starting center fielder * * * (9:53am) The excellent blog Kaplan’s Korner has assembled a list of tributes to the late Al Rosen * * * (9:51am) Baseball author and publicist Marty Appel spoke Thursday with NPR about the 100th anniversary of ‘Who’s Who in…
By Nate Fish, special to Jewish Baseball News Are you a baseball player? Do you want to come to Israel? The Israel Association of Baseball (IAB), in partnership with Masa Israel and Destination Israel, has created a program for baseball players with high school, college, or professional experience to travel to Israel to play and coach….
