Friday, 9/12/2014 @ 9:01am

(9:30am) The wrestling brothers portrayed in the movie Foxcatcher were “raised in poverty by their Jewish mother” * * * (9:25am) LSU, whose star shortstop is Alex Bregman, is ranked #1 by Baseball America * * * (9:21am) Eric Berger, a former pitching prospect with four MLB clubs, is joining Acereros del Norte of the Mexican…

(7:17am) Boston’s Craig Breslow says he’s feeling good and strong and hopes to return to his 2013 form * * * (7:07am) Jordan Yallen‘s dad and grandpa were college sprinters, and his grandma was a “world-class ice skater” * * * (7:03am) The White Sox signed former Cal State-Dominguez Hills 2B Jordan Yallen to a minor-league contract and assigned…

(9:37pm) LSU junior Alex Bregman is ranked 13th on Baseball America’s list of the Top 50 prospects in the 2015 draft class * * * (9:01pm) Wow! Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum finished the Australian baseball season with a fifth-ranked .340 average, rapping out 3 hits each in 5 of his last 10 games * *…

(9:25am) Author Bob Wechsler says Al Rosen‘s passing leaves Hal Schacker, 89, as the oldest living Jewish major leaguer * * * (9:15am) Please check out professor Peter Dreier’s excellent memorial to the late great Al Rosen * * * (9:05am) Cincinnati’s Josh Satin reached base on an error and went on to score Monday…

Check out our interview with Dean Kremer, a Hebrew-speaking 18-year-old who was named “Best Pitcher” at the recent European Pool C Championships (9/29/2014) *** Detroit’s Brad Ausmus won a division title in his managerial debut. How many others have done this? Stat heads, we need your help (9/29/2014) *** A total of 15 Jews played in…

MLB news Detroit’s Ian Kinsler is one shy of 300 career doubles. He doubled in a run Saturday for his 299th *** Kinsler is homerless in 148 at-bats this season, but he’s hitting .311 — well above his .274 career average — and leads the A.L. with 18 multi-hit games *** In case you missed it,…