JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Kudos to Yuri Foreman, a 29-year-old boxer and Rabbinical student who lost a title fight Sunday before 20,000 fans at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
Foreman, who was born in Belarus and emigrated to Israel at age 9, lost by technical knockout in the 9th round to Miguel Cotto. With the win, Cotto became the WBA champ in the 154-pound division.
The loss was Foreman’s first in 29 fights.
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JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — The running count of Jews chosen in last month’s MLB amateur draft has reached 11. Jewish Baseball News last reported that at least six of the 1,500 players selected in the three-day draft were Jewish. Since then, our friends at Jewish Sports Review have identified another five Jews, shown below in…
Editor’s note: Maxx Tissenbaum is a 21-year-old prospect with the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the San Diego Padres’ Single-A team, and an honest chronicler of life in the minor-leagues. Click here to see Maxx‘s past blog entries, and click here to join the Jewish Baseball News mail list. _____________________________ By Maxx Tissenbaum/Special to Jewish Baseball News There have been about…
By Scott Barancik, Editor Max Fried, a 23-year-old pitcher picked 7th overall in the 2012 draft, was called up today by the Atlanta Braves. Fried’s call-up is nothing less than surprising. The 6’4″ southpaw missed most of 2014 and all of 2015 with injuries and Tommy John surgery, and he didn’t exceed Single-A ball until this season, when…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Little news snacks about Jews with bats: As predicted, RF Adam Stern‘s recent stint with the Milwaukee Brewers was brief. Stern, 30, got his first MLB at-bats in four years but went 0-for-6 before the HeBrewers optioned him back to the AAA Nashville Sounds. Stern’s demotion follows that of RP Scott…
Going shopping? Please use our Amazon.com link ———————————————————————— By Scott Barancik/Jewish Baseball News Here are highlights from minor-league games played on Saturday, April 6: Toronto Blue Jays prospect Kevin Pillar, an outfielder with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA), went 4-for-5 with 2 stolen bases. Pillar also tossed out a runner at third base (box score)….
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday (8/17/2010): 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins went 2/4 with two doubles in a 7-6 win over Chicago White Sox. Valencia is 8/15 over his last four games and batting .333 for the season, tops among AL rookies. SS Jake Lemmerman…
