What’s going on in baseball as of June 30, 2015? MLB No, Mets rookie Steven Matz is not Jewish, sorry to say *** Speaking of Steven Matz, the young starter had 4 RBIs in his MLB debut Sunday, but he’s got a long way to go before matching MLB active career leader Jason Marquis, who…
(9:20am) Sam Fuld, who was beaned in the jaw while beating out a ground ball Friday (March 20), might wear a shield for a while * * * (9:17am) Yom Holedet Sameach (Happy Birthday) to Oakland 1B Ike Davis, who turned 28 on Saturday (March 21) * * * (9:16am) In an interview, Oakland prospect…
Up tonight: Pittsburgh and Ike Davis vs. San Francisco, 8pm EST on ESPN (10/1/2014) *** Watch how fast Sam Fuld was chasing down this 12th-inning triple. Too bad teammate Jonny Gomes got there at the same time (10/1/2014) *** Oakland’s Sam Fuld did everything he could to win Tuesday, singling twice, walking once and, according to Gabe Kapler,…
(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 * *…
By Stuart M. Katz, correspondent Every baseball player dreams of going to the World Series. Guy Stevens, a right-handed reliever who has pitched for Israel’s national team and Pomona College, got there through a side door last season when he landed an analytics internship with the Kansas City Royals. (The Royals took the 2014 Series to…
By 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…
