Here’s what’s going on in the world of Jewish baseball. MLB Reds rookie Jon Moscot dislocated his shoulder in a freak play Monday. In the first inning of just his 3rd MLB start, Moscot caught Detroit’s Anthony Gose in a rundown and injured himself making a diving tag. No word yet on how long he’ll…
Up tonight: the Dodgers and rookie Joc Pederson face the Cardinals at 6:30pm EST on Fox Sports 1 (10/3/2014) *** Up today: manager Brad Ausmus‘s Detroit Tigers (and 2B Ian Kinsler) face the Baltimore Orioles in Game 2 at Noon EST on TBS (10/3/2014) *** A record-tying 15 Jews played in the MLB this season. How’d they do…
Games played Thursday (4/23/2015) MLB Toronto’s Kevin Pillar and Danny Valencia were bookmarks in more ways than one Thursday. In Valencia’s second start of the season, the pair played right field and left field, respectively, and surprisingly, it was Valencia — in his first career game in left — who made the highlight-reel catch in a 7-6 win over…
(10:50pm) Presuming Jason Marquis starts 2015 with the Reds’ Triple-A team, he’ll join a starting staff that includes Jon Moscot * * * (10:46pm) Free agent Jason Marquis has signed a minor-league deal with the Reds that includes an invite to big-league Spring Training * * *
Mariners “AA” prospect Jack Marder, whose concussion from a fastball this summer was his 7th, has retired for medical reasons. Now he’s finishing his B.A. and coaching at U. of Oregon * * * Ryan Braun says his right thumb feels 100% after Oct. 2 surgery to repair a nerve * * * Independent-league IF Andrew…
Ike Davis made big strides on Ks and BBs in 2014. His K/BB ratio was a career-best 1.24, and his walk frequency — one in every 6.77 PAs — was 4th best in MLB (10/6/2014) *** LeBron, Cavs beat Maccabi Tel Aviv 107-80 on Sunday behind ex-Maccabi coach David Blatt before sellout crowd in Cleveland (10/6/2014)…
