JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Spring Training 2011 is just two weeks old. Many players are still shedding their off-season rust. But a couple Jewish players are already tearing the stitching off the ball. Texas Rangers 2B Ian Kinsler, who was hobbled by injuries last season, leads all MLB players with 4 HRs, is tied for…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Minnesota Twins 3B Danny Valencia finished 3rd in voting for the A.L. Rookie of the Year award, the Baseball Writers’ Association of American reported today (11/15/2010). Valencia, who led all A.L. rookies with a .311 batting average after being called-up from AAA in early June, received one 2nd-place vote and nine…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Several months ago, Jewish Baseball News readers began asking about CF Ryan Kalish of the Boston Red Sox. Could the splashy rookie be a Member of the Tribe? We decided to look into it. After pleasant but inconclusive chats with Kalish’s parents, including his Jewish father, we tried to contact the…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — We’ve been out to lunch for a few days. Here’s what’s happened in the MLB playoffs. Valencia, Twins are out: On Saturday (10/9/2010), the New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-1 to win the playoff series 3-0. Danny Valencia, the Twins’ rookie 3B, singled, walked and scored the team’s lone…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here is your MLB playoff update for Thursday (Oct. 7, 2010): In just the second playoff game of his career, 2B Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers hit a solo HR and an RBI single in a 6-0 win over the (beloved) Tampa Bay Rays. Rays OF Gabe Kapler remains on…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here is your MLB playoffs update for Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2010): Rookie 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins hit a single and a game-tying walk in a 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees. Yankees’ SP C.C. Sabathia walked the 25-year-old on 4 pitches with the bases loaded to tie…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Thursday (10/1/2010). LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers hit an RBI single, drew a walk, and scored his 100th run of the season in a 9-2 win over the New York Mets. Braun is batting .306 and leads all MLB Jews with…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Wednesday (9/29/2010). It was Jew vs. Jew in a double-header between the Milwaukee Brewers and the New York Mets. Here’s how the match-up went: LF Ryan Braun carried the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-1 win in Game 2 with a two-run double, his…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Rookie 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins seems to have taken a detour. Over the past 10 games, a period that saw his batting average drop from .338 to .318, the 25-year-old Florida native hit just .225 and had as many strikeouts as he did hits. But this wasn’t your…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Saturday (9/25/2010): 2B Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers reached base 3 times and stole his 14th base of the season in a 4-3, playoff-clinching win over the Oakland A’s. The 28-year-old singled, doubled and walked. 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday (9/21/2010): 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins went 2/4 with an RBI single in a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Indians, guaranteeing the Twins their 6th A.L. Central title in the past 9 years. Though he wasn’t called up from the…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Monday (9/20/2010): 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins continued his recent power display, going 1/4 with a solo HR in a 9-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. The 25-year-old rookie has just 5 HRs this season but has hit 3 in his…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — A number of Jewish ballplayers went to work on Saturday (9/18/2010), Yom Kippur. Two of them made the best of a difficult situation: 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins continued his phenomenal rookie season, going 2/4 with a three-run HR in a 4-2 win over the Oakland A’s. Valencia, who…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — A number of Jews played baseball on Friday (9/17/2010), the eve of Yom Kippur. And while some played as if they were being punished, others performed quite well: SP Jason Marquis of the Washington Nationals may wish he hadn’t agreed to pitch against the Philadelphia Phillies. He failed to complete the…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Wednesday (9/15/2010): It was a productive day for the four MLB’ers who took the field yesterday. The group went a combined 7/14 with 2 HRs, 8 RBIs and 4 runs scored, and all four players’ teams won: LF Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Tuesday (9/14/2010): In his fourth game back since injuring a hamstring, rookie 3B Danny Valencia of the Minnesota Twins hit a game-tying single, drew a walk, and scored 2 runs in a 9-3 defeat of the Chicago White Sox. Valencia leads all A.L….
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Saturday (9/11/2010): 2B Ian Kinsler went 2/4 and hit a game-tying double in the 9th inning en route to a 7-6 win over the New York Yankees. Despite battling injuries much of the season, Kinsler is batting .296 with 8 HRs, 41 RBIs,…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS —With most minor leagues in playoff mode now, we’re afraid that JBN’s Players of the Day feature will be thinner for a while. As it is, we’re trying not to think about the end of the MLB season. Don’t think about it, don’t think about it… On the bright side, the winter…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — Here are your Players of the Day for Sunday (9/5/2010): In the majors: Rookie 1B Ike Davis of the New York Mets went 4/6 with an RBI single and a 2-run HR in an 18-5 laugher over the Chicago Cubs. The home run was Davis’ second in two days after a…
JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — As Major League Baseball’s 2010 season winds down, Jewish fans everywhere are wondering: What are the chances that Minnesota Twins 3B Danny Valencia — who was batting .343 through Sept. 3 — will be named A.L. Rookie of the Year in 2010? To answer this question, Jewish Baseball News drilled down…
