Ralph Branca

JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — We’re not publicity hounds by any means. But for a Jewish-oriented publication like Jewish Baseball News, getting a mention in the New York Times like we did today (8/16/2011) is a milestone of sorts (see article). Times sports reporter Richard Sandomir had interviewed people such as lawyer Alan Dershowitz and JBN…

JEWISH BASEBALL NEWS — As far as he knew, Ralph Branca was 100% Catholic. A three-time All-Star with the Brooklyn Dodgers perhaps best known for giving up New York Giants 3B Bobby Thomson’s pennant-winning home run in 1951 (see video and box score), Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca was confirmed and baptized. He often attended Mass…