Rookies, returnees, retirees and renegades

By Scott Barancik, editor Spring Training has only just begun, but there’s plenty going on in the baseball world. Tyler Kolodny didn’t give up on sports when the Baltimore Orioles released him after six seasons in the minors. He just picked a new one. Although the 6-foot-5-inch, 245-pound Kolodny had never played football at any level, he arranged…

Good news Monday (4/30/2012)

By Scott Barancik/Jewish Baseball News My 8-year-old says Mondays are among her favorite days of the week because she has ‘running club’ after school. For the rest of humanity, Mondays can be hellish. May these tidbits make your day a little easier: Washington Nationals prospect Danny Rosenbaum recently was named the Eastern League’s player of the week, and…