By Scott Barancik, Editor When Ryan Braun launched two home runs Friday (5/15/2015), it left him a dozen short of 250. Only 15 active players, and just 210 of the more than 17,000 who have worn a Major League jersey throughout baseball history, have hit 250 or more HRs. Still not impressed? From 2007 through the present,…
(9:50am) A tweet from Brad Ausmus: “Congrats to my daughter’s varsity softball team for going undefeated in this weekend’s tourney!” * * * (9:33am) When asked by the rabbi to select a Jewish name during his conversion to Judaism, Bob Tufts chose “Sandy Koufax” * * * (9:16am) Hitless on Saturday: Sam Fuld (0/2), Ryan Braun…
When the O’s face K.C. later this week, replay coordinator Adam Gladstone will advise manager Buck Showalter on which calls to challenge (10/7/2014) *** GM Dan Duquette of the pennant-chasing Orioles isn’t Jewish. But in 2007, he headed player personnel for the Israel Baseball League (10/7/2014) ***
(10:00am) Toronto’s Kevin Pillar and Detroit’s Ian Kinsler are tied for 5th in the A.L. with 5 RBIs apiece * * *
Think Mexican League pitchers respect ex-MLB’er Josh Whitesell? Whitesell, who hit .315 this year with 16 HRs and 68 RBIs, was intentionally walked a league-leading 9 times * * * The Reds have assigned former Mets 1B Josh Satin to the “AAA” Louisville Bats, where he’ll join P Jon Moscot * * * Jewish Sports…
Check out our interview with Dean Kremer, a Hebrew-speaking 18-year-old who was named “Best Pitcher” at the recent European Pool C Championships (9/29/2014) *** Detroit’s Brad Ausmus won a division title in his managerial debut. How many others have done this? Stat heads, we need your help (9/29/2014) *** A total of 15 Jews played in…
