(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…
By Scott Barancik, editor It has been a big week for Reds prospect Zack Weiss. Weiss, a 23-year-old reliever drafted out of UCLA in 2013, began the season with the Daytona Tortugas (A+), where he quickly earned 5 saves before being promoted to the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (AA) in early May. Since arriving he has established…
By Nate Fish, special to Jewish Baseball News Are you a baseball player? Do you want to come to Israel? The Israel Association of Baseball (IAB), in partnership with Masa Israel and Destination Israel, has created a program for baseball players with high school, college, or professional experience to travel to Israel to play and coach….
(12:56pm) Catch the latest from Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum on his excellent blog, “Red White and the 3-0 Green Light” * * * (12:50pm) Rays prospect Maxx Tissenbaum, in Australia this offseason, went 4-for-5 Sunday with 2 HR. He’s hitting .333 (ranked 7th) with a .971 OPS (3rd) * * * (11:19am) Ex-MLB hurler Ryan Sadowski immersed himself…
By Scott Barancik, editor On Tuesday, Major League teams can expand their rosters from 25 players to 40, an annual September ritual that allows top prospects a chance to take a swing at the big time. Although there are no guarantees, two Jewish pitchers might make the leap. One is Washington Nationals farmhand Richard Bleier, a…
By Scott Barancik, editor “Erno Egri Erbstein was a Hungarian coach who became one of the most revered figures in Italian football during the 1940s,” CNN.com says. The story of Erbstein — who played soccer in New York, hid his family from the Nazis, leapt out of a train to escape a labor camp, became…
