For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards, the joy of opening a new pack and finding a Jewish player is second to none. That was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a Sandy Koufax ...
Many people are familiar with Sandy Koufax or Hank Greenberg. Maybe you even know that Steve Stone won a Cy Young award or that Ron Bloomberg was the first DH in Major League Baseball History. However ...
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(The Conversation) — Hank Greenberg might be the best baseball player you’ve never heard of. Greenberg was the first baseman for the Detroit Tigers during the 1930s and 1940s. His career was ...
Three Jewish former major leaguers will help Israel field a competitive team in next year’s World Baseball Classic. Shawn Green, Brad Ausmus and Gabe Kapler met this week in Los Angeles with Israeli ...
In the span of a few minutes on Wednesday, the Brooklyn Nets single-handedly doubled the Jewish population in the NBA from two to four. The Nets selected Israeli Ben Saraf and Israeli-American Danny ...
It was the year Israel shocked the world. The baseball world, that is. Team Israel entered the 2017 World Baseball Classic ranked No. 41. It won a qualifying round to become the 16th and final team in ...
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