But if Jews and baseball go together like peanuts and Cracker Jacks (Jewish immigrants found America “in baseball,” as a sociologist once wrote), certainly some teams go together better than ...

Ryan Lavarnway started playing baseball when he was 5 years old, attended Yale University, where he set National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) records for batting and slugging percentages, wo ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. (JTA) — For many Jewish ...

It turns out that I undersold Greenberg; he was one of the greatest hitters of all time and gives Sandy Koufax a run at being ...

He has lit Hanukkah candles at a Houston synagogue and spoken at Jewish charity events, and he has expressed openness to playing for Team Israel in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. A few days ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – As one of fewer than 190 Jewish men to ever play Major League Baseball, Alex Bregman thought he knew how much his presence in the game mattered. Then came Oct. 7, 2023.

Two journalists and the mayor of Cooperstown, baseball’s mythical home village, provide some Jewish anecdotes and ruminate about the sport that has captivated them. (JTA) – For many ...

“I want Jewish kids who dream about playing baseball to believe that they can play in the big leagues and live out their dream, too.” While Bregman’s contract makes him the highest-ever paid ...