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 ...

It was Stan, “Grandpa Zayde,” who gave his grandson a card set of Jewish baseball players. Someone else who witnessed that commitment was Darvin Ham, who coached the New Mexico Thunderbirds ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

“Being able to play professional baseball and be in the big leagues, to begin with, is a blessing in and of itself, but it’s an honor to be a Jewish baseball player. "This game has given me a ...

“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 ...