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Culture These Are The 7 Jewish Baseball Players To Watch In 2017
You have to admit that this is a good time for Jews in baseball. On the field, Team Israel’s strong showing was the talk of the World Baseball Classic. Meanwhile, Ian Kinsler played a key role on the U.S. team. While Alex Bregman had limited duty for the U.S., the star watch is on for…
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Culture What Did Baseball Scouts Really Have To Say About Sandy Koufax?
If Sandy Koufax was a young prospect today, the teams would have reams of scouting data on him leading up to the MLB Draft Thursday. But it wasn’t that way in the 1950s when Koufax was pitching at the University of Cincinnati. In fact, there wasn’t even a draft back then. Thankfully, though, we do…
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Culture Why Interviewing Sandy Koufax Made This Writer More Nervous Than Ever Before
Sportswriter Jeff Passan is long past the stage in his career when he feels anxious at the prospect of interviewing a famous athlete. But Sandy Koufax was different. It was a bucket list moment for Passan, the lead baseball writer for Yahoo Sports. A part of him felt as if he was back in Hebrew…
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