We’ve come a long way from the joke about the “leaflet on Famous Jewish Sports Legends” presented to a character in the movie “Airplane” after he requests some “light reading.” The baseball season may still be young, but some of the most terrifying and productive players so far are Jewish. On the heels of his 2008 All-Star…
The Baseball Talmud: The Definitive Position-by-Position Ranking of Baseball’s Chosen Players By Howard Megdal HarperCollins, 320 pages, $22.99. For Jewish fans, searching for Jewish players in Major League Baseball is one of the rites of spring and summer. Discoveries bolster ethnic pride — think of the news that Boston Red Sox infielder Kevin Youkilis, nicknamed…
So baseball great Reggie Jackson, haggling with an artist over a painting, jokingly asked him, “Are you Jewish?” A foolish comment, made all the more foolish by the fact that it was made in earshot of a New York Post video camera. The cameraman followed up by asking Jackson why he said that, to which…
Brian Horwitz is off to a pretty good start in the big leagues. Last night, in his third Major League game, the San Francisco Giants’ rookie outfielder knocked off a two-run home run in his team’s blowout of the Mets. After eight at-bats, Horwitz is batting .500 with three RBIs and three runs scored. “Unbelievable,”…
On the heels of a very serious brawl during one of their spring-training games, the Yankees managed to lighten the mood today by sending Billy Crystal out as their leadoff hitter against the Pirates. Crystal — who had been signed by the Yankees to a one-day contract as a 60th birthday gift — managed to…
The Yankees have been without a significant Jewish player for quite some time, but that is all about to change with yesterday’s minor-league signing. Billy Crystal — yes, that Billy Crystal — has signed a one-day minor-league contract with the Yankees and will be playing in an exhibition spring-training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on…
The Yankees may not have yet picked a successor for departing manager Joe Torre, but they have made some minor announcements in the past few days, signing two stars from this season’s Israel Baseball league to minor-league contracts. The Yankees organization picked up Jason Rees, an outfielder with the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox who hit…
If manager Joe Torre gets canned following the Yankees’ pathetic post-season, he can work for the Forward. Or at least that’s what our associate publisher told the New York Post. The Post queried a slew of New York employers as to whether they’d hire the Yankees manager, including our very own David Drimer. He told…
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