Bregman and Bader made it a very Jewish American League Championship Series
The Yankees had the Bronxville Bomber, but he wasn’t enough to stave off Alex Bregman and the Astros
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Sports Slow fastballs, tech wizardry and the perfect name: Meet the newest Jewish major leaguer
Jake Fishman’s heater may not touch 90, but it was effective in his MLB debut
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Sports When almost nobody else would, Hank Greenberg backed a Black player fighting for free agency
Fifty years ago, the Jewish Hall of Famer testified on behalf of Curt Flood, whose stand against MLB’s reserve clause made him a key figure in athletic activism
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Sports A Jewish Giant gets slapped by a Cincinnati Red — and mostly shrugs it off
A baseball beef for the fantasy football generation.
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Sports Jewish in the big leagues: Power hitter Shawn Green dishes at White House event
Like Sandy Koufax, he had to decide whether to play on Yom Kippur
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Sports When this Cub walks up to the plate, ‘Thank You Hashem’ blasts across Wrigley Field
Fans have wondered if the journeyman outfielder, who posted a photo of himself wearing tzitzit, is Jewish
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News Here is baseball’s all-star all-Jewish lineup of all time
As Major League Baseball opens, here’s a question for a certain type of avid sports fan: Who would play on the ultimate all-star Jewish baseball team? The choices are surprisingly vast. Over the past decade, an average of 14 Jews have played on Major League Baseball teams each year. That is more than in any…
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