baseball

How ‘Pitching Ninja’ Rob Friedman became one of the most popular Jewish personalities in baseball

How did Friedman, a lawyer by trade with only scant amateur baseball experience, become one of the most popular personalities in the sport?

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
25/08/2023

Why has Israel been hosting so many international sports tournaments?

In recent years, Israel has hosted European and global tournaments in lacrosse, flag football and athletics, and will soon add volleyball, water polo and baseball to the list.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
05/08/2023
 Illustrative photo of a baseball.

These six Jewish baseball players were just drafted into the MLB

The best bellwether of what’s to come is the MLB Draft, which included 20 rounds split between the past three nights. A total of 614 players were drafted this year.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
13/07/2023

Jewish University of Virginia star Jake Gelof selected in second round of MLB Draft

Gelof joins a talented group of Jewish prospects who have been drafted in recent years.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
11/07/2023
Citi Field baseball stadium in New York, home field of the New York Mets

MLB team members forced to take New York public transportation due to motorcade

While professional athletes spend months training for their season, they may not have been trained to sit in stand-still traffic while crossing paths with President Joe Biden's motorcade in NYC.

Chicago Cubs slugger Matt Mervis sells Hebrew merch to ‘help grow’ baseball in Israel

“I learned a lot,” he said about his experience on Team Israel. “Just talking to everybody and learning more about the culture and life in Israel and things that my grandmother grew up with.”

By GABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
14/06/2023

From pitching to prayers: Synagogues should take a lesson from baseball - opinion

The effectiveness of MLB policy cutting down on lengths of games got me thinking that, just maybe, there is hope for cutting down on long synagogue services.

By HOWARD BLAS
11/06/2023

On her 100th birthday, a Holocaust survivor threw a first pitch at a Yankees-Rays game

Kahan stood confidently on the Tropicana Field pitcher’s mound with her daughter and son by her side. It didn’t matter that the throw only made it halfway.

By MAX BAKER/JTA
24/05/2023

The Jewish Sport Report: Israel shoots for World Cup history in Argentina

Israel appears for the first time at the under-20s World Cup, marking its first appearance since its 1970 World Cup debut.

By JACOB GURVIS/JTA
20/05/2023

Blue-and-white junior baseball team captures PONY Euro title, headed to World Series

“We finally won. Nobody remembers the name of Bar Kochva’s deputy and nobody gets credit for second place.” 

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