Baseball
Alex Bregman, who drew a Jewish star on his cap after October 7, inks $175M deal with the Cubs
Bregman's contract with the Chicago Cubs is the second-largest contract ever signed by a Jewish ballplayer, behind Max Fried’s $218 million contract in 2024.
Alon Leichman becomes first Israeli head pitching coach in the MLB
Trump backs Roger Clemens for Baseball Hall of Fame, bashing 'erroneous' drug accusations
Sandy Koufax put his Judaism before his baseball career: What will be your Sandy Koufax moment?
The MLB has more Jewish players than ever
None of them will face a Yom Kippur dilemma this year, like Sandy Koufax's decision to sit out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series.
Remembering Jewish baseball legend Hank Greenberg’s 1934 Rosh Hashanah dilemma
In the end, Greenberg played. As the Tigers took the field, Jews in Detroit took their seats for Rosh Hashanah services.
Catcher writes about how playing for Israel brought him closer to Judaism
In “Baseball and Belonging", Ryan Lavarnway chronicles his life, athletic career and how a call from Israel’s burgeoning baseball program helped him find his Judaism.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
