Public opposition is mounting to a possible Royals ballpark on the former Sprint campus, one of three sites the team is reportedly considering for a new stadium.
Leichman’s latest accolade appears to make him the first Israeli to hold a head pitching coach position in the MLB. (In ...
Leichman, who has worn the number of his kibbutz laundry tag and highlighted his Israeli identity, has been appointed by the ...
Many people are familiar with Sandy Koufax or Hank Greenberg. Maybe you even know that Steve Stone won a Cy Young award or that Ron Bloomberg was the first DH in Major League Baseball History. However ...
The YULA and Shalhavet baseball teams have been banned from participating in next year’s Southern Section playoffs and placed on probation for pulling out in the middle of this year’s playoffs to ...
For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards, the joy of opening a new pack and finding a Jewish player is second to none. That was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a Sandy Koufax ...
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Lipman Emanuel (“Lip”) Pike was baseball’s first Jewish superstar and ...
Lipman Emanuel (“Lip”) Pike was baseball’s first Jewish superstar and arguably the game’s first professional player. “The Big Book of Jewish Baseball” wrote that in 1866 Pike agreed to accept $20 per ...
Robert Gudmestad does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
(JTA) If the only history-making Jewish feat in baseball this week had been a historic grand slam, it would have been enough. But then a half-dozen Jewish ballplayers were picked in the MLB Draft — ...
Kevin Youkilis takes a pitch against Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie in Camden Yards (the Red Sox won 6-5), July 31, 2009. The Red Sox Foundation and Ruderman Family Foundation have honored former MLB ...