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Fast Forward 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 Meet the Orthodox Jewish artist designing custom cleats for MLB stars
No matter who makes it to the World Series, Ari Solomon's art will be in the spotlight
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Sports Before he plays for Team Israel, Harrison Bader rescues the Yankees
In this week’s division series, Bader became only the second player in Yankee history to hit 3 home runs in his first 4 postseason games
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Sports How at least one Jewish baseball player has beaten the Koufax jinx and the Kol Nidre curse
Statistics prove that playing on the holiest day of the year can be problematic for some Jewish players — not so for Alex Bregman
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Sports Team Israel was ‘miracle team’ of the last World Baseball Classic. Check out the roster for the next one.
In contrast to the 2017 team, Team Israel 2023 will feature several current major leaguers
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Sports Sandy Koufax wouldn’t play on Yom Kippur. Neither would another ace Jewish pitcher.
Ken Holtzman, who pitched for the Cubs and the A’s, had a longer career than Koufax, and more Yom Kippurs off the mound
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Culture Are Jews who play baseball on the High Holidays really cursed?
We ran the stats to find out whether the 'Koufax Curse' is really a thing
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