The day Sandy Koufax became one of the greatest pitchers of all time
For 6 seasons, the Jewish pitcher struggled. On June 30, 1962, his eminence revealed itself.
For 6 seasons, the Jewish pitcher struggled. On June 30, 1962, his eminence revealed itself.
'He was there, showing up,' former NFL player Ali Marpet said of his father
'Obviously they don’t have a yiddishe kopf running the operation,' one fan said.
A baseball beef for the fantasy football generation.
If you convert after your career is over, were your accomplishments Jewish feats? The Talmudic answer is unclear.
Like Sandy Koufax, he had to decide whether to play on Yom Kippur
Fewer than 200 Jews have played in the majors. But three Jewish players born in Odessa, the Ukrainian city now under heavy Russian siege, excelled in their adopted sport.
In the 1950s, Jackie Robinson became penpals with a Jewish kid from Wisconsin, sang to him at his 10th birthday party and congratulated him on his bar mitzvah. On Friday, when baseball marks the 75th anniversary of Robinson breaking the color barrier, Ron Rabinovitz will remember his boyhood hero -– as a civil rights icon…
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