One Hundred Years Ago
Babe Ruth was missing from the Yankees' lineup for the first six weeks of the season after Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis suspended him for taking part in a 15-game barnstorming tour.
Alcaraz And Djokovic Practice Sessions Top Off U.S. Open Fan Week As It Concludes
The open practices, held on the eve of the major U.S. Open tournament, offered a rare opportunity for fans to see their idols up close, absolutely free.
Unforgettable Al Rosen
My father informed me that Rosen was Jewish and I targeted him as one of the players I would follow closely.
The Grand Old Game’s Grand Old Man
He's older than any radio station and spoke before movies did. My legendary friend Ernie Harwell will be 90 years old soon.
Remembering Bob Uecker, Mr. Baseball
Uecker ended his major league playing career with a 200 batting average in 297 games. He had some big moments, including a hit off Sandy Koufax. And he could boast that he caught two of the best pitchers in the game in Warren Spahn of the Braves and Bob Gibson of the Cardinals.
Some Jewish Old-Timers
Richie Scheinblum had an eight-year big league career spanning 1965 to 1974 with six different teams (Cleveland, Washington, Kansas City, Cincinnati, California Angels and St. Louis).
The 2023 Baseball Season So Far
On the subject of the World Baseball Teams, we had a chance to see Jacob Steinmetz pitch for Team Israel against several major league all-star players representing the Dominican Republic.
An Israel Ice Hockey Team Could Potentially Medal
To make the roster, players must be active and match Team Israel’s eligibility rules, meaning that they qualify by having a Jewish grandparent rather than being halachically Jewish...
Baseball Is Dull Only To Those With Dull Minds
We'll leave the serious stuff - the situation in Israel, the shidduch crisis, and other issues of concern to the Jewish community - to the other qualified Jewish Press columnists.
How Good Was Roger Maris?
Last month, I wrote about a 22-inning game in June 1962 between the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers that lasted seven hours and...
Olympic Committee Refuses to Commemorate Israeli Munich Massacre Victims
A campaign by the widows of two Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre have had their petition for a memorial at the 2012 Olympic games rejected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Random Thoughts On The 2015 Season
Perhaps the biggest shock for Tigers fans was the firing of president and general manager Dave Dombrowski after the trades of Price and Cespedes.
Baseball And The Written Word
Once a year in the spring, Bookstock takes over the corridors of an upscale suburban Detroit shopping center for an eight-day book sale mostly benefiting Detroit schools and its pupils.
Red Sox Hires Orthodox Jew as New Chief Baseball Officer
Chaim Bloom, 36, who spent 15 years with the Tampa Bay Rays, will be “responsible for all baseball operations matters” for the team.
2007 Predictions
NL East
Mets: The Mets have the best team in the National League, with enough punch to compensate for an aging and not-so-great starting...
2014 Preview
The snow has melted in most parts of the country and here in Florida, where I have my winter dugout in the Orthodox enclave of Century Village in West Palm Beach, I had the opportunity to take in several spring training games.
Play Ball!
Shai Abramson, chief cantor of the IDF, belted out the national anthem while Mets and Cardinals players stood at attention.
Hammerin’ Hank’s 100th
January 1 will be the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hank Greenberg. And Greenberg's 25th yahrzeit will be marked next August.
Lou Gehrig, The Brothers Pipp And Henry Ford
He died 44 years ago and even though he wasn't a Hall of Famer his name will always be linked to one of the greatest players of all time.
2013 Crystal Ball
Many of the baseball beat writers feel the Detroit Tigers are the best team in the major leagues. While I haven't seen all of the pre-season articles, the ones I have read pick the Tigers to top the Central division in the American League.
The Delmon Young Saga
Every time Delmon Young come to bat, gets on base or makes a play in the field, we are reminded of his anti-Semitic rant in New York back in April.
Postseason Picks
A huge Mets fan from Brooklyn moved to my town (Oak Park, Michigan.) and settled in a few houses from me. Walking home from shul the other day, he took issue with my picking, in last month's column, the Mets to finish fourth in the National League East.
Yanks Will Make Playoffs, But Astros Will Win It All
The rivalry between fans of the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will heat up as the season progresses.
The Jewish Ed Mayer
I always seemed to end up with, what they call in card-collecting circles, "commons." To me, Ed Mayer was even less than a common.
New Year, More Progress In Jewish Tennis
Prior to the summer, Jewish tennis had been characterized by the men who performed well on the big stages, including Dudi Sela, Canadian Jesse Levine, Amir Weintraub and doubles stars Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram.
Seven Years Later… She Called Me
One celebrity fan that stands out in Rosalie's mind all these years later is Danny Kaye. "When Herbie came to bat, Danny would stand up and yell, 'Give it a klop, Herbie, give it a klop,'" she said.
A Tale Of Two Ballparks
Ebbets Field, the Polo Grounds, the original Yankee Stadium, the renovated Yankee Stadium, and Shea Stadium - as I said last month, I'd been to them all.
Remembering Bob Fishel
It was Bob Fishel's 20th yahrzeit. Kaddish was said. Fishel never married but left hundreds of admirers.
Aaron Judge, Jose Altuve, And More
I enjoyed watching the Yankees this year with their young players like Judge and Gary Sanchez.
Florida Musings
Those of us who winter in the Orthodox enclave of Century Village in West Palm Beach are lucky to be so close to Florida's finest baseball facility, which boasts many stars and superstars.
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