יום שלישי, ט״ו תמוז תשפ״וTuesday, June 30, 2026
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By Irwin Cohen
Cox racked up 2,504 career victories, fourth best in baseball history among managers. The respected and beloved baseball lifer was 84 when he died.
By Irwin Cohen
Having a minyan with a siyum for firstborn guys like me Wednesday morning, erev Pesach, with a terrific breakfast was a big selling point for me, but the thing my old legs appreciated the most was there wasn't a single step for me to negotiate as everything was on the first floor.
By Irwin Cohen
The American League Rookie of the Year should be Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle. The left-handed batter, who can play shortstop, third base and second base, is expected to be among the leaders in batting average and is also expected to hit 20 or more home runs.
By Alan Zeitlin
YU (20-8 overall, 16-0 in Conference) relies a lot on star shooting guard Zevi Samet, who is from Monsey and manages to keep his kippah on while nailing 3-pointers.
By Irwin Cohen
The spring training memories that mostly pop up in the television of my mind are from 50 years ago in 1976.
Liu, Hughes, and the other USA Olympians give me hope that despite our differences, we remain strong; we remain winners.
Liu, Hughes, and the other USA Olympians give me hope that despite our differences, we remain strong; we remain winners.
By Irwin Cohen
Another great place to consider, as housing is much cheaper than up north in the East and down I-95, is Jacksonville, at the northern end of Florida (a two-hour drive south of Savannah). It has a community a bit larger and is also worth considering for a move and visit.
By Alan Zeitlin
The 6’8” player, who weighs about 228 pounds and is nicknamed “Turbo,” previously starred for Maccabi Tel Aviv and was the Israeli Premier League MVP in the 2019-20 season – the third year in a row he helped his team win the championship.
By Irwin Cohen
Every person is important and welcoming. It's a great place to be a big fish in a small pond. The shul also has a great caterer, and you can eat in a big social hall or takeout.
By Irwin Cohen
The bonus baby rule allowed teams to sign amateur players for over $4,000, but the player had to stay on the big-league roster for two years. It prevented the richer teams from stocking up on young talent in their minor league systems.
From a life-altering accident to the world’s biggest tournaments, Sasson has become one of Israel’s most compelling sports figures – powered by resilience, faith, and fierce national pride.
The young Israeli's most notable achievement was securing his first-ever Grand Slam singles victory in the first round.
The intensity of the match was matched by the fervent atmosphere created by Sasson's supporters.
The presidential presence, while adding an undeniable buzz, also contributed to significant logistical challenges. Unprecedented security measures and long lines at the entrance gates led to a frustrating delay for thousands of ticket holders.
Since his move, Sasson has become a dominant force. His list of achievements is impressive, including two singles titles at the French Open (2024 and 2025), a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, and a Wimbledon doubles title.
The excitement kicks off with the U.S. Open Qualifying Tournament, where 256 of the world's most talented players compete for a spot in the main draw, all of which you can watch up close and for free.
For many, particularly high school students, becoming a US Open ballperson is an incredible opportunity. It's not only a chance to be up close to the world's top tennis stars but also a unique summer job experience.
Following a successful inaugural event in 2024 that drew over 70,000 attendees, Fanatics Events is significantly expanding the festival's footprint and offerings.
By David Katz
Despite the excitement and anticipation surrounding the Super Bowl, many in New Orleans are still grappling with the aftermath of the tragedy. The city's famous French Quarter, normally bustling with revelers and partygoers, is still acutely aware of the recent bloodshed.
By David Katz
The press huddled in the old MSY airport, eagerly awaiting the team's arrival. As the Chiefs made their way to their buses, the excitement was palpable. They were whisked away quickly, ready to start their Super Bowl preparations.
By Irwin Cohen
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.
By Irwin Cohen
Many Jews lived in his neighborhood and he picked up many Yiddish words and phrases that stayed with him. His vus machst du? was perfect and while he was a very religious Catholic, he knew more about Judaism than many Jews.
By Irwin Cohen
On Sunday nights, my father was glued to the radio when Drew Pearson and the news came on and he hung on to every word coming out of the radio regarding Israel as the new Jewish state founded on the biblical Jewish homeland of the Jews, repelled most of the invading Arab armies of Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. Egypt still remained a threat to the tiny nation of an estimated 650,000.
With his signature humility and warmth, Schwartzman, a fan favorite, discusses his tennis and Judaism, revealing the unconditional support he's received from around the world.
By Irwin Cohen
The coming days and weeks provided even better post World Series news. I would be getting a World Series ring with my name on it and a check with a nice amount and my name on it.
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.
After a successful run in previous years and a staple vendor at numerous stadium venues, PKS is once again taking center court to provide a unique and satisfying dining experience for all attendees.
As he addressed the crowd, Schwartzman's emotions were palpable. I'm not supposed to cry now. I have to be strong, he said, his voice cracking with emotion. It was a moment that resonated deeply with the audience, many of whom were aware of his remarkable family history.
But what sets UTS apart from traditional tennis is its format and rules, designed to create a faster-paced game.
By Alan Zeitlin
Knowing he is in a sport seen by many and interacts with people of countries around the world, Elkin said he felt it was important to show pictures of those who were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, with images on his helmet, jacket or signs he has held.
The event brought together fans of all ages and backgrounds to immerse themselves in interactive experiences, exhibits, and activations from top leagues and brands put together by Fanatics founder and CEO Michael Rubin.
Born in Israel to Ukrainian parents, Sergio and Olga, who migrated to Israel a year before her birth, Lina was introduced to tennis at a young age. Her parents, both tennis coaches, played a pivotal role in nurturing her talent.
By Irwin Cohen
The Duke hit the last home run in Ebbets Field history in 1957 and moved to Los Angeles with the Dodgers, getting a couple of television gigs in Hollywood.
By Alan Zeitlin
Instead of protecting the Israeli team, the police were on the other side, I believe, he said. If I was a player on an adult team, I would have gone to the field and risked getting arrested, but you can’t do that with kids, he said.
By Alan Zeitlin
All of our kids have gotten along really well with the other teams, he said. He added that it was heartwarming to see players take pictures with those from other countries.
The electric atmosphere was palpable, reflecting New York City's passion for soccer and offering a unique experience distinct from baseball, basketball, and football games.
By Irwin Cohen
Come on Mr. Commissioner, do what you have to do to get the station carried on cable again, at an affordable price. You'll make the oldsters happy again and will gain some youngsters as lifelong fans.
One of the unique aspects of the U.S. Open Fan Week is the opportunity to see the world's top players in action, up close and personal.
By Irwin Cohen
In 1924 as he celebrated his bar mitzvah people called him Hyman. Hymie or Hy. He excelled at playing baseball and basketball and saw his first major league game in 1924 with his father at the Polo Grounds as the New York Giants won a Sunday double header.
By Irwin Cohen
After being hospitalized with heart issues for three weeks Ken Holtzman was 78 when he died.
By Irwin Cohen
After more than 70 years of watching the Detroit Tigers what team do I get to see now. Lakewood has the Blue Claws, the low minor league team of the Philadelphia Phillies, but I don't expect that their games are televised.
By Irwin Cohen
The best Jewish hitter over the past few seasons has been Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman. The 29-year-old Bregman is in his last year before possibly leaving the Astros as a free agent.
By Irwin Cohen
It was a great game and the Tigers held on to win 7-6. We had a good view of 19-year-old skinny rookie Al Kaline in right field. Kaline singled in four attempts and Harry Agganis and Ted Williams each had three hits. The second game was even more interesting.
By Irwin Cohen
While I never attended a religious service in a non-orthodox house of worship, I spoke in every synagogue and Temple in the Detroit area. Some more than once. I also did some radio and television there, besides writing for some local publications, too. I was born in Detroit; it was my home my whole life.
By Irwin Cohen
It was a sad day for me when I learned of the firing of Chaim Bloom, who had the title of the Chief Baseball Officer of the Boston Red Sox.
By Irwin Cohen
The Yanks can easily be back in the playoffs next season if the young talent – which there is – can prove they’re ready for the majors.
By Irwin Cohen
You put the little fork at third base, she said, the big fork at shortstop, the knife at second base, and the spoon at first base. That was my guide every time I set the table.
With so much going on surrounding the kosher operation, it’s hard to see how things might get better. But that’s the goal.
By Irwin Cohen
The Yankees won their first World Series as they downed the New York Giants, four games to two. Ruth was the biggest star of the Series as he batted .368 with three home runs.
By Irwin Cohen
We knew which batters were hitting well and which ones were in a slump. We memorized what the batters did in the few days before we faced them.
By Irwin Cohen
A chance phone call to a sports call-in radio program would change the course of my life. But it wasn't by chance. It was orchestrated by Hashem.
By Irwin Cohen
You see me hittin' the ball and they cut the scene and you see Tab Hunter runnin' the bases. Every time I watched it with the family I say, 'Yeah, that's ol' dad hittin, in that movie there. Sievers said of his part in the movie.
By Irwin Cohen
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.
By Irwin Cohen
This season, when a pitcher begins his motion, all four infielders must be stationed on the infield dirt and two must be on both sides of second base.
By Alan Zeitlin
If Team Israel manages to win against the Dominican Republic on March 14, it would mark one of the biggest upsets in sports history.
By Irwin Cohen
The fan who caught the ball that Judge hit for his 62nd home run of the 2022 season on October 4, while watching the game between the Yankees and Texas Rangers in suburban Dallas, sold it through an auction house for $1.5 million.
By Irwin Cohen
At the time the first player with the last name Cohen was playing in the major leagues. Pitching under the name Harry Kane, he made his big league debut a year earlier in 1902 with the St. Louis Browns of the American League.
By Irwin Cohen
The big news took place one day before the 22 inning game started as Willie Mays returned to New York via a trade between the San Francisco Giants and New York Mets.
By Eve Glover
It was a 30 point win for the yeshiva team, but the real victory could be said to be the bonding experience afterwards, when competing team members sat down in SAR’s dining room for pizza together.
By Irwin Cohen
The night before the perfect game, Larsen dined with the Richmans and told the future writer that he was going to pitch a no-hitter the next afternoon. He pulled out a dollar from his wallet and instructed Milt to give it to his mother for a donation to her synagogue.
By Irwin Cohen
Greenberg threatened to retire rather than play for the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates, considered the worst team in the National League with no hope of reaching the World Series in 1947. Entertainer Bing Crosby one of the team of new owners on the Pirates lured Greenberg to Pittsburgh by making him the first player in baseball to earn $100,000.
By Irwin Cohen
La Guardia was a rabid New York Giants fan, but also rooted for the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees when they weren't matched against the Giants. His favorite mayoral duty was throwing out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day to kick off a new season for the Giants at the Polo Grounds.
By Irwin Cohen
Max Patkin had a long career in baseball as an entertainer. His trademark was wearing a baggy uniform with a large question mark on his back instead of a uniform number.
By Irwin Cohen
It's hard enough to be a good player in the major leagues, But Robinson had to listen to racial taunts from other teams and fans in the stands when the Dodgers played on the road.
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...
I’m used to playing Division III basketball at the end of the day, Turell said. It took me a game to get used to the speed and used to the size. After that, I felt very used to it and ready to go.
By Irwin Cohen
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.
By Howard Blas
I daven three times a day and eat only kosher anywhere I am in the world. Pro-athletes are often more understanding than others since they understand regimens and daily routines.
The biggest thing is to set your goals, work hard, and know that it’s possible. There are obstacles obviously, but if you’re good enough and work hard enough you can make it happen.
By Irwin Cohen
The Dodgers had him hone his skills as a third baseman and catcher in the minor leagues and brought him up to the major leagues in 1943 when he was only 19.
By Irwin Cohen
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).
By Alan Zeitlin
“He’s that talented, and we all know it. He’s a selfless kid who worked hard and stayed within the offense to produce,” said Yeshiva University head coach basketball Elliot Steinmetz of 22-year-old, 6-foot-7-inch senior guard Ryan Turell.
By Alan Zeitlin
YU Star Balances Full-Time Job, Marriage, Early Practices, Daf Yomi, and College Classes In Championship Quest
By Marc Gronich
In 2004, the National Baseball Hall of Fame prepared a retrospective “A Celebration of Jews in Baseball.”
By Irwin Cohen
All of the players respected him. There wasn't a finer player or finer man.
By Irwin Cohen
Al Schacht quickly became a fan favorite with his before-game entertainment imitating the mannerisms of other players.
By Irwin Cohen
While Jewish fans were concentrating on Hank Greenberg's efforts to pass Babe Ruth's single season home run record of 60 in 1938 Jewish baseball history was made on August 20, 1938.
By Irwin Cohen
While you'll have the respect of the players and the coaches and managers, you still have to be on guard. There's always a jokester or two who may want to take you off the religious pedestal.’
By Alan Zeitlin
Kligman, who is shomer Shabbat, said he will not play on Sabbos and whatever team he goes to will have to adjust their schedule to accommodate him... "It's important for me because that's not the way G-d intended me to use the day," he told The Jewish Press by phone.
By Irwin Cohen
On the last day of spring training in 1960, Colavito, his fans and the baseball world were shocked as he was traded to Detroit for Harvey Kuenn.
By Irwin Cohen
The next day, I opened the paper to the first page of the sports section where Falls' column appeared several days a week. I was surprised to see my picture below his usual masthead.
By Irwin Cohen
The host never mentioned that when Aaron would pass Ruth's mark, he would have many more at-bats than Ruth had. I decided to call in and state the facts.
By Irwin Cohen
I saw pictures of him in the sports section of the newspaper delivered to our house, and I devoured any story and box score with his name.
By Irwin Cohen
Gone are the days of the big games between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox as the BoSox are more in a rebuilding phase and have their best pitcher, Chris Sale, out for the season because of surgery.
By Irwin Cohen
While I don't remember him playing in a game I attended, I can recall opening up packs of baseball cards and getting more Porters than I wanted.
By Irwin Cohen
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.
By Irwin Cohen
Jewish baseball fans were still missing Sandy Koufax, who retired after the 1966 season at the age of 30 because of risk of permanent damage to his arthritic arm.
By Irwin Cohen
Greenberg was the biggest Jewish hero in America at the time, but the Tigers actually had a second Jewish player in 1938.
By Irwin Cohen
We're going to see only a few pitchers this season winning more than seven games and only a few players hitting more than 15 home runs. But we could see a player batting over .400.
By Irwin Cohen
"I consider baseball a very good thing for the population during the war," Roosevelt stated.
By Irwin Cohen
For the most part, it was a frustrating day for batters on both sides. Only two players had three hits.
By Irwin Cohen
The sign stealer could be on the phone with his accomplice and relay what pitch is coming by raising the beer to his lips for a fastball, adjusting his cap for a curveball, etc.
By Irwin Cohen
He was intelligent and a commanding presence, though much softer than his reputation as a player.
By Irwin Cohen
The biggest name who died in 2019 was a superstar as a player and a trailblazer as a manager.
By Irwin Cohen
Martin broke into the major leagues with the New York Yankees in 1950, the same year I started following baseball as a youngster in Detroit.
By Irwin Cohen
I was surprised the Nats won Game 6 and was rooting for Houston to pull out a win in the final game before the home crowd.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Chaim Bloom, 36, who spent 15 years with the Tampa Bay Rays, will be “responsible for all baseball operations matters” for the team.
By Irwin Cohen
In 1985, I became the answer to a trivia question: Who counted each and every seat in Tiger Stadium?
By Irwin Cohen
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 ended during the Ed Sullivan variety television program. Some New Yorkers e-mailed me afterwards to let me know they remember flipping channels to follow both the game and the star-studded 14th […]
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