Babe Ruth, 70 Years Later
I was lucky enough to be on the baseball beat in the 1970s when many of Babe Ruth's former teammates were still alive.
1951: A Great Year In Baseball
I was one of 2,400 people at the recent Yeshiva Beth Yehudah dinner held in downtown Detroit.
Starting A New Chapter
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.
A Mighty Fine Feller
Bob Feller was stubborn and opinionated - and, I must admit, I didn't care for him too much at our first meeting over 30 years ago.
Jewish Basketball Coach Organizes Bronx High School Scrimmage With Yeshiva To Combat Hate
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.
Spring Training Is Finally Here!
It hit me like a baseball bat on my head. I had been sitting next to Red Smith, the legendary sports columnist who knew Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb and other baseball greats.
1941: Baseball In America, War In Europe
Jewish baseball history was made by the New York Giants at the Polo Grounds on Sunday, September 21, 1941, as the team had four Jews in its starting lineup – the first and thus far only time that’s happened in the major leagues.
Lipsky Fights To Semifinals In Mixed Doubles At Australian Open
Favored to win his match, Lipsky fell in two tough sets to an Austrian-Romanian duo. After flying to the opposite side of the world, losing a first round match was not the best result.
Losses In 2023 – Personal And In Baseball
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.
Sports Shadchan Tackles Super Bowl Week – Except On Shabbos
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.
2010 Season Preview
As we clean for Pesach, several players will be cleaning out their lockers after being released by teams paring down their rosters for Opening Day.
Players To Watch
The Cubs have the most players I'll be watching.
The Summer Of ‘67
Events morphed into what became known as the Six-Day War. While the war lasted less than a week, millions of words were devoted to it in newspapers and magazines over the days and weeks that followed.
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).
Congrats To The Cubs
Ed Mierkowicz, 92, is the last surviving player from the 1945 World Series between the Cubs and the Detroit Tigers.
Aaron Judge: A Great Baseball Player
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.
Remembering New York’s Old Stadiums
Last month I predicted the Yankees, Indians and Angels would top their divisions in the American League, while the Mets, Cubs and Diamondbacks would do the same in the National League.
Baseball’s Back! Predictions For The 2011 Season
Every team has a bad week. Good teams, however, go through it less often. It all play out over the course of the season, so don't pay too much attention to where good teams are listed in the standings early on.
Great Young Talent
The very first All-Star Game I ever saw was in 1950, a few weeks after our family got its first television. That was the year I started following baseball and collecting baseball cards.
Brooklyn’s Best Go West
The coliseum could house over 100,000 fans. On Opening Day the Dodgers drew 78,672 paying fans – almost double what their beloved former home, Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, could accommodate.
Happy Memories
Many former baseball players who left us with happy memories also passed away in the past year.
All Star Israel Softball League: Smooth sailing for Segwayz
In a rematch of last season's Holyland Series, Lobos looked for revenge, but it was Café Rimon who prevailed – though all agreed that this encounter would pale in significance to a potential postseason meeting.
Counting The Omer … And The Homers
While we're counting the Omer, we're also counting homers.
Israeli Racecar Driver Feels The Need For Speed And Raises Awareness For The Hostages
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.
100 Years Ago
President Woodrow Wilson sent a mission in September 1919 to investigate atrocities against Jews in Poland and Russia.
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).
In Loving Memory Of My Life’s Partner
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.
A Century Ago In Baseball
Al Schacht quickly became a fan favorite with his before-game entertainment imitating the mannerisms of other players.
Hank Greenberg’s 25th Yahrzeit
It was Hank Greenberg's 25th yahrzeit recently and I said Kaddish for baseball's biggest Jewish superstar.
Eighty Years Ago On Two Sides Of The Atlantic
Rewind eight decades to 1933.
That year marked the rise of the greatest villain of our time and the biggest Jewish sports hero of all time.