Alex Bregman posing with the MVP trophy after his home run helped the American League defeat the National League during the 89th MLB All-Star Game at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., July 17, 2018. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITER
• Published May 31, 2018
During last year’s World Baseball Classic, after Israel defeats a team from a country with a more storied baseball history, a reporter from that country sends a line drive at the Team Israel manager at a press conference: “What is your opinion on...
By Elaine Durbach, New Jersey Jewish News via JTA
• Published June 8, 2017
WHIPPANY, N.J. — With a lifetime of loving and writing about sports, Ron Kaplan has many topics he can sink his teeth into. Add to that passion his time working for the American Jewish Congress and then for nearly a decade for the New Jersey Jewish...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 26, 2016
The moment the Chicago Cubs clinched the National League Championship Series Saturday night to advance to the World Series against the Cleveland Indians, my husband left the room and went outside. He stayed there for more than a half-hour while I gleefully...
I can remember my first visit to a game at Wrigley Field.In contrast to the larger, louder, electronic stadiums, it was pleasantly quiet. It had thick green grass and just green ivy covering the outfield walls. No AstroTurf, electronic scoreboards, video...
We all knew it was coming; there was no way to avoid it. It was bound to catch up and impose its will. I’m talking, of course, about the concept of “regression to the mean” and its impact on the 2016 Cardinals.Last season, a historically strong...
By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEO
• Published April 29, 2016
Nu? Miami Marlins’ star infielder Dee Gordon busted for steroids.Hmmm…is that really worth a “nu”? Seems like more of an eyeroll is in order. Gordon’s the second player of import nailed in the last few weeks, Toronto’s Chris Colabello being...
Rumor has it the Chicago Cubs have gone over a century without winning a World Series. But that didn’t stop Vegas from making them 4-1 favorites to win it all in 2016. This week, your St. Louis Cardinals hosted the new-and-improved North Siders, and...
By Larry Levin, Publisher & CEO
• Published April 20, 2016
Well, just as Superman had his Bizarro dimension clone and Jerry Seinfeld and his gang paid homage to same in the classic TV series, now we have the Bizarro Baseball World.A Bizarro world where everything’s upside down or backwards. And in the case...
Every year, the start of the baseball season provides out-of-the-blue MVPs, shocking collapses from All-Stars, and crazy statistical anomalies. Eight years ago, Detroit Tigers first baseman, Chris Shelton blasted 10 home runs in the month of April. He’d...
Thursday April 7, 2016 (Rangers vs. Angels): With 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Texas Rangers chose to intentionally walk Mike Trout with the game on the line, in favor of pitching to Albert Pujols. Albert bounced one over the left-field fence...
(JTA) – Will Joc Pederson rebound from his second-half struggles of last season? Can Kevin Pillar build on his strong 2015 campaign? Will injuries derail one-time MVP Ryan Braun?These are some of the questions to be answered as these Jewish players...
