The Most Valuable Jewish Baseball Players Today
From the towering home runs of “Hammering” Hank Greenberg to the pitching perfection of Sandy Koufax, Jews have long been a part of major league baseball. Today, there are a handful of players continuing the tradition. All of them are, of course, way better at baseball than you or I will ever be. But a [...]
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“Baseball, the sport for math geeks.”
Oh yes.
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Classically Different
I’m home in Maryland right now, and one of the channels available on TV is the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN). Last night they were showing a “classic” game between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Washington Nationals. I tuned into the game in the middle of the 3rd or 4th inning without realizing what was going [...]
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Ozzie Guillen’s on Twitter
This makes me happy. I hope it’s really him though.
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Big Ups to Jon Miller
In 2009 I watched quite a few Sunday Night Baseball games, and I quickly became a fan of Jon Miller. He clearly loves the game so much, calling balls and strikes and plays with intense excitement no matter what the situation. He’s even more impressive than Joe Morgan, with whom he’s always paired in these [...]
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Tom’s Lesson
From here, a quote I think is relevant in so many situations besides baseball: The odd thing about baseball — about professional sports, generally — is how many intelligent men, who made fortunes with their brains before buying a sports team, forget everything they’ve known in the (usually) vain grab for short-term success. Some of [...]
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