SubscribeArchive for October, 2008
Suggested reading: The “essential” baseball library
Much has been written about the beauty of baseball and the written word. I’m not going to get into a whole discussion about that. Suffice it to say that there’s a lot of good reading out there. For those of you looking to learn about the game or looking for a gift for a baseball [...]
Hats off to Tampa or “You wascally wabbit”
I know it was really cold and nasty weather in Philly during the World Series. I can accept the storm coats and balaclavas the players have taken to wearing on the frigid east coast fall nights. I could put up with the “pajama pants” and baggy jerseys that seem to be the rage these days [...]
On this date: October 31
1943 – Sid Luckman’s three touchdown passes lead the Chicago Bears to a 35-14 victory over the Detroit Lions…who have barely won since. 1985 – Brian WIlks scores his first of four career NHL goals in the Los Angeles Kings’ 7-4 loss to the Boston Bruins. Source: Day by Day in Jewish Sports History, by [...]
Caution: Slippery slope ahead
Isn’t it tough enough to be Olympic-caliber ice skaters from Israel? Does the brother-and-sister team of Roman and Alexandra “Sasha” Zaretsky need to be subjected to further difficulties for it? According to a report in today’s Star-Ledger, the skaters and their coach, Galit Chalt, are suing the Ice House, an rink in Hackensack, because the [...]
Mazel tov to the Phillies
Your new baseball World Champions. Among the Jewish players in Phillies lore are: Morrie Arnovich, who played four-plus seasons (1936-39) Joe Rosenbaum Bennett, who played in a single game for the 1923 club Nathan Berkenstock, who struck out in three of his four at bats in his only major league game (1871) Alta Cohen (right), [...]
Farmar’s almanac
Jordan Farmar scored nine points off the bench in the LA Lakers’ 96-76 home opening victory over the Portland Trailblazers. The second year guard also pulled down six rebounds, dished out six assists, and had one steal. Despite the fact that’s he’s only a sophomore in the NBA, he’s got his own website
Bob Tufts at Livingston, NJ synagogue
Bob Tufts, a pitcher with the San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals from 1981 to 1983, will be the featured speaker at the annual dinner of the Synagogue of Suburban Torah Center’s men’s club in Livingston on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Tufts, a Princeton University graduate, celebrated the 25th anniversary of his conversion to Judaism [...]
On this date: October 29
1933 – Benny Friedman throws a 9-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter to give the Brooklyn (football) Dodgers a 7-0 victory over the Chicago Cardinals. 2000 – Miami Dolphins quarterback Jay Fiedler begins a streak of 92 consecutive passes without an interception, spanning five full games 2007 – QB Sage Rosenfels of the Houston [...]
Your tax dollars at work
A word of warning to NFL commish Roger Goodell: Beware the… [sic] A story in today’s New York Times notes that ” A group of United States Senators, led by Arlen Specter, sent N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell a letter Tuesday expressing their continued disappointment over the league’s policy of showing games exclusively on the N.F.L. [...]
Shalom, Chaverim
Welcome to Kaplan’s Korner, the somewhat immodestly-named blog about Jews and sports brought to you by the New Jersey Jewish News. Herein we’ll take a look at what’s going on in the Jewish sports world: the people, the events, the history, the good times and not-so-good. If you have any suggestions, recommendations, etc., don’t be [...]
