Bits and pieces

A little bit of this, a little bit of that:

• From Ha’aretz, “Sports Sports” on myriad topics pertaining to athletes in Israel.
• The Connecticut Jewish Ledger posted this Q&A with Martin Abramowitz, the genius behind the Jewish Major Leaguer  card set. Here’s a little preview about the upcoming product:

Our next set of cards is going to be called “the deck of the decade” and we’ll focus on the years 2000-2009; the first decade of the 21st century. First of all, it had more Jewish players than any other decade; there were 29 Jewish players in the decade. Secondly, it saw the establishment of some records that are all-time baseball records, not just Jewish records. One, of course, is Kinsler hitting for the cycle and going six-for-six in the same game; the other is Shawn Green who, on May 23, 2002, had the best nine-inning offensive performance of any baseball player in the history of baseball. Not only did he hit four homeruns, but he hit a double and a single When you add up his total bases you get 19, which no one has ever done in a nine-inning game before or since. It was the greatest single game in the history of baseball at bat. Thirdly, Youkilis set a fielding record for first basemen of 238 games (2,002 fielding attempts) without making an error.

• And last but not least, a hearty Mazal Tov to Dmitiry Salita and his bride, Alona Aharanov on the recent marriage! Salita has always been a champion of Jewish causes, including this video for the upcoming One Shabbat One World ad campaign by Chabad.

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