Archive for May, 2011

Mazel tov, Maccabi Tel Aviv

Maccabi Tel Aviv wins Israeli hoops championship

Jewps update, May 31

Jewps update: Casspi keeps cozy company

Baseball backup, May 31

An extra look at news about the national pastime. * Jewish Baseball News reminds that Sunday was “Super Sam Fuld Cape Day.” Even teammate Johnny Damon got into the spirit of things, wearing the fashion accessory as he delivered the lineup card to home plate. Surely there must be some rule against that. * Don’t [...]

Shawn Green makes the book tour rounds

The ex-major leaguer will be discussing his new book, The Way of Baseball: Finding Stillness at 95 mph (See all Personal Transformation Books) at a couple of venues in the New York area over the next week or so. On Monday, June 6, Green will be at Book Revue in Huntington, NY at 7 p.m.  Call [...]

JML update, games of May 30

JML update, May 31

JML update, weekend edition

JML update, weekend edition: Braun excels, Kinsler and Fuld homer.

Baseball backup, May 27

Baseball backup, May 27: Davis and Feldman still a ways off; Kinsler reverting to All-Star form?

JFL update

Not much going on except wondering/worrying about whether there will be an NFL season this year. Most of the off-season news centers around Gabe Carimi, Chicago’s first-round draft pick who has already picked up a new nickname: “the Bear Jew.” Actually this is kind of cool, a nod to the character Sgt. Donny Donowitz, a [...]

JML update, games of May 26

JML update, May 25: Youkilis stands alone.

Of course it’s a Mets affiliate

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a 3-2-6-1-5-3-4-6-8 double play pulled off by the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats against the Binghamton Mets. You need a scorecard with extra large boxes for that one.