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I’ve got a little list…
Actually, the list belongs to Jeremy Fine, aka The Great Rabbino, who in turn submitted it to OyChicago in response to Spike.com’s list of the 10 greatest contemporary Jewish athletes. (FYI, Spike is one of those “testosterone-laden” outfits, i.e., heavy on girls, games, and gizmos.)
Spike’s list:
10) Jordan Farmar – Backup Point Guard Los Angeles Lakers
9) [...]
And they said it wouldn’t last
The Korner celebrates its first anniversary.
Stein, for the prosecution
Former NFLer Bob Stein finds a new fight on the legal gridiron.
A way-cool source
Every issue of the classic publication is available through Google books.
The first issue: July 1945. Cover price: 15 cents. Tag line: “64 Pages — and Every Word Baseball!”
Thanks to John Zajc of the Society for American Baseball Research and writer Rob Neyer for the item.
The next step is to go through them all for Jewish [...]
Grabow joins elite company
When Pirates pitcher John Grabow won his teams opener against the Cardinals he joined a very elite group.
According to Bob Wechsler, author of Day by Day in Jewish Sports History (KTAV), Grabow is just the fifth Jewih pitcher to win a game on opening day. The others include:
Steve Stone, Orioles 5, Royals 3, April 10, [...]
“But he was such a quiet man…”
Josh Borenstein over at Jewsinbaseball posted this interesting entry on Jews who have been ejected from Major League games.
Wait, Wait, Mr. President-elect
Taking advantage of the holiday, our old friend and neighbor Peter Sagal prepared yesterday’s edition of Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me as a highlight reel.
The program offered items regarding the 2008 Presidential election. It included this one from August, 2005 featuring Senator Barack Obama in the “Not My Job” portion, in which popular figures are [...]
What’s in a name?
I noted with some amusement a piece by Dan Graziano, the baseball writer for The Star-Ledger, in which he finds it necessary to spell out the phonetic pronunciation of the newly-acquired relief pitcher J.J. Putz (sounds like “pootz”). Putz, who had spent his entire six-year career with the Seattle Mariners, is used to being his [...]
Welcome back, Kotter.. and BOTNS
Gabe Kaplan and I and not mishpacha, so I’m not plugging the guy, but I came across this article from ESPN The Magazine’s website.
It must have been a dull day for Bill Simmons, who contributes to the amusing zeitgeist “Page 2″ column. He must have spent hours trolling the Internet to come up with the [...]
Hebrew homer trivia
Did you know:
Hank Greenberg’s 206 home runs were the seventh-most from 1930-39.
On Aug. 12, 1966, Art Shamsky hit two extra-inning round-trippers in the same game, a 14-11 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Shawn Green is one of only 15 batters to hit four home runs in one game. He accomplished this rarity on May 23, 2002 [...]
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