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Israeli baseball? It’s a cuh-lassic

Posted by Ron Kaplan on June 2, 2011 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

Now hear this: Israel invited to World Baseball Classic qualifier

Tags: Ike Davis, Jews and baseball, Kevin Youkilis, Ryan Braun
Categories: Announcements, Breaking Jewish sports news, International sports, Israeli sports, Jews and baseball

People of the book: John Thorn

Posted by Ron Kaplan on March 17, 2011 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

People of the book: John Thorn

Tags: baseball authors, Jews and baseball, John Thorn
Categories: baseball books, Jewish authors and sportswriters, Jews and baseball

Baseball’s over. Now what?

Posted by Ron Kaplan on November 3, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Coming very soon to a theater (maybe) near you (if you live in Manhattan).

Tags: documentary, Ira Berkow, Jews and baseball, Sandy Koufax
Categories: Announcements, Appearances, Jewish sports documentaries, Jewish sports movies, Jews and baseball

Jewish Sports Review celebrates a simcha

Posted by Ron Kaplan on October 28, 2010 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Jewish Sports Review celebrates a simcha

Tags: Jewish Sports review, Jews and baseball
Categories: Featured, Jewish authors and sportswriters, Jewish Sports, Jewish sports personalities, Jews and baseball, Required reading

Guest review: Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story

Posted by Ron Kaplan on August 26, 2010 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

Guest column: Sam Bernstein on “Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story”

Tags: Jewish Major Leaguers, Jews and baseball
Categories: Guest column, Jewish authors and sportswriters, Jewish Sports, Jewish sports documentaries, Jewish sports DVD, Jewish sports movies, Jews and baseball

Cracking open the (Sports Illustrated) Vault

Posted by Ron Kaplan on August 16, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

A far piece back, I praised the virtues of Sports Illustrated‘s “Vault,” a reliquary of every article the magazine published since its inception in 1954. One of the members of the Yahoo Jewish Sports Collector’s group brought up a piece by Randy Alfred in 1997 called “A Solomonic solution to realignment,” which compares MLB to [...]

Tags: Jews and baseball, Sports Illustrated
Categories: Required reading

Take the quiz

Posted by Ron Kaplan on July 15, 2010 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

You have four minutes. Lotsa luck.

Tags: Jews and baseball
Categories: Because I can...

Grumpy old man

Posted by Ron Kaplan on July 2, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Working for a living.

Tags: Jews and baseball, Len Berman
Categories: Because I can..., Jews and baseball, RK rants

The enemy

Posted by Ron Kaplan on June 25, 2010 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0)

Meet the competition.

Tags: Jews and baseball
Categories: International sports, Jews and baseball

The Sultan of Stats

Posted by Ron Kaplan on June 17, 2010 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Baseball stats man Allan Roth: A Hall of a guy

Tags: Allan Roth, Jews and baseball
Categories: Announcements, Awards, Game Day, Jewish sports media, Jewish sports personalities, Jews and baseball, Lest we forget, Sports business