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Adam Greenberg recalls big league dreams come true

Jared Sichel October 23, 2013

They came to be inspired by a man with precisely two Major League at bats. The Oct. 6 crowd at Temple Ahavat Shalom (TAS) in Northridge resembled that of a Little League game, as 200 parents and children — many dressed in baseball uniforms — gathered to hear the story of perseverance behind Adam Greenberg, the Jewish professional baseball player who stepped into the batter’s box only twice, seven years apart.

The Hebrew Hammers: Jewish players outperform non-Jews in 2013 season

Jewish Journal October 8, 2013

Breaking news!! Stop the presses!! What\’s all the fuss about? Hold onto your baseball caps! (Or your yamulkes).

10 anti-Semitic twitter reactions to Ryan Braun’s suspension

Jewish Journal July 24, 2013

\”Ryan Braun Jew\” is a trending topic on Twitter this afternoon. We have compiled some of the results for you…

How do you spell chutzpah? R-Y-A-N B-R-A-U-N

Jewish Journal July 23, 2013

It wasn’t so long ago that Ryan Braun was just a rookie phenom, racking up numbers that had Jewish sports junkies rushing to put the Milwaukee Brewers’ slugger in the pantheon with Greenberg and Koufax.

JEWCED: Ryan Braun suspended for PED use

Jewish Journal July 22, 2013

MLB says former MVP Ryan Braun banned for violating the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment program.

Jackie and the Jews [Irish, Italians, Blacks, Poles]: Ethnicity in post-war America

Michael Berenbaum April 8, 2013

Jackie was the first. Jackie could not just play the game for himself. He was playing the game for every one of his race who had been denied a chance, whose future was closed because of racism and segregation. Indeed, as I remember it, Jackie played the game for every minority kid whose opportunities were constrained because of discrimination.