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world series
1965: When Dodger Sandy Koufax Didn’t Pitch Game One of the World Series
Is Cleveland Indians pitcher Andrew Miller Jewish?
Cleveland Indians fans have many players to thank for the team’s deep run through the MLB playoffs, but one stands out among the rest: reliever Andrew Miller.
Conservative rabbis in Cleveland, Chicago place wager on World Series
Conservative rabbis in Cleveland and Chicago have placed a friendly wager on the World Series.
Praying for a World Series berth, Cubs fans turn to Orthodox rabbi
Is God a Cubs fan? For long-suffering mortal supporters of the Chicago franchise, which has not won a World Series since 1908 (and has not even played in one since 1945), the answer may appear to be no.
Breslow’s bad night, and a save for a Cardinal with a Jew-y name
The St. Louis Cardinals tied up the World Series with Thursday night’s 4-2 win over Boston. The save went to Trevor Rosenthal.
Brainy Breslow clutch on the hill in Red Sox title bid
When Craig Breslow entered Saturday night’s playoff game against the Detroit Tigers, FOX broadcaster Tim McCarver hailed the Boston Red Sox reliever — a Yale University graduate with a double major in molecular biophysics and biochemistry — as the smartest player in Major League Baseball.
Adam Grossman’s dream job: Packing Fenway Park
You’d think Adam Grossman has a pretty easy job. After all, with the Boston Red Sox owning one of the most iconic brands in professional sports and gunning for their third World Series title in the past decade, how hard could it be to put fans in the seats at Fenway Park?
Resurgent Dodgers aim to cap astonishing season
Twenty-five years after winning their most recent National League (NL) pennant, the resurgent Los Angeles Dodgers have their sights set on World Series glory to cap what has been an astonishing 2013 season.