Gabe Kapler, a major league outfielder for 12 seasons and a coach for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic, is named as the new manager of the Philadelphia Phillies.
Kapler, who played for seven teams, has been the head of player development for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization since 2014.
“I’m equal parts honored, humbled and excited by the opportunity with the Phillies, an elite franchise in a city rich in history, tradition, sports excellence and with amazingly passionate fans,” Kapler says in a statement.
Gabe Kapler posing for a photo, February 25, 2011. (Harry How/Getty Images)
Kapler, 42, is Jewish and has a tattoo of a Jewish star on his left leg and another that reads “Never Again” — a reference to the Holocaust — on his right leg.
He coached the Israelis during the 2013 WBC’s qualifying period and was invited to travel through Israel with the national team earlier this year. Kapler had never been to Israel before and called the visit an “extraordinary life experience,” adding that his trip to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum there left him “emotional for several days after.”
— JTA
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