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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 499

Major League Baseball

Houston Astros' Alex Bregman bats during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, September 22, 2024, in Houston. (AP/Kevin M. Cox)
February 13, 2025, 6:45 pm
Jewish slugger Bregman signs $120 million deal with Red Sox
Contract marks highest-ever annual salary for a Jewish MLB player as 3rd baseman — who sported Star of David on hat after Oct. 7 attack — leaves Astros for Boston
By ToI Staff and AP
A complete collection of Jewish players' baseball cards being sold at Sotheby's is estimated to fetch more than $500,000 in January 2025. (Sotheby's via JTA)
January 17, 2025, 5:40 pm
Sotheby’s auctions world’s biggest Jewish baseball card collection
Set of over 500 cards representing 191 Jewish players expected to fetch $500,000 to $700,000
By jacob gurvis
Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Spencer Horwitz reaches for an infield grounder during a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays September 21, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)
January 10, 2025, 1:32 am
Pirates welcome Jewish player Spencer Horwitz to the team
Acquired in a December trade with Toronto, the first baseman is an underdog Jewish fans can get behind – a late draftee who proved himself as he slugged his way up into the majors
By Jonathan Mayo
Max Fried #54 of the Atlanta Braves throws a pitch against the San Diego Padres during the first inning in game two of the Wild Card series at Petco Park on October 2, 2024, in San Diego, California. - The New York Yankees have agreed to sign left-handed pitcher Fried to an eight-year, $218 million dollar contract -- the largest ever for a left-handed hurler, MLB.com reported on December 10, 2024. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images North America/AFP)
December 11, 2024, 5:46 am
Jewish pitcher Max Fried signs record-breaking deal with NY Yankees
All-Star’s 8-year, $218 million deal with New York baseball team marks the largest-ever contract for both a Jewish player and a left-handed pitcher
By jacob gurvis
Levi Sterling played for the USA Baseball 18U National Team in 2023. (Courtesy of USA Baseball via JTA)
July 22, 2024, 2:06 am
Meet the 6 Jewish baseball players selected in the 2024 MLB Draft
Up one draftee from last year’s 5, this crop of ballplayers still represents less than 1% of the new MLB class – but they are making an outsized impression
By jacob gurvis
Steinmetz has represented Israel on the field at the World Baseball Classic and with an Israeli flag patch and headband in the minor leagues. (Joseph Nguyen; Rob Tringali/WBCI/MLB Photos via Getty Images/ via JTA)
July 8, 2024, 1:30 am
How Orthodox minor-league pitcher Jacob Steinmetz is staying on top of his Judaism game
Walking to practice on Shabbat and fueling up on kosher delivery meals are just some of the ways the baseball player fields religion while staying focused on baseball
By jacob gurvis
Baseball player Ryan Braun. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images/via JTA)
November 18, 2023, 4:28 pm
MLB star, others to be inducted into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
2024 induction class includes former baseball player Ryan Braun and NFL’s Mitchell Schwartz; Israeli tennis players Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram also make the list
By jacob gurvis
Israel's Ryan Lavarnway reacts at second after hitting a double off Cuba's starter Noelvis Entenza during the fourth inning of their second round game of the World Baseball Classic at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan, March 12, 2017. (AP/ Shizuo Kambayashi)
November 14, 2023, 12:56 am
Team Israel baseball captain Ryan Lavarnway talks solidarity
Alarmed by the rise of antisemitism and misleading information following Oct. 7 attack, former MLB veteran says he has a ‘responsibility to stand up and speak out’
By jacob gurvis
The Atlanta Braves and the Philadelphia Phillies observe a moment of silence for Israel prior to game three of the National League Division Series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, October 11, 2023. (Screenshot/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 13, 2023, 2:04 am
Philadelphia Phillies hold moment of silence for Israel before MLB playoff game
After game, team posts photo of stadium lit in colors of Israeli flag: ‘To show our unwavering support for the people of Israel, we light our home in blue and white’
By jacob gurvis
Left: Max Fried delivers a pitch in a spring training game against the Tampa Bay Rays, March 21, 2021. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images via JTA); Right: Dean Kremer pitches for the Baltimore Orioles in a spring training game against the Minnesota Twins, March 9, 2021. (Mark Brown/Getty Images via JTA)
September 24, 2023, 5:01 pm
MLB has more Jewish players than ever; none has Yom Kippur dilemma
Some athletes choose to follow in the footsteps of greats like Hank Greenberg or Sandy Koufax and sit out Judaism’s holiest day, which usually falls close to the World Series
By jacob gurvis
Hank Greenberg scores after hitting a home run to give the Detroit Tigers a 2-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox, September 10, 1934. (UPI/Bettmann Archive/Getty Images via JTA)
September 16, 2023, 3:13 am
Remembering Jewish baseball legend Hank Greenberg’s 1934 Rosh Hashanah dilemma
With the Detroit Tigers nearly neck-and-neck with the New York Yankees in the pennant race, the future Hall of Fame slugger had a tough choice to make on the Jewish new year
By jacob gurvis
Ryan Lavarnway goes to bat for Team Israel in this undated photo. (Courtesy IAB)
August 31, 2023, 3:15 pm
MLB catcher Ryan Lavarnway pens kid’s book about Team Israel
In ‘Baseball and Belonging,’ the athlete chronicles his life and sports career, telling how a call from Israel’s burgeoning baseball program helped him find his Judaism
By jacob gurvis
Oakland Athletics' Zack Gelof watches his RBI double against the Minnesota Twins during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, July 14, 2023, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
July 15, 2023, 9:34 am
Zack Gelof becomes the 18th Jewish MLB player this year — a likely record
Gelof, who has played baseball for Team Israel, makes his debut at second base for the Oakland Athletics
By jacob gurvis
Jake Gelof, left, and Zach Levenson, right, headline the group of Jewish players drafted into Major League Baseball in 2023. (Getty Images via JTA)
July 13, 2023, 4:43 pm
These 6 Jewish baseball players were selected in this year’s MLB draft
Slugging third baseman Jake Gelof headlines this year’s Jewish draft class after a record-setting career at the University of Virginia
By jacob gurvis
Helen Kahan, center, with her daughter Livia Wein and son Lucian Kahan, at the Yankees-Rays game in Tampa Bay, May 5, 2023. (Courtesy Tampa Bay Rays via JTA)
May 23, 2023, 7:35 pm
Holocaust survivor throws 1st pitch at Yankees-Rays game on 100th birthday
Helen Kahan, who was imprisoned in multiple concentration camps, says she is ‘grateful that I am here to tell my story and help the world remember’
By Max Baker
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