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0 Sports Culture

Mark Vientos has become a Mets postseason icon. His botched Hebrew tattoo may have an encore.

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 8 Oct

Mark Vientos, the New York Mets' third baseman, has emerged as a key figure in the team's unexpected playoff success.

0 Sports Culture

A Jewish guide to the 2024 MLB playoffs

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 1 Oct

As the 2024 MLB playoffs commence, several Jewish baseball players are in the spotlight, with representation across six teams.

0 Sports Culture

The Jewish Sport Report: This week’s top 6 Jewish baseball moments

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 13 Sep

The Jewish Sport Report highlights six notable Jewish moments in baseball from the past week.

0 Sports History

For the third time ever, an MLB game featured a Jewish pitcher, catcher and batter at the same moment

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 12 Aug

During a recent MLB game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Arizona Diamondbacks, pitcher Max Lazar recorded his first MLB strikeout against batter Joc Pederson, with catcher Garrett Stubbs behind the plate, marking only the third instance of a Jewish pitcher-catcher-batter combination in MLB history.

0 Sports Antisemitism

A Jewish baseball event so rare it has only ever happened three times before

Peter Dreier in Forward · 12 Aug

Max Lazar, a Jewish pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, made a historic major league debut when he faced Joc Pederson, a Jewish hitter, and Jewish catcher Garrett Stubbs during a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

0 Sports Communities

The Jewish Sport Report: How playing for Team Israel changed Garrett Stubbs’ relationship with the country he still hopes to visit

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 19 Jul

Garrett Stubbs, a Philadelphia Phillies catcher, reflects on his experience playing for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic, expressing a desire to visit Israel in the future.

0 Israel Sports

Philadelphia Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs makes ‘history’ — and embraces his role as a Jewish ballplayer

Jon Marks in JTA · 15 Jul

Philadelphia Phillies catcher Garrett Stubbs recently made Jewish history by being the first Jewish position player to give up a grand slam to a Jewish batter during a game against the Oakland Athletics.

0 Sports Communities

All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2024

Jacob Gurvis in Forward · 20 Mar

The 2024 MLB season is anticipated to feature a record number of Jewish players, following a historic 19 Jewish players appearing in a game in 2023.