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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.