JEWISH BASEBALL STORIES

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Today in Jewish baseball history

1957 — Marvin Hecht is hired as an umpire by the Class B Three-I League.

1977 — Steve Gelfarb goes 3-for-4 with four RBIs in UC-Riverside’s 15-4 victory over Oral Roberts.

2008 — Casey Haerther of UCLA goes 7-for-7 with four doubles, scores four runs and drives in four more in a 20-8 victory over Arizona.

2014 — Freshman Jake Fishman pitches a no-hitter with seven strikeouts and two walks as Union defeats Bard 2-0 in the Liberty League.

2024 — Joc Pederson — playing his first game with the Diamondbacks after signing a $9.5 million, one-year contract — goes 4-for-4 with an RBI in Arizona’s 7-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies. Pederson is the franchise’s first player with a four-hit debut. Game summary 

Recent transactions (2026)

New York Yankees reassign RHP Eric Reyzelman to Double-A Somerset
Philadelphia Phillies sent C Garrett Stubbs outright to Triple-A Lehigh Valley
St. Louis Cardinals promoted LHP Jared Shuster from Double-A Springfield to Triple-A Memphis

Atlanta Braves signed 1B Rowdy Tellez  to a minor-league contract and assigned him to Triple-A Gwinnett

Philadelphia Phillies placed RHP Max Lazar on the 15-day injured list with a left oblique strain.

Baltimore Orioles optioned RHP Dean Kremer to Triple-A Norfolk

New York Yankees sent RHP Harrison Cohen to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

 

 

 

 

 

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