Baseball in Israel? Yes that most American of games is growing in popularity in the Promised Land thanks to individuals like Peter Kurz. In a special JBM Q/A, Kurz talks about the state of baseball in Israel and hopes for the future.
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Q/A with Jeff Passan: Nerves before Koufax interview; new book assesses what happened to legendary arm
Jeff Passan has interviewed many famous athletes during his years as a sportswriter. But Sandy Koufax was different.
It was a bucket list moment for Passan, the lead baseball writer for Yahoo Sports. A part of him felt as if he was back in Hebrew school, awed at the notion of getting to talk to the Jewish sports legend.
“I was more nervous for that interview than I’ve ever been before,” Passan said. “I didn’t want to screw it up.”
Breaking barriers: Justine Siegal shows a woman can have career as coach in baseball
People scoffed at Justine Siegal when she said she wanted a career in baseball.
“The person I told my dream to laughed at me: my coach from the camp I was at,” Siegal said. “He said that a man would never listen to a woman on the baseball field. … I felt sick to my stomach.”
It turned Siegal has had the last laugh. She is having a career in baseball. In autumn 2015, she coached for the Oakland Athletics’ club in the Arizona Instructional League.
Is Paul Rudd right actor to play Moe Berg in new movie on mysterious catcher?
Very exciting news about a new movie being made on the mysterious life of catcher Moe Berg. But is Paul Rudd the right actor to play the role?
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