Kaplan's Korner on Jews and Sports

07/29/2019

A statue of Sandy Koufax will flank the existing one of Jackie Robinson at a new Dodger Stadium entrance in center field as part of $100 million in renovations next offseason.

06/12/2019

The latest from Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

Ryan Braun cracked a three-run homer on June 7 for the 332nd of his career, one more than Hank Greenberg for the all-time record by a Jewish player. The blast came on a 3-2 pitch in the sixth inning with his Milwaukee Brewers already leading the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3., en route to a 10-4....

04/17/2019

The latest from Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

A zissen Pesach to all my landsmen baseball friends out there. From the site Make your model or family seders a home run with The Baseball Haggadah, connecting two rites of spring, baseball and the story of Passover. By holding up the Exodus story next to the concept of a beloved national pastime, R...

03/25/2019

The latest from Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf

I am not prone to using profanity on any of my blogs but when I picked up my MLB Preview, what did I see? A photo of Le’veon Bell, the NY Jets big deal. Now, I know that the baseball annuals tailor their covers according to region, but this? Inexcusable. There shouldn’t be anything other...

03/12/2019

A few days ago, I received one of those “Facebook Memory” things, reminding me that it has been just about five years since Kaplan’s Korner for Jews and Sports was named “Blog of the Year” by the New Jersey Press Association. That’s when I thought the time was right to take a break. Thos...

02/26/2019

Every year I tell myself I’m really going to study up on my baseball. I get all the magazines, more out of habit than anything else since the information is somewhat repetitive between them and often outdated by the time the season starts. One year, when I was on jury duty, I memorized the project...

02/26/2019

As in no Jewish players in the NBA. The Memphis Grizzlies remind us that sports is a business. The team has waived Omri Casspi, the oft-injured Israeli. Casspi underwent surgery for an injured knee earlier this month. Since his return this season [...]

02/06/2019

Not much left to write about until baseball season starts. Football is over and Omri Casspi — the lone MOT in the NBA — is out with his meniscus tear. I might have to result to reporting about — gasp — college sports. Brandon Leipsic contributed his 10th assist of the year to help the [...]

02/05/2019

Sorry. It’s taken me this long to wake up from that snoozer. Granted, I probably wouldn’t have watched the whole thing anyway because I had to get up at 3 a.m. for work, but I did managed to see the final field goal through the end. Obviously the only reason I’m writing this is the [...]

01/31/2019

The Israeli import missed his third straight game due to knee soreness as the Memphis Grizzlies (20-32) lost a tough one in overtime to the host Minnesota Timberwolves, 99-97. The Grizzlies have now lost 21 of their last 25. Give credit to the 13,000-plus rugged souls who braved the -20-degree Minne...

01/29/2019

What, hurt again? Yup, Omri Casspi has missed the last three games for the Memphis Grizzlies (19-30, 14th in the Western Conference) with an apparent knee injury. In his last game, Casspi scored 18 points with five rebounds, and four steals in [...]

01/29/2019

Posted this to my blog about baseball books, so rather than reinvent the wheel, I’m simply offering the link for the event which featured fellow MOT authors Howard Megdal (The Baseball Talmud) and Lincoln Mitchell discussing their work. The entry includes the nearly one-hour video of the panel.