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Harrison Bader, Dean Kremer and Garrett Stubbs
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Harrison Bader, Dean Kremer headline as Team Israel announces its World Baseball Classic lineup

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

(JTA) — A pitcher for the Minnesota Twins whose father-in-law is an Israeli-American pharmaceutical executive and political activist is one of the new additions to Team Israel ahead of next […]

Alon Leichman
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Alon Leichman becomes first Israeli head pitching coach in the MLB

by Grace Gilson December 11, 2025December 11, 2025
Yankee stadium
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Yankees knowingly drafted player who once drew a swastika on a Jewish classmate’s door

by Grace Gilson August 20, 2025August 20, 2025
Black and white photo of baseball team
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Jewish baseball fans created an exhaustive list of Jewish players, but missed Monte Pfeiffer

by Scott Barancik August 14, 2025August 14, 2025
Willie Mays (left) with Jacob Shemano (center) and the Dodgers’ Leo Durocher. (Courtesy of Gary Shemano)
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‘Best friends I ever had’: Willie Mays’ treasured bond with Jewish S.F. family

Louis Keene by Louis Keene June 20, 2024June 20, 2024
Clockwise from top left: Zack Gelof, Alex Bregman, Joc Pederson, Rowdy Tellez, Max Fried, Garrett Stubbs and Dean Kremer. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images; Design by Mollie Suss)
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All the Jewish MLB players to watch in 2024, including Zack Gelof of the A’s

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis March 27, 2024March 29, 2024
Collage of three pictures: Micah Franklin playing baseball, Micah Franklin as a little boy wearing a yarmulke, and a picture of an Oakland Ballers hat
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S.F. native has diamonds in his eyes as manager of new Oakland B’s

by Andy Altman-Ohr December 14, 2023December 16, 2023
Palo Alto-born Joc Pederson batting for the San Francisco Giants in 2022. (Photo/JTA-Jim McIsaac-Getty Images)
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No MLB players will face a Yom Kippur dilemma this year — but Joc will come close

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis September 21, 2023September 21, 2023
(From left) Stan Wong, Natalie Vaysman Mama and Maor Mama with their giveaway Hebrew Giants scarves on Jewish Heritage Night at Oracle Park, Aug. 15. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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PHOTOS: S.F. Giants trounce Tampa Bay Rays on a beautiful Jewish Heritage Night

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 16, 2023August 17, 2023
A Young Men's Hebrew Association baseball team in St. Louis, ca. 1930. (Photo/File-Courtesy American Jewish Historical Society)
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‘A sport-loving people,’ Jews always felt at home in baseball

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

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