Inspired by that sense of pride, Stoll set out to collect the cards of every Jewish player in baseball history — around 200 ...

Hall-of-Famer and Los Angeles Dodgers legend Sandy Koufax set a Major League record with 18 strikeouts in a complete game. The Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs, 10-2, at Wrigley Field.

There is one athlete who does: Jewish legend Sandy Koufax ... Jeff Passan alongside other Jewish baseball insiders. Koufax, known for his on-the-field dominance and his refusal to pitch ...

“So, Sandy, when you’re great on and off the field ... with his introduction to baseball at Lafayette High School in the Bath Beach section of Brooklyn. Koufax thanked various coaches ...

"Sandy would ... But for Koufax, violins -- bittersweet and vaguely ambiguous, like gypsy music. The impression of Koufax persists of him being the J.D. Salinger of baseball.

Go ahead and name the last time you ran across a high-school lefthander who has a 94 MPH fastball and a hammer of a curveball, a Jewish kid whose prized possession is a Sandy Koufax baseball card ...

A Sandy Koufax rookie baseball card displayed by the Unclaimed ... light on the challenges Jewish players faced on and off the field,” reads the Sotheby’s listing, which notes that Koufax ...

Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the ...

Gil Hodges and Sandy ... Koufax retired after 12 years because of a chronic left elbow injury. Among other accolades and ...