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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

"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.

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.

Rosenwald Jeff Torborg, an unassuming baseball lifer who caught three no-hitters, including Sandy Koufax’s perfect game ... “The clubhouse, the playing field, the press box were all property ...

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 ...

(JTA) — For many Jewish fans who collect baseball cards ... was Seymour Stoll’s experience years ago when he drew a Sandy Koufax card at 14 years old. Inspired by that sense of pride, Stoll ...

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

Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 AL manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on social m ...