{"id":891,"date":"2018-06-13T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moebergfilm.org\/?p=891"},"modified":"2018-06-13T19:41:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T19:41:00","slug":"5-jewish-baseball-players-hit-home-runs-on-the-same-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/2018\/06\/13\/5-jewish-baseball-players-hit-home-runs-on-the-same-day\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Jewish baseball players hit home runs on the same day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_899\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-899\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-899\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-768x506.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers connecting for his second home run of the game against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, June 8, 2018. (Corey Perrine\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"author\">By <\/span><span class=\"author\"><a class=\"url fn n\" title=\"View All Posts by Ron Kaplan\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jta.org\/author\/ron-kaplan\/\">Ron Kaplan <\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><time datetime=\"2018-06-12T17:19:59\"><span class=\"entry-date\">June 12, 2018<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/\">JTA<\/a>) \u2014 June 8 was the most productive day for Jewish batters in Major League Baseball history.<\/p>\n<p>Five members of the tribe combined for six home runs on Friday to help their respective teams to victory. Here\u2019s the scorecard:<\/p>\n<p><b>Ryan Braun,\u00a0<\/b>\u201cThe Hebrew Hammer,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/video\/statcast-brauns-2-homers\/c-2133822983?tid=6479266\">hit two home runs<\/a>, driving in five runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 12-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies \u2014 who have a Jewish manager in Gabe Kapler. Braun\u2019s three-run shot with two outs in the first inning broke a scoreless tie. His two-run homer, again with two outs, left Philadelphia\u2019s Citizens Bank Ballpark with an exit velocity of 112.9 miles per hour, according to the new high-tech analytics. It\u2019s the hardest ball Braun has hit since they started measuring these things in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><b>Kevin Pillar<\/b>, the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder who is known more for his outstanding defensive play than his skills at the plate, hit his sixth homer of the year and third in seven games in a 5-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. His eighth-inning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/video\/pillars-solo-smash-to-left\/c-2133424283?tid=6479266\">solo shot<\/a> gave the Blue Jays their final run. Danny Valencia, the third baseman for the O\u2019s that night, was the only Jewish position player <i>not<\/i> to hit one out on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><b>Alex Bregman<\/b> hit his eighth home run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/video\/bregmans-solo-home-run\/c-2133429383?tid=6479266\">a solo drive<\/a>,\u00a0in the Houston Astros\u2019 7-3 win over the Texas Rangers. The Astros selected his younger brother A.J. in the recent MLB draft, so it\u2019s conceivable they could become the first set of Jewish brothers to play on the same team since Norm and Larry Sherry were members of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1959 to 1962.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE reading the article <a href=\"http:\/\/(JTA) \u2014 June 8 was the most productive day for Jewish batters in Major League Baseball history. Five members of the tribe combined for six home runs on Friday to help their respective teams to victory. Here\u2019s the scorecard: Ryan Braun, \u201cThe Hebrew Hammer,\u201d hit two home runs, driving in five runs to lead the Milwaukee Brewers to a 12-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies \u2014 who have a Jewish manager in Gabe Kapler. Braun\u2019s three-run shot with two outs in the first inning broke a scoreless tie. His two-run homer, again with two outs, left Philadelphia\u2019s Citizens Bank Ballpark with an exit velocity of 112.9 miles per hour, according to the new high-tech analytics. It\u2019s the hardest ball Braun has hit since they started measuring these things in 2015. Kevin Pillar, the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder who is known more for his outstanding defensive play than his skills at the plate, hit his sixth homer of the year and third in seven games in a 5-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles. His eighth-inning solo shot gave the Blue Jays their final run. Danny Valencia, the third baseman for the O\u2019s that night, was the only Jewish position player not to hit one out on Friday. Alex Bregman hit his eighth home run, a solo drive, in the Houston Astros\u2019 7-3 win over the Texas Rangers. The Astros selected his younger brother A.J. in the recent MLB draft, so it\u2019s conceivable they could become the first set of Jewish brothers to play on the same team since Norm and Larry Sherry were members of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1959 to 1962.\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ron Kaplan \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0June 12, 2018 (JTA) \u2014 June 8 was the most productive day for Jewish batters in Major League Baseball history. Five members of the tribe combined for six home runs on Friday to help their respective teams to victory. Here\u2019s the scorecard: Ryan Braun,\u00a0\u201cThe Hebrew Hammer,\u201d hit two home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jawidesign.com\/test\/moeberg_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}