Watchdog says 'it's well past time for sports franchises to move away from demeaning and derogatory team names,' after Major League Baseball team drops moniker

Jacob Steinmetz confident he can deal with challenges of keeping his Jewish lifestyle and making it into Major League Baseball after being drafted by Arizona Diamondbacks

Drafted by the Washington Nationals, Kligman recently switched to playing catcher, reportedly in a bid to secure a deal where he won't have to play on Shabbat

Steinmetz, from Long Island, is known for his blazing fastball and was picked 77th overall by Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball draft

Miller transformed players’ union into a powerhouse and launched the era of free agency; controversy as delayed ceremony to be held on Rosh Hashannah

Major League Baseball refuses to allow players on 40-man rosters to participate in the six-nation tournament in Japan, in which Israel is participating

Gwen Goldman, 70, also throws out first pitch; still has 1961 letter from then-general manager Roy Hamey explaining that as a girl, she would feel 'out of place' in dugout

As the Jewish state qualifies for its 1st Olympic baseball competition since 1976, Jeremy Bleich, a grandson of Holocaust survivors, gets Israeli citizenship to join the squad

Elie Kligman has emerged as one of the top college recruits in the West, and he's sure that the sport's schedule for players won't pose a religious problem

What Alex Bregman, Max Fried and Ryan Braun have in store for MLB fans this season, which opens Thursday night