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Joel Gardner's avatar

It's Malcolm Gladwell's rule of 10,000. You've got to do something a lot to be great at it. Those Jews who do that in athletics are successful. Since it's baseball season, I think of Max Fried of the Braves and Alex Bregman of the Astros, but there are dozens more. Israeli Tai Baribo has killed it for soccer's Philadelphia Union, two goals last night alone. I was an ok athlete, but I preferred playing in the street with my friends to committing to HS sports. My friend Bob Sternberg, on the other hand, was all- New England prep.

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Yehudis Fishman's avatar

I am not very into sports, but find myself very excited to see a Jewish sports star...Tamir Goodman in basket ball and Dmitri Salida in wrestling, especially if they are 'honorable mention.' And my favorite classic Jewish movie which everyone likes is The Chosen, with baseball playing a major role.

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