{"id":9810,"date":"2018-03-29T09:15:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T13:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishbreakingnews.com\/jbn\/?p=9810"},"modified":"2024-03-13T05:41:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T09:41:31","slug":"alex-bregman-baseballs-next-jewish-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishbreakingnews.com\/alex-bregman-baseballs-next-jewish-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Bregman Is Baseball\u2019s Next Jewish Star"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sitting on a couch near his locker at the Houston Astros\u2019 spring training facility here in mid-March, Alex Bregman is reflecting about an encounter his father had at the World Series last fall.<\/p>\n
It was in Los Angeles, between innings of the opening game. Sam Bregman was headed for a Dodger Stadium concession stand to grab a nosh wearing his Astros jersey with the No. 2 and his surname stitched on the back \u2013 a facsimile of his son\u2019s uniform. The young Bregman, a third baseman, had just slugged a home run off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw.<\/p>\n
A fan grabbed Sam Bregman\u2019s arm.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you Alex\u2019s dad?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am,\u201d the elder Bregman replied.<\/p>\n
\u201cIs he Jewish?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYeah.\u201d<\/p>\n
The man was a Dodger fan, but still he flashed what Sam Bregman described as \u201ca look of great contentment\u201d at the ballplayer\u2019s heritage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got such a kick out of it,\u201d Sam Bregman said in a phone interview near his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. \u201cIt made me feel so proud.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alex Bregman\u2019s take on the encounter: \u201cIt\u2019s definitely cool to have fans around the world give their support. It keeps you motivated to know that everyone has your back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bregman can expect to have more fans on his bandwagon, Jewish and otherwise, following a strong 2017 season and the first World Series title for the Astros \u2014 to which he contributed mightily. He knocked in a run in each of the first five games, added a second home run, threw out a runner at home plate to preserve a scoreless tie in Game 4 and had the run-scoring single that ended an epic\u00a0Game 5<\/a>\u00a0in the 10th inning, 13-12.<\/p>\n