Thurdays With Jonny: A Jew.

As always, here is your Thursday skipper, Jonny.

Happy Thursday Sports Fans!!! This being the eve of our countries anniversary of independence, I want to wish everyone a happy one and take some time out to celebrate three American ideals that make our nation truly the greatest on earth. Liberties that even George Bush and myself can see entirely eye to eye on.

BASEBALL!! BEING SAFELY ALLOWED TO BE OF JEWISH ETHNICITY!! FREEDOM OF SPEECH!

Please don’t take these seemingly basic freedoms for granted, we are only one of two countries in the world that can enjoy all three of these things simultaneously! God Bless the USA !!!.

I stumbled upon this article while checking some baseball scores out on Yahoo. As a Jew, fan of baseball and lover of free speech (and comedy), this article and ensuing comments really hit a metaphorical home run for me. Below is a Yahoo article on Major League Baseballs 159^th Jewish player!!!! Beyond the content of the article, I pasted the 10 best comments posted about the article. Gotta love the freedom to say whatever you want and thanks to the internet, wherever you want…

Frisco’s ‘Rabbi’ wants to be known for more than religion

According to Baseball Almanac, Brian Horwitz is the 159th Jewish player to make the majors and is known by his teammates as “Rabbi.” Though he embraces mail he receives from Jewish fans and laughs about his nickname, the Giants’ reserve outfielder wants to distinguish himself by more than his religion.

“Being Jewish is what makes me unique on this team,” he said. “I understand it’s rare, but I’m a baseball player who just happens to be Jewish. Hopefully, I’ll eventually do something on the field that sets me apart.”

Horwitz hasn’t wasted any time making his name as a hitter, hitting two home runs in his first 13 major-league at-bats. Since being called up from Triple-A Fresno on May 30, he’s 7-for-24 (.292). In 425 minor-league games, Horwitz compiled a .319 average, winning batting titles in the Northwest League in 2004 and in the South Atlantic League in 2005. Baseball America dubbed him as the player with the best strike-zone discipline in the Giants’ organization, so his immediate success hasn’t surprised him.

“I know I can hit. I know if I get enough at-bats, if I get 100 at-bats, I’m going to put 30 hits out there,” he said. “If I don’t, I expect more of myself. I know what I’ve done, and I know what I can do. I know the pitchers are better, but it’s still baseball.”

Here is a digest of the best comments left by readers responding to the article.

10)Oi

9) i don’t care if he’s a jew to be honest but the red sox don’t want any jews on their team, go boston!

did the jews invent bagels? if so, then they’ve done one good thing for the world.

7) “a jew invented the cure for polio”

6) that’s not true. i think it was a filipino guy. maybe “they” stole his invention.

5) Give me a schtickle of flouride.

4) since borat is jewish then that’s even a bigger case of self-loathing than the imposters on these message boards.

3) well this went from trying to help a young player from the Giants, into a religious war, the big problem is Horwitz is on borrowed time, as soon as Dave Roberts comes off the DL hes back in Fresno.

2) I like Jews, especially the broads, they give great head and enjoy giving it!!

1) Hi everyone! Thanks for celebrating Baseball, Free Speech and being Jewish! Come see yourselves at www.lolabrigada.com Happy Fourth of July !! Your All Famous Now!

Love,

Jonny

Thanks for celebrating Baseball, Free Speech and being Jewish! (and Dave Roberts) Happy Fourth of July. See ya next week,

Love Jonny