Jew for Jesus on the Mets

Shawn Green's New York Mets teammate David Newhan was born to Jewish parents and had his bar mitzvah at a Conservative synagogue. Now, however, Newhan prays to Jesus and considers himself a Messianic Jew. This according to a New York Times report.

Dr. Martin Abramowitz - an expert on Jews in baseball - said the Mets new pinch hitter has "a 'Jews for Jesus' orientation."

Spring Fever

Spring is here and Opening Day is approaching quickly. The Jew York Mets blog -- celebrating Shawn Green on the Mets -- is back in business.

The Mets will open the 2007 season with three Jewish players - Shawn Green, David Newhan and Scott Schoeneweis. Only Green played for the New York Mets last season. Schoeneweis signed a three year contract to join the Mets bullpen. Newhan's role will be limited to late-inning defensive replacement and pinch hitting.

Shawn Green's role is not certain. He had the starting right field job coming into spring training, but he has struggled at the plate in exhibition games. Lastings Milledge has been hot all spring. There's a chance he could overtake Green for the starting job. We'll see over the next 10 days.

4 Jews; 4 hits

In Friday's baseball game between the Red Sox and Orioles, four Jewish players were in the game, with three in the starting lineups.

Here's how they fared:

Orioles
David Newhan 1 for 3 with a run scored

Red Sox
Kevin Youkilis 1 for 4 (double)
Gabe Kapler 1 for 4
Craig Breslow 1 relief inning pitched, no runs, no walks, 1 hit, 1 strikeout