{"id":69883,"date":"2022-10-07T16:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=69883"},"modified":"2022-10-07T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:30:22","slug":"astros-manager-dusty-baker-hopes-matzah-ball-soup-will-give-his-team-a-playoffs-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/astros-manager-dusty-baker-hopes-matzah-ball-soup-will-give-his-team-a-playoffs-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros manager Dusty Baker hopes matzah ball soup will give his team a playoffs boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By MATT SAMUELS<\/p>\n<p>(<em>Jewish Herald-Voice, Houston<\/em> via JTA) \u2014 If the Astros make it to the World Series later this month, fans can thank team manager Dusty Baker \u2014 along with a fresh baked challah and several quarts of matzah ball soup.<\/p>\n<p>Baker stopped by Kenny &amp; Ziggy\u2019s New York Delicatessen here just before Yom Kippur ended to load up on food to help Jewish star Alex Bregman break the fast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_69886\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69886\" class=\"wp-image-69886 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-69886\" class=\"wp-image-69886 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/10-7-22-Alex-Bregman.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-69886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Bregman shown with his manager Dusty Baker during a game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Oct. 5, 2022. (Tim Warner\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He said he wanted to do something really nice for Alex and he bought a substantial amount of food,\u201d Ziggy Gruber told the JHV. \u201cI thought that was quite noble of him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDusty eats here all the time and said it is one of his favorite places.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Gruber, the Astros manager walked out with enough to feed the entire team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got a round challah, 3 pounds of pastrami, some corned beef, rye bread, potato salad, cole slaw, smoked fish, nova, bagels and \u2014 of course \u2014 a bunch of matzah ball soup,\u201d Gruber said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, and he also loaded up on dessert, with all kinds of rugelach and cookies,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the day, talking to reporters, Baker said that he also gave some soup to ailing pitcher Luis Garcia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got him some matzah ball soup, so he will probably be well tomorrow,\u201d Baker told reporters. \u201cHe\u2019s Venezuelan, so he\u2019s probably never had matzah ball soup or heard of Yom Kippur.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Astros will begin defense of their American League Championship with a playoff series at home Tuesday, Oct. 11, against either the Seattle Mariners or Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n<p>Bregman, who did play on Yom Kippur, enters the postseason with 23 home runs and 93 runs batted in. The two-time all-star and World Series champion had a bar mitzvah in 2007 at Congregation Albert in Albuquerque, New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>As to how the extra boost of matzo ball soup will help Houston\u2019s quest for another World Series championship, Gruber didn\u2019t hold back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know they are going all the way \u2014 there is no doubt,\u201d Gruber said. \u201cAnd, if we end up playing one of the New York teams or Los Angeles, it will be good for business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve operated delis in New York and Los Angeles, but I\u2019ve been here 23 years and will be wearing Astros colors for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A version of this article originally appeared in the Jewish Herald Voice (Houston) and is republished with permission.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Astros%20manager%20Dusty%20Baker%20hopes%20matzah%20ball%20soup%20will%20give%20his%20team%20a%20playoffs%20boost\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":69886,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[5429,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69883"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69887,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69883\/revisions\/69887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}