Back in the day, the Montreal Expos seemed to play the song Hava Nagila a ton (for those who don’t know, its a Jewish folk song with a beat easily played on the organ. Sounds good. Trust us).

So imagine our surprise hearing the Milwaukee Brewers play the song over and over again during games three and four, and feel our pain watching them get aced out by Philly. Not just for the team, but their sorta-Jewish superstar …

Ryan Braun. Oh yeah, you heard us right, baby.

This one caught us off guard (and no, not in that Ray Lewis/Wikipedia way). Apparently Ryan’s father is Israeli-born Jewish while his mother is not (although its clear from this article he wasn’t really raised Jewish and his Mom really doesn’t like the reference … but we’ll ignore it to make ourselves feel better).

A bunch of fans have nicknamed Ryan “The Hebrew Hammer”, which Braun has embraced while emphasizing he’ll still play baseball on Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur. In essence, he has Judaism in his blood, but doesn’t actively practice. Still, we don’t get many chances to have a slugger - can’t we just keep him? Please?

So, now that the Brew Crew (Jew crew? Ok, we’ll stop the jokes) is gone, who do we root for? Of course - the Dodgers. Don Mattingly is Jewish, right?