In Major League Baseball, the Koufax Curse refers the theory that a Jewish player who plays on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, is doomed to play badly that day. The namesake of the curse comes from Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax who famously sat out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series to mark Yom Kippur.
In Major League Baseball, the Koufax Curse refers the theory that a Jewish player who plays on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, is doomed to play badly that day. The namesake of the curse comes from Hall of Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax who famously sat out Game 1 of the 1965 World Series to mark Yom Kippur.
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