Jerry Weinstein (born November 9, 1943) is an

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. He most recently managed the

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, a

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(MiLB) Double-A team in the Eastern League, an affiliate of the

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. Weinstein managed Team Israel at the

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qualifiers, in September 2016, and during the main tournament the following March (2017), in South Korea and Japan. In 2018, he received ''

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s Tony Gwynn Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020 he was named recipient of the

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/ Wilson Lefty Gomez Award.

Early life

Weinstein was born in Los Angeles, and is Jewish.Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz
''The Big Book of Jewish Baseball''
(SP Books; 2001). He earned his

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in health and

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at the

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(UCLA) in 1965, and his

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in physical education at UCLA in 1969.

Baseball coaching and managing career

Weinstein began his

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career in 1966 as a

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freshman coach.Michelle Kaufman (March 8, 2017)
"World Baseball Classic darling Israel is coached by former UM assistant Jerry Weinstein,"
''Miami Herald''. He was an assistant under

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on the 1984 University of Miami baseball team, which came in fourth at the

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. Weinstein then coached at

Sacramento City College Sacramento City College (SCC) is a public community college in Sacramento, California. SCC is part of the Los Rios Community College District and had an enrollment of 25,307 in 2009. It is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community ...

. He led the school to 831 wins across 23 seasons, and led the team to 16 league titles, the California Community College Athletic Association state title in 1988 and 1998, and one national title.Nick Pecoraro (October 28, 2017)
"Around the bases, around the world; Former City baseball coach honored,"
''Express''. A total of 213 of his players were drafted, including 28 who reached the major leagues. Weinstein managed the rookie-level Gulf Coast Expos of the

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in 1989. He managed the Class A Short Season Geneva Cubs of the

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in 1993, and the Class A-Short Season Williamsport Cubs of the New York–Penn League in 1994. After returning to Sacramento City College, Weinstein served as director of player development for the

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in 2000 and 2001, and then coached for California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly) from 2001 through 2005. He coached Team USA to a

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at the

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. Weinstein left Cal Poly to become the manager of the Class A–Advanced

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in the

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in 2007, and managed them through 2011. The

added Weinstein to their major league staff before the 2012 season. After the 2013 season, the Rockies reassigned Weinstein, putting him in charge of player development in the minor leagues. In the summer of 2016, Weinstein was the

Wareham Gatemen The Wareham Gatemen are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Wareham, Massachusetts. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and plays in the league's West Division. The Gatemen play their home games at Clem Spillane Fie ...

Head Coach in the

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. In 2019, Weinstein returned to manage Wareham again after a two-year hiatus. In 2017, Weinstein was the manager of the

, in the Double-A Eastern League, in the Colorado Rockies organization. The 73-year-old observed: "They hired an old goat to manage the Yard Goats,". In 2018, he stepped down as manager but remained in the organization as Rockies player development and scouting special assistant, performing scouting and player development tasks at the discretion of Zach Wilson, the Rockies player development director, and the Rockies' organization. In 2019, Weinstein again managed the Wareham Gatemen in the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was scheduled to managed the team again in 2020, before the season was canceled due to the

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International competitions

Weinstein served as the assistant coach for the

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in the

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; the team did not medal. He again coached for the national team in the

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, along with

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; the team won a

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. Weinstein managed Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier, leading them to a 3–0 record, qualifying Israel for their first

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appearance. He returned as the manager in the main tournament, managing Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic main tournament in South Korea and Japan in March 2017, where the team was 4–2 overall in the tournament. In April 2021, Weinstein was named as

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for the U.S. national team, for the team's final efforts to qualify for

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in Tokyo in 2021. The team qualified, with Weinstein serving as bench coach for the Olympics. The team went on to win silver, falling to Japan in the gold-medal game.

Accolades

Weinstein is a member of the Sacramento City College Athletic Hall of Fame, the California Community College Hall of Fame, and the

Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017. In 2018, he received ''

s Tony Gwynn Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2020 he was named recipient of the American Baseball Coaches Association/ Wilson Lefty Gomez Award for contributions to the game locally, nationally, and internationally.

Writing

Weinstein co-authored ''Baseball Coach's Survival Guide: Practical Techniques and Materials for Building an Effective Program and a Winning Team'' (Wiley; 1998), with Tom Alston. Weinstein’s Twitter page, on which he writes professional analysis of major league plays, has over 26,000 followers.Jerry Weinstein (@JWonCATCHING) , Twitter
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