Hamden Hall Grad Excelling in Baseball Minor League

HAMDEN – After the first month-and-a-half of the season former Hamden Hall Country Day School pitcher Josh Zeid has a 2-1 record for the Memphis Redbirds, the minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Zeid has pitched 37 innings and struck out 32 batters, being used as both a starter and a reliever for the Redbirds, who are 29-19 and in first place in the Pacific Coast League, an AAA affiliate – the next step below the major leagues.

Zeid, 30, parlayed his dominating performance in the World Baseball Classic for team Israel into getting another shot at major league baseball.

Zeid pitched a total of 10 shutout innings in the classic, including four scoreless innings as a starting pitcher, even though he is normally used as a relief pitcher, in the team’s last game.

Zeid was born to Ira (a dentist) and Karen (who works in a senior center) in New Haven.

By Jack Kramer, Correspondent