He Doesn't Look Jewish

When Nelson Figueroa starts for the Mets tonight against the Brewers he will not only complete a decade long odyssey that took him around the world, but he will be representing the hopes of a fine university that has never had another alumnus play in the major leagues.
Nelson Figueroa is the only Brandeis Judge to play in the major leagues. He went to Brandeis even though he isn't Jewish because that's the only school that would take him after his career at Lincoln High in Brooklyn.
And it was based on his work at Brandeis that the Mets took him in the 30th round of the 1995 draft.
But the Mets traded him along with Bernard Gilkey during the 1997 season for Willie Blair (who was 4-15 at the time).
Figueroa then bounced around with the Diamondbacks, Phillies, Brewers and Pirates before ending up with the Mariners last spring.
When the Mariners cut him before the season he pitched in Mexico and then Taiwan, where he won all four of his starts and was named MVP of the Taiwan Series.