 New York Times | Baseball: A whole new ballgame as Israel starts league International Herald Tribune, France - In June he will manage the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League. Blomberg, Art Shamsky and Ken Holtzman, ... On Baseball A Whole New Ballgame for Blomberg Israel Baseball League picks up momentum |
 Deadspin | Cantor will live two dreams playing baseball in Israel The Journal News.com, NY - He will take his two-seam fastball to Israel for three months this summer, although he won't find out which of the six teams in the Israel Baseball League ... Isreal Has Professional Baseball, And I Already Have A Favorite Player |
| Baseball Player Offered Chance to Play in Israel Oberlin Review, OH - This June, Israel will throw the first pitch of its new professional baseball league and one team wants a Yeoman to be there when it happens. ... |
Newsday, NY -
Former major leaguers Ken Holtzman, Ron Blomberg and Art Shamsky have been hired as managers for the first season of the Israel Baseball League. ...
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I'd be surprised if baseball can generate a strong following in Israel similar to the ingrained nature of the sport in Latin American countries (it is not the most popular sport here in America... Football and basketball are #s 1 and 2). I think that Israeli culture is too aggressive for the passive game of baseball.
maybe it will teach them to slow down and be more sportsmanlike
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