Israel Baseball League

Posted on February 25th, 2007 by cyberdov

Big news in the NYT today - reproduced here for those who do not have access to the NYT archives.
February 25, 2007
On Baseball
A Whole New Ballgame for Blomberg
By MURRAY CHASS

Starting a new career is difficult enough, but doing it without the staples of one’s life? That may be asking too much.

“They have to have pastrami, corned beef and brisket,” Ron Blomberg said. “A guy I talked to said they don’t have it over there. He said bagels aren’t the same as in America. Does that mean I’m going to have to FedEx all my food from America? That’s the only way I’d eat.”

Blomberg, whose claim to fame besides eating is that he was the major leagues’ first designated hitter in 1973, was thinking ahead to his first job as manager of a baseball team. In June he will manage the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League.

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