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Post by jonorose on Jun 30, 2007 1:20:00 GMT -5
Hi Guys. Haven't been around in a long time, but I wanted to give you some news about the Israel Baseball League.
It got underway on Sunday (June 24th) and 3000 people were there for opening day. I didn't go, but the game was televised live on an Israeli sports channel. In fact once a week a game will be televised.
Yesterday I went to my first game - took 2 of my kids.
The crowd was pathetic (maybe 50 people).
The standard was ok. Lots of stupid errors, but I think that was to be expected. They'll get better as the season progresses.
The real surprise was one of the pitchers. Abel Moreno - a 24 year old from the Dominican Republic - was throwing 90 Mph (they had a radar gun). Apparently he was a former prospect in the Angels organization. He threw a 3 hit shutout.
Anyway, it was fun to go to a baseball game in Israel, I will definately go to some more games. Hopefully the crowds will start to build, though I have to say I'm quite pessimistic. Its just not a sport for Israelis.
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Post by basenoc on Jun 30, 2007 8:46:31 GMT -5
how many teams are in the league?? it's always a good thing to take in a ball game.
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Post by jonorose on Jun 30, 2007 12:35:23 GMT -5
6 teams, 45 game schedule
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Post by basenoc on Jul 2, 2007 22:40:30 GMT -5
how many times a week do they play??
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Post by jonorose on Jul 3, 2007 7:07:15 GMT -5
6 games per week. They don't play on Saturdays (Jewish Sabbath)
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Post by basenoc on Jul 3, 2007 15:16:14 GMT -5
that's pretty good. are there links i could go to too see them play??
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Post by jonorose on Jul 4, 2007 7:39:09 GMT -5
check out www.israelbaseballeague.com for more info. They're supposed to have some of the games avaiable online. Also, the opening game was supposed to be shown on PBS at some stage. BTW, there have already been 2 no hitters, and one game where a team game back in the top of the 7th inning (games are only 7 innings) from a 5-0 deficit to win 10-5.
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