Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League - Couverture rigide

Pribble, Aaron

 
9780803234727: Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0803234724 ISBN 13 : 9780803234727
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2011

Synopsis

It was the first (and last) season of professional baseball in Israel. Aaron Pribble, twenty-seven, had been out of Minor League Baseball for three years while he pursued a career in education when, at his coach's suggestion, he tried out for the newly formed Israel Baseball League (IBL). Of Jewish descent (not a requirement, but definitely a plus) and former pro, Pribble was the ideal candidate for the upstart league. In many ways the league resembled the ultimate baseball fantasy camp with its unforgettable cast of characters: the DJ/street artist third baseman from the Bronx, the wildman catcher from Australia, the journeymen Dominicans who were much older than they claimed to be, and, of course, seventy-one-year-old Sandy Koufax, drafted in a symbolic gesture as the last player. After falling in love with a beautiful Yemenite Jew, enduring an alleged terrorist attack on opening day, witnessing a career-ending brain injury caused by improper field equipment, participating in a strike, and venturing into the West Bank despite being strongly advised against it, Pribble must decide whether to forgo a teaching career in order to become the first player from the IBL to sign a pro contract in the United States. His is a story of coming of age spiritually and athletically in one short season in the throes of romance, Middle Eastern politics, and the dreams of America's pastime far, far afield from home.
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À propos de l?auteur

Aaron Pribble played collegiate baseball at the University of Hawaii then professionally in the Western and Central Baseball Leagues, in France, and in the Israel Baseball League. He has a master's degree in political science and teaches at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley, California. Aaron lives in San Francisco.

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Éditeur
University of Nebraska Press
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0803234724
ISBN 13 
9780803234727
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
280
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780803271562: Pitching in the Promised Land: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0803271565 ISBN 13 :  9780803271562
Editeur : University of Nebraska Press, 2012
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