Name: pitching in the promised land (en Inglés)
SKU: 9115804
Price: 27030.00 CLP
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Author: Pribble, Aaron
ISBN: 9780803271562

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pitching in the promised land (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Aaron Pribble

Editorial

University of Nebraska Press

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.6x14.1x1.5 cm

Peso

0.34 kg.

ISBN

0803271565

ISBN13

9780803271562

Categorías

Israel
Relativo a personas o grupos judíos
Biografía: deporte
Grupos sociales: grupos y comunidades religiosas
Historia de oriente próximo

pitching in the promised land (en Inglés)

Aaron Pribble (Autor) · University of Nebraska Press · Tapa Blanda

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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. Learn about Holy Land Hardball, a documentary on the Israel Baseball League.