Code: 04924085

Pitching in the Promised Land

Name: Pitching in the Promised Land
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 04924085
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by Aaron Pribble

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2012
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Book 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 a 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 careerending 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 from home.

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19.48 €

Full title: Pitching in the Promised Land
Subtitle: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League
Author: Aaron Pribble
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
EAN: 9780803271562
ISBN: 0803271565
ID: 04924085
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Weight: 340 g
Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 15 mm
Date of publishing: 01. September 2012