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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 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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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Biography & True Stories Biography: general Biography: sport

• Pełny tytuł: Pitching in the Promised Land
• Podtytuł: A Story of the First and Only Season in the Israel Baseball League
• Autor: Aaron Pribble
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 280
• EAN: 9780803234727
• ISBN: 0803234724
• ID: 04923086
• Wydawca: University of Nebraska Press
• Waga: 476 g
• Wymiary: 216 × 140 × 24 mm
• Data wydania: 01. April 2011

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