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.
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