Baseball!
25.07.2007 - 25.07.2007
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On the evening of July 25th, we had a chance to attend a game of the brand new Israel Baseball League. The League is a professional league consisting of 6 teams, mostly made up of US and foreign players. 
The Bet Shemesh Blue Sox won 10-1 over the Ra’anana Express behind a dominating pitching performance from Sacramento, California native Rafael Bergstrom. Bergstrom earned his fifth win with a complete game two-hitter, giving up one run first inning before cruising the rest of the way to shut down the Express and strike out six batters while walking two.
The Blue Sox offense gave him more than enough support as shortstop Gregg Raymundo put Bet Shemesh up in the first inning with a two-run homer. Designated hitter Johnny Lopez went 3-for-4 with two RBI while rightfielder Jason Rees provided three more RBI as the Blue Sox won for the first time in four games.
As a special treat, my old friend Gadi who I had not seen in at least 15 years joined us around the 7th inning.
Posted by svjorber 27.07.2007 07:31 Archived in Round the World | Israel
Of couse watching baseball in the holy land is quite qppropriate, since it's a game that is mentioned in the Torah. Genesis begins, as we recall with the words, "In the big inning..."
Have fun
27.07.2007 by nealip