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NY Yankees make aliyah
Itamar Eichner
Published: 14.10.10, 07:40
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1. kool, now Israel got more than one type of bases
ghostq   (10.14.10)
not just militery.
2. VERY GLAD ABOUT THIS NEW!!
miily   (10.14.10)
WELCOME HOME!!
3. And here's Take Me Out to the Ball Game--in Hebrew
bob ,   potomac md usa   (10.14.10)
בּוֹא נֵלֵךְ לִרְאוֹת בֵּיסְבּוֹל נִצְטָרֵף לַקָּהָל, קְנֵה לִי קְצַת בַּמְבָּה וְגַרְעִינים -- אִנְשַׁלְלָה יִהְיוּ שָׁם מֵאָה סִיבוּבִים! לַקְּבוּצָה שֶׁלָּנוּ נָרִיעַ, אִם לֹא נְנַצֵּחַ -- אוֹי וֵי! כִּי זֶה חַת, שְׁתַּיִם, שָׁלוֹשׁ -- הוּא פָּסוּל! רַק בַּבֵּיסְבּוֹל גֵּים. Bo neh-lekh leer-oht baseball. Neets-tah-reff lah-kah-hahl. Kneh lee ktsaht Bahm-bah veh-gar-ee-neem, Een-shah-lah yee’yoo shahm meh’ah see-voo-veem! Lahk-voo-tsah sheh-lah-noo nah-ree-ah Eem lo neh-nah-tsay-akh–oy vey! Kee zeh khat, shtah-yeem, shah-losh—hoo pah-sool! Rahk bah-baseball game.
4. Baseball is the great equalizer
Besalel ,   Great Neck, NY   (10.14.10)
Here in the US, if one sport works to bring all different type of people together and speaking the same language, it is baseball.
5. It's good intiative but..
Gert ,   The Netherlands   (10.14.10)
I believe Israel needs to excell in football or as the Americans call it soccer. I personally don't like baseball, I have watched a few games in the USA but In football you have much more excitement, the fans etc. so I would say invest your money to renovate the stadiums and expand the current ones and make football bigger in Israel :-) cheers
6. To #5
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (10.14.10)
Having been used to German soccer and after coming to the US, baseball bored me to tears and American football was a puzzle. I happened to have married someone who knew how to explain the finer points of both sports to a girl :-) Although he left for the stadium in the sky several years ago, I know football in and out and once you understand the finesse of baseball, it's no longer boring. I do, however, prefer college football, although my favorite team, Alabama, got its tush badly beaten last Saturday :-( There's always next year....
7. Baseball is boringggg
Mike ,   NY, NY   (10.15.10)
I am a young NYer born and raised. Baseball is a dying sport among people 25 and under. The game is too boring, slow, and long. Israelis will never like baseball- american football however, has a chance to take off in Israel. IFL!
8. one correction
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman ,   IL   (10.15.10)
This is an exciting item. Just to correct one misstatement - it was Daniel Kurtzer, former US Ambassador to Israel, who was the IBLcommissioner in 2007, not former ambassador Martin Indyk, who was neither a manager nor held any other post.
9. baseball is borring
mike ,   nowhere   (10.15.10)
also born and bred american....baseball stands no chance here unless steriods are legalized and there is a huge influx of hispanics or asians....american football has a much better chance...
10. Baseball
Sam ,   China   (10.15.10)
lets see how much money these American businessmen are really coming up with
11. natural choice
Steve ,   USA   (10.18.10)
Considering how most Israelis drive I believe NASCAR would be the best sport to export to Israel!
12. Incentives
Yehudit ,   Bet Shemesh, Israel   (10.18.10)
The extra money to build outside the Center of the country is a great idea. How about an incentive not to cause mechalel Shabbat?
13. Take Me Out in Hebrew
Jill ,   Baltimore, USA   (10.26.10)
Thank you for this. This song combined with the article of the NY Yankees making Aliyah will be a big hit with my religious school class in Baltimore :)
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