* Holy baseball, Batman

June 19, 2008

Yes, Robin, there was hardball in the Holy Land last year, with the inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League. Six teams played during the summer of ’07; three of which were led by former Major Leaguers Art Shamsky, Ken Holztman, and Ron Blomger, who led his team to the championship.

Unfortunately, and for a number of reasons beyond the purview of this blog, the season is on hiatus for 2008, and perhaps beyond, while several business and sports people behind the scenes try to save Israeli baseball in some form.

Brett Rapkin and Eril Kesten chronicled the debut campaign in Holy Land Hardball, which recently made its debut at the AFI Silver Theater & Cultural Center. The project was an official selection at the AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival.

Here’s the official trailer. For more information about the film, visit the official Web site here.

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1 David April 16, 2009 at 12:37 pm

Great movie!!

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