We’ve been here for 4 days now. And it’s about time you get to meet the guys. Right now, 17 Israelis are here, 4 Americans including me, and a slew of staff member. Brad Ausmus who will manage Team Israel arrived last night, and the rest of the guys will be landing in the next couple days, so, before all the American players arrive and the inevitable frenzy that comes along with the tournament ensues, here are the members of the Israel National Team plus staff beginning with none other than…
Nate Fish, the King of Jewish Baseball
Dan Rothem, RHP, the King of… A Two-State Solution
Omri Modiano, OF, The King of Lawn Darts
Tal Erel aka Baby Griffey, C, The King of the Future of Israel Baseball
Orr Gottleib aka the Israeli Babe Ruth, OF
Chanoch Berman, 3B, the Young King of Raanana
Guy Peled, 1B, the King of Jewish Piracy
Yuli Tsypin, OF, the King of Laughter
Adam Gladstone, equipment manager/BP pitcher, the King of All Baseball Gear
Steve Hertz, manager, the King of All Baseball Knowledge and Sun Screen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IL8UV7de18
Richard Kania, coach, the King of Inventive Baseball Drills
Peter Kurz, Secretary General of the Israel Association of Baseball, the King of e-mails pertaining to Israel Baseball
Oren Gal aka the Israeli Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Eitan Maoz, C, the Greatest Canadian/Israeli Catcher of All Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime
Asaf Rothem, 2B/Israel Baseball Documentarian, the King of Pain and Predictions
Dan Rootenberg, trainer, the King of Creative Tape Jobs www.spearcenter.com
David Klein, C/roommate, the King of Northern California Baseball www.menloparklegends.com
Josh Weiss, OF, the King of Jewish Hair
Dani Goldring, SS/2B, the Ultimate Destroyer of Wood Bats
Alex, team coordinator, Inventor of the Radar Gun Clip http://radargunclip.com/
Sam, bus driver, the King of Safe Bus Driving (great job so far Sam!)
Jesse Sultanik, OF, King of the small clan of Tall Blond Handsome Jews
Yoni Alter, LHP/1B, the King of The Corner Locker
Shlomo Lipetz, RHP/Baseball Bandit, the King of Kings
Ally Recht, team coordinator, the Queen of All Baseball
David Leichman aka Leich Cream, the King of Ice Cream
Alon Leichman aka The Shalom, RHP, King of Reggae Ton
Yoandy Gil-Levy, OF/RHP, the King of unintelligible statements
Now meet them all with the magical new technology known as video…
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