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Who do you think is having the best season in the professional baseball this year from among the following Jewish players:

Ian Kinsler, 2B, Texas Rangers. AL All-Star, hitting .325 with 14 homers, 25 stolen bases, and a .526 slugging average
Ryan Braun, LF, Milwaukee Brewers. NL All-Star, hitting .294 with 25 homers and .573 slugging average.
Kevin Youkilis, 1B, Boston Red Sox. AL All-Star, Gold Glover hitting .311 with 17 homers and .551 slugging percentage.
Rafael Bergstrom, P, Bridgeport Bluefish (Atlantic League). Starting pitcher, 5-5 W/L record, 5.07 ERA


Jewish National Fund

Watch the IBL press conference

03/03/2007 9:00 PM
Leon Feingold speaking to the media

Click here to watch the IBL press conference held on February 26 in New York City.  Former major leaguers Art Shamsky, Ken Holtzman, and Ron Blomberg were introduced as managers of three of the six teams in the first season of the Israel Baseball League.
 

The three managers where also joined by the league’s Commissioner, Daniel C. Kurtzer, the former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and then Israel; Dan Duquette, the former General Manager of the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox, who serves as Director of Baseball Operations, and Larry Baras, the Boston businessman who conceived the league.  Mr. Baras is Managing Director, IBL and IBL Community Foundation
 
Also in attendance was one of the 120 players who will populate the league’s rosters – Leon Feingold a New Yorker who will realize a dream by playing pro ball in Israel.
 
The IBL press conference can also be viewed on the Video Gallery page of the IBL website.

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