Watch the IBL press conference
03/03/2007 9:00 PM
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. |
