http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/lchaim-israel-baseball-league-gets-2nd-season-18401 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/lchaim-israel-baseball-league-gets-2nd-season-18401#comment-2507 Robin Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:28:56 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/lchaim-israel-baseball-league-gets-2nd-season-18401#comment-2507 The season will be cut in half, down to 20 games from the original 40, and two teams have been contracted. (I’ll miss the Tel Aviv Lightning.) New league president Dan Rootenberg and director of player development Dan Duquette (former Boston Red Sox GM) say the changes to a three-week season and a slashing in the number of teams is necessary to help develop a fan base. If they can develop that, they hope to get to a 45-game schedule in 2009, and hope to develop enough talent so the country can field a team at the World Baseball Classic at some point. The season will be cut in half, down to 20 games from the original 40, and two teams have been contracted. (I’ll miss the Tel Aviv Lightning.) New league president Dan Rootenberg and director of player development Dan Duquette (former Boston Red Sox GM) say the changes to a three-week season and a slashing in the number of teams is necessary to help develop a fan base. If they can develop that, they hope to get to a 45-game schedule in 2009, and hope to develop enough talent so the country can field a team at the World Baseball Classic at some point.

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