Baseball fans are pushing to build the sport in Israel. The plan launched this week by the Israel Baseball League includes the building of community baseball fields throughout Israel, recruiting Jewish Americans to play on the 2008 Israeli Women’s Softball Olympics team and the establishment of a summer baseball camp that will open this July in Israel.
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