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When young Ron Blomberg told his friends he wanted to be a Major League Baseball player, they basically laughed him out of town. Jewish kids just didn't do that in the past due 1950s, with the exception of a uncommon superstar like Sandy Koufax. Fortunately for Blomberg, his parents were a new story. So long as he was happy, that they had no problem using their kid growing up to be always a doctor or a legal professional or a ballplayer. So, along with his parents blessing, he ready to trip his athletic skills so far as possible.Some 45 years later Ron Blomberg can be regarded as a trailblazer. In addition to being the first chosen hitter in the annals of Major League Baseball - an accident of fate - he was also the first significant Jewish player for the New York Yankees. The sole lantzman who preceded him to the Bronx hid behind the pseudonym of Jimmie Reese. Blomberg didn't believe in hiding, either from pitchers with overpowering fastballs or from the baseball fans of NY. A see to cross-burnings and synagogue bombings in his junior, Blomberg felt relieved when New York's large Jewish population embraced him. He enjoyed people almost as much as he loved to eat. Blomberg used his faith on his sleeve and jumped at any offer of a free lunch time from the master writers assigned to protect the Yankees. So long as there was a corned-beef sandwich in it for him, he was there. Alas, corned beef could not do for him what spinach do for Popeye. He previously great hand-eye coordination, a powerful left-handed heart stroke, and a determination to work hard - but he failed to avoid the injury bug. Once billed as "the next Mickey Mantle," he supervised only 52 home runs in his profession. During his time in the Bronx from 1969-77, however, Blomberg witnessed the appearance of both George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin, and observed the Yankees fight themselves as well as their competitors in 1976 as they triumphed in their first pennant in 12 years and their first World Series in 15 times. Ron Blomberg's tale is more than a baseball tale, but also more than a religious tale. It is the story of a Designated Hebrew - and there is no other tale that can compare with it.
