Leon Feingold?

[GreatDanes06]

So a buddy of mine went to Israel and was able to check out the new Israeli Baseball League. Apparently UAlbany has a professional baseball player and a world ranked competitive eating champion:

 

Leon Feingold, a 33-year old right-handed pitcher out of SUNY Albany, has an especially colorful background. At 6'6 and 245 pounds, he has been ranked 12th by the IFOCE -- the International Federation of Competitive Eating! He has played in the Cleveland Indians organization.

 

The even more funny part is he is from my home town of Oceanside.

 

any of our older members remember him?

[UAalum72]

Media Guide says he struck out 14 (2nd all-time in one game) vs. Oneonta in 1994

[purplehaze]

http://www.israelbaseballleague.com/player...tml?player_id=6

 

http://www.myspace.com/leonfeingold

 

 

http://deadspin.com/sports/tag/israel-has-...ayer-239397.php

 

 

All about Leon

[greatdanes83]

So a buddy of mine went to Israel and was able to check out the new Israeli Baseball League. Apparently UAlbany has a professional baseball player and a world ranked competitive eating champion:

 

Leon Feingold, a 33-year old right-handed pitcher out of SUNY Albany, has an especially colorful background. At 6'6 and 245 pounds, he has been ranked 12th by the IFOCE -- the International Federation of Competitive Eating! He has played in the Cleveland Indians organization.

 

The even more funny part is he is from my home town of Oceanside.

 

any of our older members remember him?

 

 

Remember him? I played with Leon in the IBL this summer. For a great video of Leon punting his glove well enough to earn a tryout with the Giants at Albany's practice field, search Leon Feingold IBL on youtube. It's pretty funny. Meanwhile, Leon was very competitive pitching for the Netanya Tigers, but my Bet Shemesh Blue Sox took the inaugural IBL championship trophy by beating the Modi'in Miracle 3-0 last Sunday on the back of righty Raf Bergstrom's 3 hit, no walk gem.

It was a good start for our new league as we had some really serious talent from 8 different countries playing in the land of milk and honey. Check out the IBL website at www.israelbaseballleague.com for information and pics from this past season.

Shalom y'all and play ball!

Alan Gardner

[GreatDanes06]

I didn't know we had more then one guy in the IBL...I apologize for missing you Alan...lol