Comments on: How do you say “home run” in Hebrew?

By: Meryl Yourish

Meryl Yourish — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:24:48 +0000

There’s no Hebrew equivalent of the “tch” sound in English. Or the “ch” in “chapter.” Tough to Hebraize.

By: Chris L.

Chris L. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:39:06 +0000

Because Spanish uses Anglicisms for baseball, I don’t see why Hebrew couldn’t do the same. For example, in Spanish, strike is usually just “estraik”. Home run is “honrÃ³n”. Pitcher and catcher are “pÃtcher” and “cÃ¡tcher” respectively.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 05:18:20 +0000

Most of the rest of the world doesnâ€t care about baseball. Except Japan and Cuba. Latin America loves baseball as does Taiwan.

By: bvw

bvw — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:14:18 +0000

Micheal, yes that and the dropped third strike rule. But not the designated hitter.

By: Blanche

Blanche — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:39:16 +0000

Delta Airlines has an ad campaign for the Atlanta Braves called “Bringing the Braves to the World”. The radio ads are called “Language Lessons for Braves Fans”. They are translations of things you might hear at the ballpark in different languages – Japanese, Russian, Italian, Hindi, Greek, Hebrew, and I don’t remember what else. They are really funny. You can play them on Delta’s site http://www.delta.com/marketing/braves/index.jsp# #4 has the Hebrew translation of “Are you playing baseball or swatting flies?”. #6 is how to say “Jeff Francoeur is my main man”. I love it that they have two in Hebrew. It just makes me smile every time I hear them.

By: chsw

chsw — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:22:35 +0000

Perhaps there is an Ivrit translation of George Will’s “Men at Work.”

chsw

By: Michael Lonie

Michael Lonie — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:10:20 +0000

Especially the Infield Fly Rule.

By: bvw

bvw — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:01:52 +0000

Baseball, the run and returns, the shape of the field, even the rules, is a very kabalistic game.

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:05:39 +0000

Baseball is mentioned in the Bible, however. Rebecca walked with a pitcher at the well. Samson struck out the Phillistines. Gideon rattled the pitchers. Ruth became famous because of what happened in the field. In fact, the universe was created in the big inning.

By: Rahel

Rahel — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:29:04 +0000

Well, if we borrow (carefully) from local soccer lingo, it would be “Yalla Modi’in!”