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	Ron Blomberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ronald Mark Blomberg (born August 23, 1948, in Atlanta, Georgia), nicknamed "Boomer," is a former Major League Baseball designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder who played for the New York Yankees (1969, 1971-76) and Chicago White Sox (1978).
		A perennial prospect for most of his career, Blomberg was selected by the Yankees in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1967 amateur draft.
		Blomberg's place in baseball history, however, is assured, as he has the distinction of being the first major leaguer to play a game as a designated hitter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ron_Blomberg (469 words)

	ESPN.com: MLB - Designated place in history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ron Blomberg batted a career-high.329 in 1973, mostly as the Yankees' DH.
		Blomberg, a first baseman, hadn't played in the DH slot at all during spring training.
		Blomberg went on to have his finest season at the plate in 1973, with a.329 batting average, 12 homers and 57 RBI.
	espn.go.com /mlb/s/2003/0327/1530427.html (994 words)

	Baseball Savvy: Where Are They Now - Ron Blomberg
		He saw the opportunity as a sign that he was “a chosen one among the chosen people,” a reference to his religion.
		Blomberg still calls the Atlanta region home, where he and his wife, Beth, are busy with charitable work.
		Ron Kaplan is the sports editor for the New Jersey Jewish News and a staff writer for New York Sportscene.
	www.baseballsavvy.com /archive/w_blomberg.html (776 words)

	Sports Publishing LLC - Books For Sports Fans
		Blomberg did not believe in hiding, either from pitchers with overpowering fastballs or from the baseball fans of New York.
		Blomberg wore his religion on his sleeve and jumped at any offer of a free lunch from the beat writers assigned to cover the Yankees.
		Ron Blomberg was the first overall pick of the 1967 amateur draft by the New York Yankees and went on to play for the Yankees and the Chicago White Sox during his eight seasons of active duty in the major leagues.
	www.sportspublishingllc.com /book.cfm?id=798 (624 words)

	The Jewish Advocate \| This Weeks Issue \| Sports
		Ron Blomberg may not have lived up to the incredibly lofty expectations of the New York Yankees and his career may not have played out quite like he would have wanted, but one thing is for sure: During eight years of playing in the major leagues, he’s seen his share of baseball history.
		Blomberg was the first player taken in the 1967 amateur draft by the Yanks, a team that, despite their rich history, had been struggling on the field and at the gate, something they tried to rectify with Blomberg by appealing to the large Jewish population in the Big Apple.
		Blomberg was even able to meet Bobby’s young son, Barry, who was 6’1” and a svelte 165 pounds at the time.
	www.thejewishadvocate.com /this_weeks_issue/sports/?content_id=1307 (747 words)

	Blomberg for the Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ron Blomberg played just 7 years in the majors.
		To say Blomberg could disappear groceries is similar to saying Mark McGwire's power was decent or Jayne Mansfield had a pretty fair chest.
		Ron was on a fishing trip, so the GM had to find Blomberg, tell him the good news, and bring him back to pack.
	www.thediamondangle.com /~taylor/blomberg.html (490 words)

	Ron Blomberg Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
		Ron Blomberg was born on Monday, August 23, 1948, in Atlanta, Georgia.
		Blomberg was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 10, 1969, with the New York Yankees.
		His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ron Blomberg baseball stats page.
	www.baseball-almanac.com /players/player.php?p=blombro01 (297 words)

	Designated hitter at 25: Baseball still split after all these years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On this date in 1973, another Yankee, a less-than-Gold-Glove first baseman named Ron Blomberg, became the game's inaugural DH when he faced Boston's Luis Tiant at Fenway Park.
		After that first game, Blomberg's bat and shoes and the ball used during his initial plate appearance were sent to the Hall of Fame.
		Blomberg, who hit a career-high.329 that season, was perhaps four tools short of being a five-tool player.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/sports/bb/98/04/12/bb.html (880 words)

	Amazon.com: Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story: Books: Ron Blomberg,Dan Schlossberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ron Blomberg is viewed as a trailblazer: in addition to being the first designated hitter in the history of major league baseball?
		Blomberg didn?t believe in hiding, either from pitchers with overpowering fastballs or the baseball fans of New York.
		Ron Blomberg's story is more than a baseball tale, and more than a religious tale.
	www.amazon.com /Designated-Hebrew-Ron-Blomberg-Story/dp/1582619875 (911 words)

	The Jewish Advocate \| This Weeks Issue \| Sports
		But Ron Blomberg, the first designated hitter in the history of Major League Baseball is still thrilled that he had the opportunity to live out his dream.
		Then, when the designated hitter was first introduced in 1973, Blomberg strained his hamstring muscle in spring training and was supposed to be out for the first seven to 10 days of the season.
		Blomberg ended up batting before the Red Sox’ designated hitter, Orlando Cepeda, “and I made my debut as the first DH that year,” according to Blomberg.
	www.thejewishadvocate.com /this_weeks_issue/sports/?content_id=1240 (735 words)

	First DH can't believe the rule lasted this long (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Mostly the calls come from strangers, but their reason is the same: to discuss Ron Blomberg's legacy and the future of the designated hitter.
		Thirty years ago on April 6, Blomberg, once a promising outfielder with the Yankees, started as the very first designated hitter against Luis Tiant in Fenway Park.
		The balls are juiced and so are the hitters; expansion diluted pitching to minor-league quality in many places; the parks have gotten smaller and the hitters bigger; there's Astroturf and the strike zone.
	reds.enquirer.com /2003/04/05/wwwred7dh5.html (655 words)

	Ron Blomberg \| BaseballLibrary.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The strapping, ebullient Southerner was the nation's and the Yankees' first draft pick in 1967.
		A powerful lefthanded hitter and terrible fielder, on Opening Day, 1973 he became baseball's first designated hitter; the irrepressible Blomberg commented: "I've been a DH all my life: Designated Hebrew." Accused of being a Designated Hypochondriac, the perennial prospect spent months, and years sidelined with a variety of muscle injuries.
		Blomberg walks with the bases loaded and winds up 1-for-3 in the 15—5 loss to the Red Sox.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Blomberg_Ron.stm (439 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blomberg earned a base on balls in his first appearance as DH, an innovation the sport introduced to replace the typically poor-hitting pitcher with a stronger batsman.
		Blomberg grew up in Atlanta, where he returned to enter private business after he retired from baseball.
		Blomberg introduced himself to the legendary Dodgers’ lefty, but Koufax already knew who Blomberg was.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=12275 (429 words)

	Genealogy.com: Badgeguy's Two Families
		Parents of Arthur Gustafson, who is father of Dorothy Ann Gustafson, who is the mother of Ron Blomberg Sr.
		Sophia Freytag Niemier and Henry Carl Niemeier are Parents of Helen L. Blomberg, The adoptive Mother of Ron Blomberg.
		Ron Blomberg, James Blomberg, Dale Brunning, Baby Jaden Blomberg, and Kevin Dale Blomberg Jr.
	www.genealogy.com /users/b/l/o/Ron-Blomberg (977 words)

	NJ Jewish News \| The Jew who ruined the national pastime
		Blomberg and New Jersey author Dan Schlossberg spoke to a group of fans April 23 at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Little Falls about the joys and pressures of being a Jewish ballplayer, as related in Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story (Sports Publishing LLC).
		During Blomberg’s time on the team, the Yankees had two other Jews on the roster: Elliott Maddox, an African-American who had converted to Judaism, and Kenny Holtzman, who currently works at a Jewish Community Center in St. Louis.
		Like Mantle — the legend he was slated to replace — he instead suffered from an onslaught of injuries that shortened his career to nine years.
	www.njjewishnews.com /njjn.com/042706/sptsTheJewWho.html (342 words)

	Sportsology.Net - Articles from Author Harvey Frommer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blomberg, who had played first base and the outfield but was now due to injuries limited in mobility, was baseball's first "Designated Pinch Hitter," the term used back then.
		After the game ended, Blomberg's bat was shipped off to the Baseball Hall of fame.
		Rob Blomberg is remembered most of all as the first DH, (to bat), but he was a very talented athlete, slowed and hampered by injuries.
	www.sportsology.net /harvey_frommer/article.php3?ArticleID=3082 (383 words)

	The One-Dimensional League
		Blomberg, a number one pick by the Yankees back in 1967, enjoyed his best season in ‘73; hitting.329 in 100 games for the Yankees.
		Unfortunately, Blomberg suffered several injuries during his career, and he retired in 1978.
		He may have not set the world on fire, but Blomberg was the first of many sluggers to hit without playing in the field.
	www.chinmusic.net /dh.html (1305 words)

	Oakland A's Fan Coalition - Athletics baseball enthusiasts dedicated to watching a winner
		On that day, April 6, Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees became the first designated hitter in major league history.
		After the game, Yankees public relations director Marty Appel arranged for Blomberg’s bat and jersey to be sent to the Hall of Fame, where it was featured in a prominent exhibit for several years.
		Blomberg was fragile to begin with, and the more often that he had to play the field, the more he found himself susceptible to injuries.
	www.oaklandfans.com /columns/markusen/markusen149.html (3997 words)

	Pinstripe Alley :: A New York Yankees Blog
		As the number-one pick in the 1967 amateur draft, Ron Blomberg spent his career battling hype.
		Hear from former Yankee Ron Blomberg how he struggled with the misunderstanding of teammates who were unfamiliar with his Jewish religion and how he strove to overcome the jealousy of teammates who were upset by the press's fondness for him.
		Ron's Book is a good read, and his lecture is very informative and motivating.
	www.pinstripealley.com /story/2006/10/18/172255/43 (248 words)

	Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Blomberg was a marvelous all-around athlete in high school, basketball, baseball, and track, who spurned numerous college basketball scholarships to play baseball.
		On April 6, 1973, Blomberg became the first official DH when he faced Luis Tiant of the Red Sox; Blomberg walked with the bases loaded in that at bat, Blomberg hit over.300 in four seasons.
		In 1995, Ron turned down an offer from the Yankees to become a coach, choosing instead to establish the Ron Blomberg Championship Baseball Program, a series of clinics for children between the ages of 5 and 17, in his hometown of
	www.jewishsports.org /jewishsports/detail.asp?id=88 (249 words)

	NYYFans.com - The Ron Blomberg Interview - New York Yankees Coverage
		Ron Blomberg was the first overall pick in the 1967 amateur draft.
		Ron is a lifetime.293 hitter and a member of the Jewish Athlete Hall of Fame.
		Blomberg and he was courteous enough to grant me an interview.
	www.nyyfans.com /article/8581 (2024 words)

	"Yankee Trailblazer Passes his Torch - Forward.com"
		Count Ron Blomberg, Major League Baseball’s first designated hitter, among those Jewish fans happy to see Shawn Green in New York — even if the right fielder did fall short of leading the Mets to the World Series.
		Jews are just itching to have another ball player,” Blomberg (pronounced Bloomberg) told the Forward after a Sabbath eve appearance at the Jews in Pro-Sports weekend recently held at Manhattan’s West Side Institutional Synagogue.
		Blomberg, who played for the Yankees from the late ’60s through the ’70s and for the White Sox for two years, was plugging his new book, “Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story.” He is slated to appear on “Live with Regis and Kelly” and “Fox and Friends” in December.
	www.forward.com /articles/yankee-trailblazer-passes-his-torch (267 words)

	ESPN.com - Page2 - Most memorable opening day moments
		To make things even sweeter, it was a three-run blow off the Red Sox, the club that had dealt him to New York three years earlier.
		The Yanks loaded the bases in the top of the first, and up came Ron Blomberg -- the first official plate appearance by a designated hitter in major league history.
		Blomberg walked to force in a run, collecting a ribbie off good old Luis Tiant.
	espn.go.com /page2/s/list/openingday.html (932 words)

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		His 17th book, Death of a Captain, about the tragic death of Thurman Munson and the emotionally-charged days that followed, is scheduled for publication by Doubleday in 2009.
		Ron Blomberg is remembered as Major League Baseball's first designated hitter and a huge fan favorite especially among New York's Jewish community.
		He is the author, with Dan Schlossberg of Designated Hebrew: The Ron Blomberg Story, published by Sports Publishing LLC.
	mysite.verizon.net /vzesw9e6/id1.html (1201 words)

	Joltin’ Jew - Q&A With Ex-Yankee and Memoirist Ron Blomberg -- New York Magazine
		Ex-Yankee and memoirist Ron Blomberg is in the record books for being the first DH.
		Picked No. 1 overall in the 1967 draft, Blomberg was touted as the next Mickey Mantle.
		Injuries wrecked his career, but he did, by the luck of the draw, gain distinction as the first designated hitter in major-league history.
	newyorkmetro.com /news/intelligencer/16734 (448 words)

	Service 1st Mortgage, Inc., Atlanta, GA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Ron has been in the mortgage business for the past 26 years.
		He has been active in The Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia, The Atlanta Mortgage Bankers Association and the Georgia Association of Mortgage Brokers.
		Ron is a Past President of the The Georgia Association of Mortgage Brokers.
	www.mindspring.com /~service1/sfdesc1.htm (127 words)

	Ron Blomberg Quotes
		2 Quotes for 'Ron Blomberg' in the Database.
		Competing in sports has taught me that if I'm not willing to give 120 percent, somebody else will.
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