tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13521467.post115631724792377763..comments2008-12-09T22:38:49.596-05:00metswalkoffsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13521467.post-1156353835604849362006-08-23T13:23:00.000-04:002006-08-23T13:23:00.000-04:00thank you!metswalkoffshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11318391021470680731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13521467.post-1156352856841975222006-08-23T13:07:00.000-04:002006-08-23T13:07:00.000-04:00Hebrew for walk off home run? Did you know that there is an Israel Association of Baseball http://www.iab.org.il/ and a plan for a league to represent Israel in the 2009 WBC: http://israelbaseballleague.com/<BR/><BR/>Well, there are some cultural issues and the limited Hebrew vocab for baseball. Literally "to run home" is <B>Larutz ha'bayta</B> or as a noun "Ritza habayta". Doesn't really do it for me.<BR/>A better word might be <B>hakafa</B> - encircling. As for walk off, a sport parallel is the Golden Goal in soccer, to end the game, (<B>Sha'ar zahav</B>) so we can say a <B>hakafa zahava</B> would be a game ending homerun...<BR/><BR/>How about this biblical reference...<BR/>And Moses lifted up his hand and with his rod he smote… --Numbers 20:11 <BR/><BR/>...the hide… -- Leviticus 9:11 <BR/><BR/>...a long blast… -- Joshua 6:5 <BR/><BR/>...outside the camp… -- Judges 7:17 <BR/><BR/>...for an ‘omer… -- Exodus 16:36arthurhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12152143147562567632noreply@blogger.com