Monday, March 31, 2008

Our Man Elli checks in from Yankee Stadium


Our Man Elli In Israel phones us from Section Eight (how's that for appropriate?), Row H, Seat 7 of Yankee Stadium, where it looks like the Opening Day game against Toronto will be scratched because of rain.

"I got an 80 dollar ticket for 20 bucks," says Elli. "And I did buy a t-shirt that says 'Final season, Opening Day,' since the Yankees are moving across the street next season. I checked it out while I was hustling tickets. It looks fantastic."

As we've told you, Our Man Elli in Israel is now Our Man Elli in Israel in America for a few weeks, as he's timed his return to his homeland and lecture tour to coincide with Opening Day of Major League Baseball. The native New Yorker and veteran print, television and Internet journalist makes his annual tour of the States to speak at universities and synagogue about the political situation in Israel, his home for the past fifteen years or so.


The pictures are from Elli's weekend talk at Purdue University in Indiana. The word on the shirt he's holding in the top photo translates to "Purdue" (but you knew that). He also got a nice note from the organizers, thanking him for "stimulating our minds." Fans of baseball in Israel share the sentiment.

Elli will be in New York the next few days-- for the Yankees makeup game and another on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, it's off to another talk at the University of Maryland in College Park.

Sadly, it looks like he's not coming to Los Angeles to get together with all the Tabloid Baby staffers-- some of whom haven't met him yet. So book him, Skirball Center! We'll keep you posted on his whereabouts.

4 comments:

  1. ok everybody , get this joke, for some reason 'thir man elli' does not show up on the events happening at Uof M , maybe because it is a secret , him being the one who knows all about israeli politics and all.
    here is the schedule and there is nothing on 'their man elli'
    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Proudly Coloring Outside the Lines: An LGBT-themed Exhibition in the Stamp
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    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    German Ambassador's Lecture
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    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Physics Colloquium: Fundamental Physics Issues on Radiation Belts and Remediation
    more information»

    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Complimentary and Alternative Medicine workshop
    more information»

    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Sexual Assault Awareness Month
    more information»

    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Proudly Coloring Outside the Lines
    more information»

    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Proudly Coloring Outside the Lines RECEPTION
    more information»

    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Proudly Coloring Outside the Lines
    more information»

    Tuesday, April 1, 2008
    Speaking of Books Series - Paul Herrnson
    more information»

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    Exhibition Opening - Affordable Housing: Designing an American Asset
    more information»

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    April 2nd UM Leadership Network Speaker Series: Former CIA Leadership Academy Director
    more information»

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    Gallery Talk  RALPH BENNETT and ISABELLE GOURNAY, Professors of Architecture
    more information»

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    "Roots: A Genealogy of Racial Politics in Baltimore" - 2008 Carl N. Ruskin Lecture by Matthew Crenson
    more information»

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    Workshop: How to Prepare for the ARHU Networking & Internship Fair
    more information»

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    Dispatch from the Front Lines of the Affirmative Action War
    more information»

    Wednesday, April 2, 2008
    Exhibition openings: Power to the People and Basic
    more information»

    Thursday, April 3, 2008
    MidAtlantic Clickers Conference
    more information»

    Thursday, April 3, 2008
    EAM Presents: Chris Warner - Leading a Company, Climbing a Mountain
    more information»

    Thursday, April 3, 2008
    Power to the People and Basic
    more information»

    i guess his tour is so confidential........

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  2. Is it really necessary to have a Tabloid Baby's Baseball in Israel blog AND Tabloid Baby? More than a bit redundant.

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  3. Is it true that Larry Baras wife is filing for divorce? Any confirmations of this?

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  4. Our Man Elli's talk at the University of Maryland is sponsored by Hillel.

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