Ron Blomberg played in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter, first baseman, and right fielder.
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21 Facts About Ron Blomberg
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Ron Blomberg played for the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox, and was the manager of the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the Israel Baseball League .
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Ron Blomberg was the first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history.
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Ron Blomberg attended Druid Hills High School, earning four letters each in baseball, basketball, football, and track, and graduated in 1967.
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Ron Blomberg was chosen for the Parade All-American teams in football, basketball, and baseball, the only person ever chosen for all three teams.
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Ron Blomberg received 125 basketball scholarship offers, and John Wooden of the University of California at Los Angeles came out to meet him in person.
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Ron Blomberg attended DeKalb Junior College part-time, and later majored in psychology at Farleigh Dickinson University.
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Ron Blomberg was a natural hitter who had a remarkably quick bat with tremendous power.
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Ron Blomberg was the first major leaguer to bat as a designated hitter in a regular season game.
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Ron Blomberg was injured in 1975, and missed all but one game of the pennant-winning 1976 season.
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Ron Blomberg tore his knee in the 1977 exhibition season when he hit the outfield wall, and missed that season too.
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Ron Blomberg was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004.
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In 2007 Ron Blomberg received the city of Atlanta's Phoenix Award from Mayor Shirley Franklin for his outstanding service and achievements, both as a professional athlete and citizen through his charitable works in Atlanta and throughout the country.
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Ron Blomberg had previously declined an offer from the Yankees to manage a team in their minor system.
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The book discusses Ron Blomberg's life leading up to his major league career, his playing days as a Yankee, and his Jewish heritage.
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Ron Blomberg is using the book to advocate for Munson's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Ron Blomberg has been running a summer baseball camp for kids at the New Jersey Y Camps since 2006.
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Ron Blomberg ran a baseball day camp in Paramus, New Jersey in the 1970s.
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