Nate Fish

Nate Fish (born January 2, 1980) is an American–Israeli writer, artist, baseball player, and coach. He was the first base coach for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic, bullpen coach at 2023 World Baseball Classic, an assistant coach for the YD Red Sox in the Cape Cod Baseball League, and worked as a minor league coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Fish plays shortstop, third base, outfield, and catcher. He has won three medals at the Maccabiah Games. He played for the Tel Aviv Lightning in the only year of the Israel Baseball League. He served as national director for the Israel Association of Baseball (IAB). Fish coached for the Israel national baseball team, in the 2013 and 2017 qualifiers for the World Baseball Classic, and was Team Israel's first base coach in the 2017 World Baseball Classic in South Korea and Japan. In 2017 and 2018, Fish was an assistant coach for the YD Red Sox in the CCBL. In 2019, he worked as a minor league coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fish was the bullpen coach for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

Fish has published a number of magazine features and poems, and has ha
two solo exhibitions
of visual art in New York City. He was inducted into the Shaker Heights High School Alumni Hall of Fame in 2016."Nate Fish '08,"
Shaker Heights Hall of Fame.

Early life

Fish was born in Hanover, New Hampshire, and is Jewish. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was 12 and grew up there.Elli Wohlgelernter (September 15, 2016)
">"Israeli baseball in Brooklyn!; Next week Israel’s international baseball team will be playing in the World Baseball Classic’s qualifying tournament",
''The Jerusalem Post''.

Baseball

United States

Fish attended Shaker Heights High School from 1994 to 1998. He was a high school teammate of Matt Guerrier, who went on to play for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs. Fish played for the school's varsity baseball team for three years, earning all-region honors each year, and served as team captain his senior year.

From 1998 to 2002, Fish played baseball at the University of Cincinnati with his close friend—the only other Jewish player on the team—future Boston Red Sox star Kevin Youkilis.Raanan Geberer (October 10, 2013)
"Nate Fish: From Brooklyn artist to a leader of Israeli baseball,"
''Brooklyn Daily Eagle''. While playing for the Cincinnati Bearcats, Fish appeared in 181 games, batting .249 with 22 doubles, 13 home runs, and 71 RBIs. As a senior, Fish was the captain of the Bearcats, hit .287 with seven home runs, and set the Conference USA record with six hits in a game.

At the 2005 Maccabiah Games Fish played for Team USA, and won a gold medal. Fish later was the head coach of the United States Junior National Team for the 2013 Maccabiah Games. The team won a gold medal in 2013 Maccabiah Games boys' baseball.

In 2010, Fish co-founded and managed the Yorkville Baseball Academy in New York City."Introducing… Nate Fish,"
Israel Baseball, April 8, 2011.

In 2017, he was Assistant Coach of the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Israel

The Israel Association of Baseball appointed Nate Fish as the manager for the senior national team in August 2021. Prior to that he served a number of positions including player and coach.

European Baseball Championship

Fish was the starting shortstop for Israel in the 2014 and 2015 qualifying rounds for the 2016 European Baseball Championship. The team won the C Pool in 2014, and finished third in the B Pool in 2015, behind Sweden and Austria.

In the C-Level qualifier in 2014, Fish was the starting shortstop in all five games, and batted third. During the opening game against Finland, Fish went 3-for-5 with a double, a walk, 2 RBIs, and a run scored. During the second game, against Slovenia, Fish went 0-for-4 and was hit by a pitch. During the third game, against Latvia, Fish went 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. In the semifinals game against Romania, Fish went 2-for-5 with a home run and a strikeout. In the finals, against Slovenia, Fish went 1-for-5 with a run scored, as Israel went on to win 14-0 and moved on to the B-Level qualifier.

In the B-Level qualifier in 2015, Fish was once the starting shortstop in all five games, and batted fifth. During the opening game against Belarus, Fish went 2-for-4 with a double, two walks, and a run scored. During the second game, against Poland, Fish went 1-for-3 with a walk. During the third game, against Austria, Fish went 2-for-4 with a RBI, a run, and was hit by a pitch twice. During the fourth game, against Lithuania, Fish got a walk and a double in four at-bats, and struck out once. During the final game against Sweden, Fish went 2-for-5 with a double and a strikeout.

World Baseball Classic

Fish was the bullpen catcher and coach for Team Israel at the 2013 World Baseball Classic in Jupiter, Florida. Team Israel beat Spain and South Africa, but lost in the finals to Spain and did not qualify for the 2013 WBC.

In 2016, Fish was on the coaching staff for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifier in Brooklyn, New York. Team Israel beat Great Britain and Brazil to qualify for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. In March 2017 he returned in the same role in the main tournament. He was Team Israel's first base coach in the 2017 World Baseball Classic in South Korea and Japan.

Other Israel activities

In 2007, Fish played third base for the Tel Aviv Lightning in the only year of the Israel Baseball League. He hit .347 and won the gold glove award for the best defensive infielder in the league. He was also one of the subjects of the award-winning film '' Holy Land Hardball'', about the league.

From 2013 to 2016, Fish lived in Israel and worked as the national director for the Israel Association of Baseball. He made aliyah in 2013 to accept the position, and spent his time visiting Israeli schools to introduce kids to baseball.

While serving as director for Israel Baseball, Fish co-founded the program Baseball Le’Kulam (Baseball for All) to bring Arab and Jewish kids in Israel together. Baseball Le'Kulam was featured during the 2016 AIPAC conference in Washington DC.

Other

In 2008, Fish played for the Haar Disciples in Germany’s Bundesliga."Disciples replace injured Alexis Hernandez with Nate Fish,"
April 8, 2003. He hit .320 while fielding .947 while playing third base and catching. He was Haar's #2 offensive producer, and was second in the league in fielding among starting third basemen."Nate Fish,"
DBV Onlinestats Spielerübersicht.

Fish has also played baseball professionally in Argentina, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.

Other ventures

Writing

Fish has a degree from the New School University in New York with a focus on creative writing.Jerry Crasnick
"Pro Baseball is coming back to Israel,"
ESPN. He has published features in '' Heeb Magazine'' and ''Leveled Magazine''."76 Seconds to Newcastle"
leveledmag.com. In 2012, he created the blo
King of Jewish Baseball
In 2016, he established the Brick of Gold Publishing Company. Fish's first book was '' Israelis Drive Anything'', a photo series of Israelis driving homemade vehicles.. He has since released two collections of poetry
98.6 Poems
an
Poems for My Wife: Love Poems for Non-Romantics
The Brick of Gold Publishing Company has also released two books of writing from California State Prisons edited by Fish
Man, I Wish We Would Have Known: Letters from Calipatria State Prison
an
Disconnected/Reconnected: Writing from Lancaster State Prison

Art

In 2002 Fish moved to Brooklyn in order to focus on visual arts. He is a self-taught artist. He had solo exhibitions in 2011 (Jellybeans) at Gallery Bar in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, and in 2013 (Natureficial) at the Red Door Gallery in Chelsea.

References

External links

King of Jewish BaseballTwitter

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