With the NFL draft set to take place tomorrow and Sunday, everyone looks forward to who the last player in the draft will be. Otherwise known as Mister Irrelevant. Well, I bring you a different Mister Irrelevant.
The Israel Baseball League held it’s draft for it’s inaugural season and with the final pick of the draft, the Modi’in Miracle took 71 year old Sandy Koufax. Koufax last pitched 41 years ago for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Koufax, who is Jewish, refused to pitch in Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on the Jewish holiday, Yom Kippur.
“His selection is a tribute to the esteem with which he is held by everyone associated with this league,” said former big leaguer Art Shamsky, who will manage the Miracle. “It’s been 41 years between starts for him. If he’s rested and ready to take the mound again, we want him on our team.”
