Kenny Dickerson (RMHS Class of '70), who area high school sports fans may know of as a fine volleyball, basketball and baseball official, is calling baseball this summer - but he's doing it far away from his native Nash County.
He's in Israel calling games in the Israel Baseball League, a professional league that has just been formed there. Dickerson is one of six American umpires working in the league.
The six-team league has some star names guiding some of its teams. Ken Holtzman, Ron Blomberg and Art Shamsky are among those managing teams Tel Aviv, Bet Shemish, Modi'in, Ra'anana, Netanya and Petach Tikva. Former Boston Red Sox general manager Dan Duquette is the director of baseball operations.
The IBL will have no official relationship with Major League Baseball, but it is getting a hand from MLB. MLB.com will carry coverage of Israel’s games.
Dickerson will be umpiring for eight weeks this summer in the league.
Another note about Dickerson, FYI Gryphons fans. As a junior at was then-called Rocky Mount Senior High, Dickerson was on the student committee that came up with one of the state's most distinctive team nicknames - Gryphon!
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