Nate Fish

Nate Fish (Hebrew: נייט פיש; born January 2, 1980) is an American–Israeli writer, artist, baseball player, and coach.

Fish has published a number of magazine features and poems, and has had two solo exhibitions of visual art in New York City.

He was a high school teammate of Matt Guerrier, who went on to play for the Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Chicago Cubs.

[4] 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.

[7][6][8] While playing for the Cincinnati Bearcats, Fish appeared in 181 games, batting .249 with 22 doubles, 13 home runs, and 71 RBIs.

[6] Fish later was the head coach of the United States Junior National Team for the 2013 Maccabiah Games.

[22] 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.

[29] Fish was the bullpen catcher and coach for Team Israel at the 2013 World Baseball Classic in Jupiter, Florida.

[31] 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.

[32] He was Team Israel's first base coach in the 2017 World Baseball Classic in South Korea and Japan.

[33] In 2007, Fish played third base for the Tel Aviv Lightning in the only year of the Israel Baseball League.

[34] He made aliyah in 2013 to accept the position, and spent his time visiting Israeli schools to introduce kids to baseball.

He is the Author and publisher of You're A Racist: Thoughts on Race in America[41] and 128-G.[42] In 2002 Fish moved to Brooklyn in order to focus on visual arts.