Ronald Mark Blomberg (born August 23, 1948), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager.

[3] Blomberg enjoyed the attention he received in New York because he was Jewish: "To be able to play in front of 8 million Jews!

"[4] Through 2010, he was seventh all-time in career batting average (behind Hank Greenberg, Ryan Braun, Buddy Myer, Lou Boudreau, Phil Weintraub, and Kevin Youkilis) among Jewish major league baseball players.

[5] Blomberg attended Druid Hills High School, earning four letters each in baseball, basketball, football, and track, and graduated in 1967.

[7] He received 125 basketball scholarship offers, and John Wooden of the University of California at Los Angeles came out to meet him in person.

felt that he should play every day but manager Ralph Houk platooned him, hampering his ability to develop into a star player.

On April 6, 1973, at Fenway Park, he was walked by Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant on five pitches with the bases loaded in the first inning,[10][11][12] and the bat he used is in Cooperstown's Hall of Fame.

[11][6] Blomberg finished 1973 with a healthy .329 average, .395 OBP, and .498 SLG in 301 at-bats;[1] he hit .351 with runners in scoring position.

[7] Blomberg managed the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the 2007 inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League.

I knew I was protected.” But when the team still lost the game, he demanded: “You said your prayers — so what happened?”[9] Blomberg is a scout for the New York Yankees in the Atlanta area.

The book discusses Blomberg's life leading up to his major league career, his playing days as a Yankee, and his Jewish heritage.

Dan Epstein, a well-known baseball writer, assisted Blomberg, and Munson's widow wrote an introduction.

After his retirement from baseball in 1978, Blomberg worked with numerous charitable organizations, most recently the Israel Cancer Research Fund, where he serves as honorary chairman and spokesperson.