Tel Aviv Lightning

Tel Aviv Lightning תל אביב לייטנינג
League	Israel Baseball League
Location	Tel Aviv
Ballpark	Sportek Baseball Field
Year Founded	2006
League championships	0
Colors	Blue
Manager	Steve Hertz
Uniforms
Home	Away

The Tel Aviv Lightning (Hebrew: תל אביב לייטנינג‎) is an Israeli baseball team from Tel Aviv in the Israel Baseball League. The Lightning finished the inaugrual 2007 season in second place with a 26-14 (.650) record, and lost to the Modi'in Miracle in the semifinals of the 2007 IBL championship. 6' 5" lefthander Aaron Pribble was 7-2, with a league-leading 1.94 ERA. Daniel Kaufman, who pitched for Emory University, held opposing batters to a .170 batting average. The Most Valuable Israeli Player was pitcher Dan Rothem. [1]

History

On February 26, 2007 it was announced that former Major League Baseball player Steve Hertz would be the manager of the Express^[1]. The first player selected by the Lightning in the inaugural draft was Dominican catcher Anderson Mejia.^[2]

Stadium

Located at the Sportek Baseball Field in Tel Aviv.

Current roster

External links

Official

• (English) Official site of the Tel Aviv Lightning

Unofficial

• (Hebrew) Tel Aviv Lightning Fan Site

Footnotes

1. ^ Holtzman, Blomberg, Shamsky set to manage in Israel Baseball League (HTML) (English). The Associated Press. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
2. ^ First Player Draft in IBL History Yields Bumper Crop (HTML) (English). IsraelBaseballLeague.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.