Tel Aviv Lightning

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Name = Tel Aviv Lightning תל אביב לייטנינג

Founded = by|2006
Location = Flagicon|ISR Tel Aviv
Stadium = Sportek Baseball Field
League = Israel Baseball League
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Colors = Blue
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Manager = Flagicon|USA Steve Hertz
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a_socks =The Tel Aviv Lightning ( _he. 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. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/895154.html]

History

On February 26, 2007 it was announced that former Major League Baseball player Steve Hertz would be the manager of the Express [cite web |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ap-israelbaseballleague&prov=ap&type=lgns |title=Holtzman, Blomberg, Shamsky set to manage in Israel Baseball League |accessdate=2007-04-29 |format=HTML |publisher=The Associated Press|language=English ] .

The first player selected by the Lightning in the inaugural draft was Dominican catcher Anderson Mejia. [cite web |url=http://www.israelbaseballleague.com/news/pressreleases/index.html?article_id=24 |title=First Player Draft in IBL History Yields Bumper Crop |accessdate=2007-04-29 |format=HTML |publisher=IsraelBaseballLeague.com |language=English ]

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Located at the Sportek Baseball Field in Tel Aviv.

Current roster

External links

;Official
* [http://www.israelbaseballleague.com/teams/telaviv/ Official site of the Tel Aviv Lightning]

;Unofficial
* [http://www.ta-light.ios.st Tel Aviv Lightning Fan Site]

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