Tel Aviv Lightning

Tel Aviv Lightning תל אביב לייטנינ
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League	Israel Baseball League
Location	Tel Aviv
Ballpark	Sportek Baseball Field
Founded	2006
League championships	0
Colors	Blue
Manager	Steve Hertz
Current uniforms
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The Tel Aviv Lightning (Hebrew: תל אביב לייטנינג) was an Israeli baseball team from Tel Aviv in the Israel Baseball League.

The Lightning finished the inaugural 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]

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]

Located at the Sportek Baseball Field in Tel Aviv.

Official

• (in English) Official site of the Tel Aviv Lightning

Unofficial

• (in Hebrew) Tel Aviv Lightning Fan Site

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