The Tel Aviv Lightning is an Israel

Israel

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i baseball

Baseball

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 team from Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

 in the Israel Baseball League

Israel baseball league

The Israel Baseball League was a six-team professional baseball league in Israel. The first game was played on June 24, 2007...

.

The Lightning finished the inaugrual 2007 season in second place with a 26-14 (.650) record, and lost to the Modi'in Miracle

Modi'in Miracle

The Modi'in Miracle is an Israeli baseball team from Modi'in in the Israel Baseball League.The Miracle finished the inaugrual 2007 season 22-19 in third place, and after upsetting the # 2 Tel Aviv Lightning in the semi-finals, lost to Ron Blomberg's Bet Shemesh Blue Sox 3-0 in the championship...

 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

Emory University

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, 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

Major League Baseball

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 player Steve Hertz

Steve Hertz

Stephen Allan Hertz is a former Major League Baseball player. He is now manager of the Tel Aviv Lightning in the Israel Baseball League.-High school:...

 would be the manager of the Express.

The first player selected by the Lightning in the inaugural draft was Dominican

Dominican Republic

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catcher Anderson Mejia.

External links

Official Official site of the Tel Aviv Lightning

Unofficial Tel Aviv Lightning Fan Site