Netanya Tigers

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Netanya Tigers
נתניה טייגרס
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League Israel Baseball League
Location Flag of Israel Netanya
Ballpark Sportek Baseball Field
Year Founded 2006
League championships 0
Colors Orange and Black
Manager Flag of Israel Ami Baran
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The Netanya Tigers (Hebrew: נתניה טייגרס‎) is an Israeli baseball team from Netanya in the Israel Baseball League.

The Tigers finished the inaugrual 2007 season in fourth place, 19-21 (.475), and were defeated by the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox in the semifinals of the 2007 championship, 6-3.

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[edit] History

The team's Manager is Israeli Ami Baran, who was originally from Chicago.

The first player selected by the Tigers in the inaugural 2007 draft was outfielder Dan Rootenberg.[1] He is a former Midwood High School and Binghamton University left-handed hitting outfielder, who hit .407 for Binghamton during his senior year, garnering All-SUNYAC and All-State honors, played in the Frontier League, the Swiss professional league, and for the Pleasantville Red Sox, and in 2006 batted .351 in the Westchester Rockland Wood Bat League. The first pitcher drafted by the Tigers was right-handed 6'5" pitcher Leon Feingold, who pitched for the State University of New York at Albany 1990-1994, the Cleveland Indians system from 1994-1995, the independent Atlantic League in 1999, and also played for the Pleasantville Red Sox. Both Rootenberg and Feingold were among the group of four players first signed by the League.

[edit] Stadium

Located at the Sportek Baseball Field in Tel Aviv, due to a lack of appropriate facilities in Netanya.

[edit] Update

For the first week of the season the Tigers did not have a home field, due to stadium construction delays in Tel Aviv. However, Sportek Stadium opened in mid-July 2007 at the intersection of Ibn Gvirol and Rokach Streets in Tel Aviv, and is home to both the Netanya Tigers and the Tel Aviv Lightning.

[edit] Roster

Netanya Tigers roster
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Starting rotation
  • 1 Flag of Japan Ryoju Kihara
  • 2 Flag of the United States Matt Comiter
  • 4 Flag of the United States Fabian Armenta
  • 12 Flag of the Dominican Republic Julio Guerrero
  • 17 Flag of the United States Justin Prinstein
  • 19 Flag of the United States Mike Kerfeld
  • 25 Flag of the United States Shlomo Lipetz
  • 26 Flag of Colombia Rafael Rojano
  • 45 Flag of the United States Leon Feingold

Bullpen

  • Currently unknown


† 15-day disabled list
Roster updated 08.03.2007
Transactions

 Catchers
  • 9 Flag of Israel Ophir Katz
  • 15 Flag of Australia Michael Ibbotson
  • 24 Flag of the United States Sam Faeder

Infielders

  • 5 Flag of the United States Ryan Forsythe
  • 8 Flag of the Dominican Republic Hector De Los Santos
  • 11 Flag of the United States Josh Eichenstein
  • 14 Flag of the United States Ramon Rodriguez
  • 16 Flag of the United States Ty Eriksen
  • 22 Flag of Israel Amit Kurz

Outfielders

  • 3 Flag of the United States Dan Rootenberg
  • 7 Flag of the United States Josh Doane
  • 10 Flag of the United States Ben Engelhart
  • 21 Flag of the United States Bryan Pinchuk

Designated hitters

  • Currently unknown
 Manager
  • 23 Flag of the United States Ami Baran

Coaches

  • 15 Flag of Australia Michael Ibbotsen

Suspended list

  • Currently vacant


[edit] External links

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ First Player Draft in IBL History Yields Bumper Crop (HTML) (English). IsraelBaseballLeague.com. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
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