Petach Tikva Pioneers

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Petach Tikva Pioneers
פתח תקווה פיונירס
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League Israel Baseball League
Location Flag of Israel Petach Tikva
Ballpark Yarkon Sports Complex
Year Founded 2006
League championships 0
Colors Red and Black
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The Petach Tikva Pioneers (Hebrew: פתח תקווה פיונירס‎) is an Israeli baseball team from Petach Tikva in the Israel Baseball League.

They finished the inaugrual 2007 regular season in last place (9-32; .220), and lost to the Modi'in Miracle in the quarterfinals of the 2007 championship.

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[edit] History

The name for the Pioneers was chosen in recognition that Petah Tikva was founded in 1878 by religious pioneers from Jerusalem, who were led by Yehoshua Stampfer, Yoel Moshe Salomon, Zerach Brant, and David Gutmann, as well as Lithuanian Rabbi Aryeh Leib Frumkin.

The first player selected by the Pioneers in the inaugural draft was Dominican outfielder Reynaldo Cruz,[1] who later suffered a concussion and did not play for the rest of the season.

Ken Holtzman managed the Pioneers in the 2007 inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League, up until the last week of the season. Holtzman in his major league career was the only pitcher since the 1880s to throw 2 no-hitters for the Cubs, and his 174 career victories are the most in the major leagues by a Jewish pitcher. He also held the record for most pitching appearances by a Jewish pitcher until 1998.

[edit] Stadium

Located at the Yarkon Sports Complex in Petach Tikva.

[edit] Current roster

Petach Tikva Pioneers roster
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Active (25-man) roster Coaches/Other
Starting rotation
  • 24 Flag of the United States Ari Alexenberg
  • 8 Flag of Canada Ryan Butkowsky
  • 18 Flag of the United States Scott Cantor
  • 6 Flag of Israel George Chityat
  • 22 Flag of the United States Josh Epstein
  • 4 Flag of Canada Andrew Morales
  • 21 Flag of the United States Alper Ulutas
  • 20 Flag of the Dominican Republic Abel Moreno

Bullpen

  • Currently unknown


† 15-day disabled list
Roster updated 03.08.2007
Transactions

 Catchers
  • 7 Flag of the United States Kevin Brill
  • 10 Flag of Australia Michael Olson
  • 15 Flag of Canada Dustin Melanson


Infielders

  • 2 Flag of the United States Adam Goldman
  • 5 Flag of the United States Seth Binder
  • 11 Flag of the United States Dovid Green
  • 16 Flag of the United States Willis Bumphus
  • 26 Flag of Canada Ryan Crotin
  • 36 Flag of Israel Shuki Friedman

Outfielders

  • 3 Flag of the United States Aaron Rosdal
  • 9 Flag of the United States Ben Dashefsky
  • 12 Flag of Israel Omri Modiano
  • 17 Flag of the Dominican Republic Reynaldo Cruz

Designated hitters

  • Currently unknown
 Manager

Coaches

  • 18 Flag of the United States Scott Cantor
  • 24 Flag of the United States Ari Alexenberg

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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