Ra'anana Express

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Ra'anana Express
רעננה אקספרס
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League Israel Baseball League
Location Flag of Israel Ra'anana
Ballpark Yarkon Sports Complex
Year Founded 2007
League championships 0
Colors Green and Yellow
Manager Flag of Australia Shaun Smith
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The Ra'anana Express (Hebrew: רעננה אקספרס‎) is an Israeli baseball team from Ra'anana in the Israel Baseball League.

The Express finished the inaugrual 2007 season in fifth place, 17-24 (.415), and lost to the Netanya Tigers in the quarterfinals of the 2007 championship.

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[edit] History

In 2007 the team was managed by Australian Shaun Smith.

The first player selected by the Express in the inaugural 2007 draft was Australian pitcher John Thew.[1] The team's first game was played against the Tel Aviv Lightning on June 24, 2007, at the Sportek in Tel Aviv.

Starting pitcher Esequier Pie, from San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, threw two no-hitters in the 2007 season.

[edit] Stadium

Located in the Baptist Village in Petah Tikva, the Yarkon Sports Complex is home to the Express as well as the Petach Tikva Pioneers and the Israeli national baseball team.

[edit] Current roster

Ra'anana Express roster
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Starting rotation
  • 36 Flag of the Dominican Republic Esequier Pie
  • 3 Flag of the United States Nat Ballenberg
  • 25 Flag of Israel Daniel Maddy-Weitzman
  • 23 Flag of the United States Nathan Mittag
  • 20 Flag of Australia John Thew
  • 4 Flag of Colombia Max Vazquez
  • 30 Flag of the United States Travis Zier
  • 7 Flag of the United States Joshua Zumbrun

Bullpen

  • Currently unknown


† 15-day disabled list
Roster updated 28.06.2007
Transactions

 Catchers
  • 9 Flag of Israel Mike Hochman
  • 8 Flag of the United States Jesse Michel
  • 16 Flag of the Dominican Republic Juan Ramirez

Infielders

  • 11 Flag of the United States Matt Block
  • 10 Flag of the United States Scott Feller
  • 1 Flag of the United States Ben Katz-Moses
  • 6 Flag of the United States Donnie Mott
  • 5 Flag of Israel Guy Peled
  • 14 Flag of the United States Brendan Rubenstein

Outfielders

  • 12 Flag of the United States Matt Castillo
  • 18 Flag of the United States Ben Field
  • 2 Flag of the United States John Toussas
  • 21 Flag of the United States Stephen Raab

Designated hitters

  • Currently unknown
 Manager

Coaches

  • - Flag of Australia Leo Vargas

Suspended list

  • Currently vacant


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[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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