Justin Prinstein
Justin Prinstein (born February 4, 1984) is an American professional baseball player who played in the inaugural Israel Baseball League in 2007.
Prinstein was born in Detroit, Michigan. He played Division 1 baseball at George Washington University [1] and has continued in his professional career in Belgium, Israel, Australia and the Netherlands. In 2007, he pitched a no-hitter in his first professional start in Belgium and then moved on to the Inaugural Israel Baseball League, the first-ever pro baseball league in the middle east, while pitching for the Netanya Tigers [2] in Israel.
He was named to the North All-Star team and ended up hitting .318 as Designated Hitter during the 2nd half of the season.
Prinstein, known as Boomer to teammates, played winter ball in Adelaide, Australia for Southern Districts in the South Australia Baseball League, where he was a team-mate of Adam Crabb, a fellow IBL All-Star for Tel Aviv Lightning in 2007.
In 2008 he pitched for the Tex Town Tigers in the Dutch First Division. Prinstein currently attends University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and has recently signed for the 2009 season to be a starting pitcher for Almere'90, more commonly known as the Almere Magpies, in the Netherlands. In 2010 he will return to the Amere Magpies to pitch in the Hoofdklasse.
In 2009/2010 he pitched for the West Stirling Indians in the Western Australian state league competition, his stats were 11 starts for 9 losses 1 win and 1 no decision.
Prinstein is a relative of former Olympic gold medalist Myer Prinstein.