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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 Israel Baseball League (IBL ( Hebrew: ליגת הבייסבול הישראלית Liget ha-Beisbol ha-Israelit) was a professional six-team Baseball Ra'anana (רַעֲנָנָה (lit "Fresh" is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. The Yarkon Sports Complex, seats 15000 is the home ground for Israeli Baseball teams Ra'anana Express and Petach Tikva Pioneers in the Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Minor League Baseball Shaun Smith may refer to Shaun Smith (Australian rules footballer - Australian Rules Football player Shaun Smith (football player For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each Ra'anana (רַעֲנָנָה (lit "Fresh" is a city in the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel. The Israel Baseball League (IBL ( Hebrew: ליגת הבייסבול הישראלית Liget ha-Beisbol ha-Israelit) was a professional six-team Baseball

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. The Netanya Tigers ( נתניה טייגרס) is an Israeli Baseball team from Netanya in the Israel Baseball League.

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History

In 2007 the team was managed by Australian Shaun Smith. Shaun Smith may refer to Shaun Smith (Australian rules footballer - Australian Rules Football player Shaun Smith (football player

The first player selected by the Express in the inaugural 2007 draft was Australian pitcher John Thew. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. [1] The team's first game was played against the Tel Aviv Lightning on June 24, 2007, at the Sportek in Tel Aviv. The Tel Aviv Lightning ( תל אביב לייטנינג) is an Israeli Baseball team from Tel Aviv in the Israel Baseball League. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Tel Aviv-Yafo (תֵּל ־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ تل أبيب Tal ʾAbīb) (usually Tel Aviv) is the second-largest city in Israel

Starting pitcher Esequier Pie, from San Pedro de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, threw two no-hitters in the 2007 season. San Pedro de Macorís is a municipality ( Municipio) and the capital of the San Pedro de Macorís province in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with In Baseball, a no-hitter (also known as a no-hit game, or colloquially a no-no) refers to a game in which one of the teams prevented the other from getting

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. Petah Tikva (פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה "Opening of Hope" known as Em HaMoshavot ("Mother of the Moshavot " is a city in the The Yarkon Sports Complex, seats 15000 is the home ground for Israeli Baseball teams Ra'anana Express and Petach Tikva Pioneers in the The Petach Tikva Pioneers ( פתח תקווה פיונירס) is an Israeli Baseball team from Petach Tikva in the Israel Baseball League

Current roster

Ra'anana Express roster
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Active (25-man) roster Coaches/Other
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


External links

Footnotes

  1. ^ First Player Draft in IBL History Yields Bumper Crop (HTML) (English). IsraelBaseballLeague. com. Retrieved on 2007-04-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
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