Tel Aviv Lightning
| Tel Aviv Lightning תל אביב לייטנינ | |||
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| League | Israel Baseball League | ||
| Location | Tel Aviv | ||
| Ballpark | Sportek Baseball Field | ||
| Founded | 2006 | ||
| League championships | 0 | ||
| Colors | Blue | ||
| Manager | Steve Hertz | ||
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The Tel Aviv Lightning (Hebrew: תל אביב לייטנינג) was an Israeli baseball team from Tel Aviv in the Israel Baseball League.
The Lightning finished the inaugural 2007 season in second place with a 26-14 (.650) record, and lost to the Modi'in Miracle in the semifinals of the 2007 IBL championship.
6' 5" lefthander Aaron Pribble was 7-2, with a league-leading 1.94 ERA. Daniel Kaufman, who pitched for Emory University, held opposing batters to a .170 batting average. The Most Valuable Israeli Player was pitcher Dan Rothem. [1]