Petach Tikva Pioneers פתח תקווה פיונירס
League	Israel Baseball League
Location	Petach Tikva
Ballpark	Yarkon Sports Complex
Year Founded	2006
League championships	0
Colors	Red and Black
Uniforms
Home	Away

The Petach Tikva Pioneers (Hebrew: פתח תקווה פיונירס‎) is an Israeli baseball team from Petach Tikva 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 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 2006 Major League Baseball season|2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season Headline Event of the Year The 2006 World Baseball Classic is a surprise success 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 Petah Tikva (פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה "Opening of Hope" known as Em HaMoshavot ("Mother of the Moshavot " is a city in the The Israel Baseball League (IBL ( Hebrew: ליגת הבייסבול הישראלית Liget ha-Beisbol ha-Israelit) was a professional six-team Baseball

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. The Modi'in Miracle ( מודיעין מיראקל) is an Israeli Baseball team from Modi'in in the Israel Baseball League.

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. Petah Tikva (פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה "Opening of Hope" known as Em HaMoshavot ("Mother of the Moshavot " is a city in the Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Yehoshua Stampfer (1852 - 1908 was one of the founders of the city of Petah Tikva in Israel, and a member of its original municipal council Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublika is a Country in Eastern often referred to as Northern Europe or in the

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. The Dominican Republic ( Spanish: República Dominicana;) is a nation located in the Caribbean region and shares the island of Hispaniola with

Ken Holtzman managed the Pioneers in the 2007 inaugural season of the Israel Baseball League, up until the last week of the season. Kenneth Dale Holtzman (born November 3, 1945, in St Louis Missouri) is a Left-handed former Starting pitcher in Major League 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. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ He also held the record for most pitching appearances by a Jewish pitcher until 1998.

Stadium

Located at the Yarkon Sports Complex in Petach Tikva. The Yarkon Sports Complex, seats 15000 is the home ground for Israeli Baseball teams Ra'anana Express and Petach Tikva Pioneers in the Petah Tikva (פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה "Opening of Hope" known as Em HaMoshavot ("Mother of the Moshavot " is a city in the

Current roster

External links

• Official site of the Petach Tikva Pioneers

Footnotes

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