Baseball in Israel

Volunteer coaches and donors are instrumental to the growth and development of the sport, as baseball resources are very low.

Israel sends national teams of various age groups to international baseball tournaments each year.

The best recent showing to date in International Play (Pool A) was a 1st place by the Israeli Juvenile (ages 10–12) in the 2009 European Championships (CEB).

[7] His was signed by the Dodgers organization,[8] and made his professional debut that season with the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer Baseball League.

In order to accomplish this they teach baseball to youth, organize national tournaments as well as aid in assisting Israeli teams to compete internationally, and procuring the required equipment.

Additionally they will help organize the league, ensure they have a proper field, train the coaches, umpires and player.

[15] Notable players to play in the IAB include Alon Leichman and Dean Kremer.

This will give them the opportunities to play in the Israel National Team Program, to be recognized as Elite Athletes in the IDF.

Dan Rothem, a former college pitcher and Israel National Team player will be the pitching coach.

National Coach, Ryan Willen, a former catcher at division 3 Washington & Jefferson College runs the Academy.

[citation needed] The six league teams were the Tel Aviv Lightning, Netanya Tigers, Bet Shemesh Blue Sox, Petach Tikva Pioneers, Modi'in Miracle, and Ra'anana Express.

Those behind the new league included billionaire Jeffrey Rosen, a major IBL investor who also owns the Maccabi Haifa basketball team, which he bought in the summer of 2007, and is the chairman of Triangle Financial Services of Aventura, Florida; Andrew Wilson, who was a facilitator on the ground for the IBL and now works for Rosen; Alan Gardner, a lawyer from New York, who was the centerfielder for the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox; and Michael Rollhaus, a businessman from Queens and major IBL investor.

Team Israel won the 2019 European Baseball Championship - B-Pool in early July 2019 in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, winning all five of its games.

Team Israel finished in sixth place of the 2023 European Baseball Championship, having played to a 3–3 record during the tournament.

First baseman/DH Danny Valencia batted .375 and led the tournament in runs (7), home runs (3), RBIs (9), walks (5), and slugging percentage (1.000), and starting pitcher Joey Wagman tied for the tournament lead with two wins, and led in complete games (1) and strikeouts (14) as he had an 0.56 ERA in 16 innings.

Every member of the 24-member Team Israel that competed to qualify in the Olympics was Israeli, with four of the players native-born.

[39] Native-born Israeli team member Shlomo Lipetz observed: "There is no other country like Israel that carries an identity as it does with Jews around the world.

[40] The Israel national baseball team that competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics was composed mostly of American Jews who were dual American-Israeli citizens, in addition to four Israeli-born players.

Israel national baseball team manager Brad Ausmus, Israeli president Shimon Peres and U.S. ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro (l-r)