Ryan Lavarnway named captain of Team Israel
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
TEL AVIV - The Israel Association of Baseball (IAB) is pleased to announce that Ryan Lavarnway has been appointed as the captain of the Israeli national baseball team for the 2023 European Baseball Championship in the Czech Republic in September....
Israel bows out of WBC with 5-1 loss to Venezuela
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Team Israel’s time in the 2023 World Baseball Classic came to an end on Wednesday with a 5-1 loss to Venezuela at LoanDepot Park in Miami. Jesús Luzardo shut the door for the Venezuelans, throwing 4 shutout frames while striking out 5. A pair of...
Steinmetz impresses in 10-0 loss to Dominican Republic
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
After being no-hit by Puerto Rico on Monday night, the offensive woes continued for Team Israel on Tuesday as it was one-hit by the Dominican Republic in a seven-inning, 10-0 mercy rule loss. One major bright spot for the Israelis, however, was...
Puerto Rico throws perfect game to beat Israel 10-0
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
After opening the World Baseball Classic with a thrilling comeback win over Nicaragua on Sunday, Team Israel was shutout by Puerto Rico on Monday via a 10-0 mercy rule win that saw the Puerto Ricans throw a combined, eight-inning perfect game — the...
8th inning rally propels Israel over Nicaragua in WBC opener
Sunday, March 12, 2023
Led by a three-run eighth-inning rally, Team Israel opened up its World Baseball Classic run with a come-from-behind 3-1 win over Nicaragua on Sunday at LoanDepot Park in Miami. After failing to convert on multiple scoring chances across the first...
WBC players from Israel, DR team up to fight racism
Thursday, March 09, 2023
MIAMI - World Baseball Classic players and coaches from Team Israel and the Dominican Republic will join forces on Tuesday, March 14, for a cause that is bigger than baseball. They will meet with children from the local Jewish and Latino...
Team Israel partners with TruMedia Networks for 2023 World Baseball Classic
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Team Israel and TruMedia Networks are proud to announce their partnership for the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Having provided MLB, MiLB, and NCAA baseball teams and players with access to advance scouting reports, custom statistics, custom...
Israel Baseball introduces first Hall of Fame class
Monday, November 28, 2022
Leon Klarfeld, Sam and Tiva Pelter, Dan Rothem and David Schenker are the inaugural inductees The Israel Association of Baseball inducted the inaugural class of the Israel Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday night at Kibbutz Gezer. Leon Klarfeld, Sam...
Join the IAB Umpire Course
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
The Israel Association of Baseball invites you to join its family of umpires by participating in the 2022 Umpire Course run by Wendelstedt Umpire School graduate and IAB chief umpire Daniel Wroblewski, and a team of certified international umpires....
Open tryouts for the 2022-23 Premier League
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Come play baseball! We are announcing open tryouts for the 2022-23 IAB Premier League season. Tryouts will take place on Thursday, September 15 at Ezra Schwartz Ballpark in Ra’anana and on Tuesday, September 20 at the Baptist Village field in Petah...
Israel drawn to WBC group in Miami
Thursday, July 07, 2022
The Israel Association of Baseball (IAB) is pleased to accept an invitation from Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association to participate in the next World Baseball Classic tournament. Israel will compete in Group D in Miami, Florida,...
Ian Kinsler to manage Team Israel at WBC
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Israeli Olympian and 2017 World Baseball Classic champion Ian Kinsler has been named the manager for the Team Israel squad at the 2023 WBC. Kinsler, 39, will begin his managerial career with the boys in blue-and-white, some of whom were his...
Israel chosen as European federation of the year
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
The Israel Association of Baseball was chosen as the European federation of the year for 2021 on Saturday at the fifth World Baseball Softball Confederation Europe General Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The highlights based on which Israel was...
Israel falls to Netherlands, is European runner-up
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Israel faltered late and lost 9-4 to the Netherlands in the final of the 2021 CEB European Championships in Turin, Italy, on Sunday night. The boys in blue and white led 4-1 at the seventh-inning stretch, but allowed the Dutch to score 4 runs in...
European Championships gold-medal game – facts and figures
Sunday, September 19, 2021
This is the 36 th time Europe will crown a continental champion in baseball. The Netherlands is the winningest nation in European baseball with 23 gold medals. The Netherlands has played in the gold-medal game a record 32 times. The last time the...
Israel downs Italy to reach Euro title game
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Israel made history on Friday by seeing off host Italy 11-5 in the semifinals of the CEB European Baseball Championships in Avigliana, Italy. The boys in blue and white will take on defending champion Netherlands in the gold-medal game in Turin on...
Wagman pitches, hits Israel into Euro semifinals
Thursday, September 16, 2021
Joey Wagman delivered one of the greatest individual performances in Israel Baseball history on Thursday night in leading the boys in blue-and-white past the Czech Republic 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the European Championships at Impianti Sportivi...
Israel beats Britain, advances to quarterfinals
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Israel advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2021 European Championships after a convincing 11-4 victory over Great Britain on Tuesday afternoon at Complesso Valter Aluffi in Settimo Torine, Italy. The boys in blue-and-white finished atop Group C...
Lowengart, Wanger shine in rout of France
Monday, September 13, 2021
Assaf Lowengart drilled a pair of 3-run home runs and Ben Wanger allowed 1 hit and struck out 7 in 5.2 scoreless innings of relief to lead Team Israel to a 10-0 rout of France at the European Championships in Italy on Monday. Israel improved to 2-0...
Israel edges Russia to start Euros
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Team Israel started the European Championships with a nail-biting 2-1 extra-innings victory over Russia on Sunday night in Turin, Italy. Russia pitcher Adrian Rodriguez Telles committed a bases-loaded balk that sent Jordan Petrushka home with the...
Premier League Tryouts
Thursday, September 09, 2021
Come play baseball! Open tryouts for the 2021-22 IAB Premier League season will take place on September 29-30, 2021, from 19:00-21:30 at Baptist Village. For ages 17 and up. All players who want to try out must register and bring a valid sports...
New umpire's course to open in October
Sunday, September 05, 2021
The IAB is looking for umpires! Take the course and start umping this season! The course is for new and untrained umpires and will enable you to umpire regional Juvenile and Cadet games, and eventually Junior and even Premiere League games at the...
Nate Fish appointed Team Israel manager
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
The Israel Association of Baseball has appointed Nate Fish as the manager for the senior national team ahead of next month’s CEB European Championships in Italy. Joining Fish on the Team Israel coaching staff will be Alex Jacobs, Richard Kania and...
Eric Holtz resigns as Team Israel manager
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
After leading the Israel Baseball national team in the Olympics, Eric Holtz has decided to step down from his position as head coach, effective immediately. Holtz informed Jordy Alter, the president of the Israel Association of Baseball, and Team...
Olympic dreams dashed by narrow loss to DR
Tuesday, August 03, 2021
Team Israel’s Olympic dream came to an end on Tuesday at Yokohama Baseball Stadium in Japan with a 7-6 loss to the Dominican Republic. Jose Bautista's single with 2 outs and 2 strikes in the bottom of the ninth inning drove in pinch-runner Nefri...
Israel KO's Mexico to reach Olympic quarterfinals
Sunday, August 01, 2021
Team Israel defeated Mexico 12-5 on Sunday afternoon at Yokohama Baseball Stadium in Japan to advance to the quarterfinals round of the Tokyo Olympics. Danny Valencia shined for Israel with a home run, 3 runs scored and 3 driven in. Nick Rickles...
USA drops Israel to 0-2 in Tokyo
Friday, July 30, 2021
Team Israel fell to 0-2 at the Olympic Games in Tokyo after suffering an 8-1 loss against Team USA on Friday evening at Yokohama Baseball Stadium. Manager Eric Holtz’s side will place third in Group B and face the last-place team in Group A on...
Israel falls to Korea in Olympics opener
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Team Israel suffered a heart-breaking 6-5 loss in 10 innings to South Korea in the teams' opening game at the 2020 Olympic Games at Yokohama Stadium in Japan on Thursday. Pinch-runner Kunwoo Park scored the winning run when Israel reliever Jeremy...
Gloveworks is the official baseball glove of Team Israel
Friday, July 16, 2021
The Israel Association of Baseball has come to an agreement with Gloveworks that makes it the official baseball glove of Team Israel. As part of the sponsorship, Gloveworks has provided each player and member of the coaching staff of Israel's...
Team Israel releases 24-man roster for Tokyo
Monday, July 05, 2021
Team Israel general manager Peter Kurz submitted the following 24-man roster to the World Baseball Softball Confederation and the Olympic Committee Israel. These players will represent Israel in baseball at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Changes...
Team Israel, WIN Reality partner up on Olympic preparation
Thursday, July 01, 2021
Team Israel, WIN Reality partner up on Olympic preparation Israel Baseball is pleased to announce that WIN Reality is the exclusive Player Development Partner of the Israeli national baseball team. Team Israel, which will be one of six teams to...
U18 national team heads to European Championship
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Coach Ophir Katz will lead 18 players to Macerata, Italy, for the U18 European Baseball Championship next week, marking the first time that Israel will play at that level. Nine teams will compete at the event, which was rescheduled from 2020 due to...
Team Israel to play in Greater Washington
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Israel's national baseball team will play one game near the United States capital as part of its pre-Olympic training. Team Israel will face the Bethesda Big Train at Shirley Povich Field in Bethesda, Maryland, on Sunday night July 18 at 9:13 P.M....
2021 exhibition schedule and ticket info
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Sunday, July 11 at 4:00 PM vs. New York’s Bravest @Maimonides Park; Brooklyn, New York Tickets: https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=MILB_MPV&orgid=38130&pid=8948206 Monday, July 12 at 6:30 PM vs. New York Boulders @ Palisades Credit Union Park ;...
Aberdeen is latest stop added to Team Israel tour
Wednesday, June 09, 2021
Israel's national baseball team will continue its pre-Olympic tour of the Northeastern United States when it plays the Cal Ripken League All-Stars in an exhibition game at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Maryland, on Monday, July 19....
Team Israel to open exhibition schedule in Brooklyn
Monday, June 07, 2021
Israel's national baseball team will begin its exhibition game schedule in preparation for this summer’s Olympic Games at the home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, Maimonides Park, on Sunday, July 11. The opponent will be New York's Bravest – FDNY...
Team Israel exhibition tour adds game in Harrisburg
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Israel's national baseball team will face the Cal Ripken League All-Stars in an exhibition game at FNB Field in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on Friday, July 16 at 10:00 a.m. The game is part of Team Israel's training camp and preparations for the...
Team Israel adds Lancaster to exhibition tour
Monday, May 10, 2021
Israel's national baseball team will visit Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as part of its pre-Olympic training camp this summer. The Lancaster Barnstormers will host Team Israel for a game against the Susquehanna Valley Stars at Clipper Magazine Stadium...
19 graduate from IAB coaches course
Monday, May 03, 2021
The largest group of participants ever to graduate from an Israel Association of Baseball coaches course have received their certification. Nineteen candidates, aged 16 and up, successfully completed the course which was run in collaboration with...
Team Israel to play two exhibition games in Hartford in July
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Israel's national baseball team will visit Dunkin Donuts Park during its pre-Olympic camp TEL AVIV – Israel's national baseball team will play two games at Dunkin Donuts Park in Hartford, Connecticut, this summer as part of its pre-Olympic training...
Gear up for the Olympics with new Israel Baseball shirts, hoodies
Thursday, April 15, 2021
TeamIsraelBaseball.com , the official online shop of Israel Baseball, is releasing a new line of individual player and coach t-shirts and hoodies! The launch of the "shirseys" and hoodies was designed to commemorate Israel's 73rd Independence Day....
Team Israel unveils expanded roster for Olympic Games
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
TEL AVIV – Team Israel General Manager Peter Kurz has submitted an expanded roster of 44 players to the World Baseball Softball Confederation from which the 24-man traveling roster for the Olympic Games will be selected. The WBSC is baseball's...
Field of Peace tourney to bring Israeli and UAE youth together through baseball
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Dubai, UAE January 19, 2021 – The Dubai Little League and Israel Association of Baseball are proud to announce the establishment of the Field of Peace Tournament. The baseball tournament will feature the 12-and-under National Teams of Israel and...
Team Israel's Kremer beats Yankees in MLB debut
Sunday, September 06, 2020
Sunday was a dream-come-true for Israeli pitcher Dean Kremer—and for tens of thousands of fans of baseball in the Holy Land and around the world. Kremer, 24, became the first Israeli citizen by birth to play in the Major Leagues and his debut was a...
On the day the Olympics would have started, Team Israel players look ahead
Thursday, July 23, 2020
Today was the day that every Team Israel baseball player had marked on his calendar since September 22, 2019, when they danced off the field at Nino Cavalli Stadium in Parma, Italy, having clinched a berth at the 2020 Olympic Games. On Friday...
Gailen At The Bat
Sunday, May 17, 2020
Team Israel infielder Mitch Glasser recently penned this tribute to teammate Blake Gailen based on the famous "Casey at the Bat” poem written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer (1863-1940): Gailen at the bat The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Israeli nine...
Team Israel's Bleich pays tribute to his Holocaust survivor grandparents' legacy
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) is a time when people in Israel come together not only to mourn the memories of the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust, but also to pay tribute to the survivors and the legacies they built when...
Salute to IAB Secretary General Margo Sugarman on International Women's Day
Sunday, March 08, 2020
Margo Sugarman is the Secretary General of the Israel Association of Baseball and in honor of International Women's Day, we decided to learn more about her history and contributions to baseball in Israel. Sugarman, a mother of three from Tel Mond,...
Meet Yaniv Rosenfeld
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Meet Yaniv Rosenfeld, who recently took on the role of the Israel Association of Baseball’s Operations Manager. Age: 35 Hometown: Misgav in northern Israel. His parents made Aliyah in 1982 from Baltimore Position: Short stop, 2B What is your...
Meet Ophir Katz Head National Team Coach
Sunday, December 22, 2019
Ophir Katz took on the role of Head National Team Coach at the start of the baseball year. A few facts about Ophir... Age: 32 Home town : Tel Aviv Position: Catcher What is your baseball history? I started playing at the age of 10 in Tel Aviv. At...
IAB Management Update
Wednesday, November 27, 2019
The Israel Association Baseball (IAB) has announced that effective immediately, Peter Kurz will step down from his role as President of the Board of Directors of the IAB in order to focus fully on his role as General Manager of Team Israel ahead of...
Baseball Plus Starting this Week
Sunday, November 03, 2019
Introducing Baseball Plus for Juveniles and Cadets, starting Wednesday, November 6 at the Baptist Village from 18:00-20:00. Baseball Plus offers registered members of the IAB an additional practice a week with the top coaches in Israel, an...
Team Israel Baseball Becomes the First Israeli Team to Reach the Olympics in Four Decades
Sunday, September 22, 2019
For the first time since 1974, Israel will be sending a team sport to the Olympic Games – this time it’s baseball. Twenty four Israeli baseball players will march in the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics next year, representing a sport...
Team Israel Continues to Dominate Olympics Qualifiers with Win Over Italy
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Israel emerged as the dominant team in the Olympic Games qualifiers in Italy, when it dominated the hosts in an 8-2 game, to go 3-0, ahead of the rest of the other five teams. Until the seventh inning, it was anyone’s game. For the first three...
Team Israel Upsets European Champions Netherlands
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Team Israel caused a major upset on the second day of the Olympic Games Qualifiers at the Nino Cavalli Stadium in Parma, Italy on September 19, by beating Netherlands 8-1. The Dutch had only days earlier won the European Championships, where Israel...
Israel Beats Spain in Olympics Qualifiers Opener
Thursday, September 19, 2019
Joey Wagman pitched a complete game shut out to help take down Spain in Team Israel’s first game of the World Baseball and Softball Confederation Olympics Qualifiers 3-0 in Bologna, Italy. Danny Valencia dominated the offense, batting in all three...
The Team Behind the Team
Sunday, September 15, 2019
Team Israel has come a long way in the 2019 European Championships and is on the way to the Olympics Games Qualifiers in Italy. Behind this phenomenal team of talented and dedicated players is another, lesser known team that supports the players...
Israel Earns a Spot in the Olympic Games Europe/Africa Qualifiers
Friday, September 13, 2019
Team Israel handily beat France 8-2 in the quarter finals of the European Baseball Championships in Bonn, Germany today, moving up to the semi-finals tomorrow, and securing a place in the Olympic Games qualifiers to take place next week in Italy....
Team Israel Heads to Quarter Finals
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Team Israel will play Team France in the quarter finals of the European Baseball Championships in Germany on Friday. Israel finished second in Pool A after losing their final round robin game today to the current European Champions Netherlands...
Israel Goes 4-0 in the European Championships with a Win against Great Britain
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Following their impressive defeat of Team Germany last night, Team Israel was back on the field in Solingen, Germany this morning for Game 4 against Great Britain. At 1-2, the Brits were hungry for a win, but Israel remained on form to take the...
Team Israel Upsets Germany at the European Championships
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
In a nail biting tenth inning tie break, Team Israel pulled a series of outstanding defensive plays out of the bag to beat Germany 4-2 in the third game of the European Baseball Championships in Bonn, Germany. Both teams were vying to go 3-0....
Israel Wins Game 2 at the European Championships
Sunday, September 08, 2019
Team Israel overcame consistently rainy weather, 13 runners left on base and a determined Swedish team to win their second game 4-3 at the European Championships at the Weyersberg Baseball Park in Solingen, Germany on September 8, with a walk-off....
Team Israel Wins its First European Championship Game
Sunday, September 08, 2019
In the opening game of Team Israel’s European Championship at the Weyersberg Baseball Park in Solingen, Germany on September 7, Israel started strong, beating the perennial championships contender Czech Republic. Czech Republic took an early one...
Team Israel Roster - European Championships 2019
Friday, September 06, 2019
Israel Baseball is pleased to announce the Team Israel roster for the 2019 European Championships. Click on each photo for player info. The team will continue its bid to reach the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in the European Championships in Bonn,...
Zach Penprase - Team Israel 2019
Monday, September 02, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the A Pool of the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Tokyo. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics...
Nick Rickles - Team Israel 2019
Friday, August 30, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the A Pool of the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics...
Schedule finalized for European Baseball Championship 2019 in Bonn and Solingen
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The Confederation of European Baseball (CEB) has finalized the schedule for the 2019 European Baseball Championship from September 7 to 15 in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The tournament, which will feature 12 nations, starts with a round robin...
Jeremy Wolf - Team Israel 2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the A Pool of the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics...
Simon Rosenbaum - Team Israel 2019
Monday, August 26, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics qualifiers in Italy....
Joey Wagman - Team Israel 2019
Friday, August 23, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the A Pool of the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics...
Blake Gailen - Team Israel 2019
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the A Pool of the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics...
Shlomo Lipetz - Team Israel 2019
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the A Pool of the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics...
Alon Leichman - Team Israel 2019
Friday, August 16, 2019
Team Israel is heading to the A Pool of the European Championships in Bonn, Germany in early September, on the road to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Finishing in the top 5 in the tournament will take Team Israel straight through to the Olympics...
Team Israel in the A Pool of the European Championships for the First Time
Sunday, July 28, 2019
In a magnificent sweep of the B Pool of the European Championships, Team Israel has moved into the A Pool for the first time in Israel Baseball history. Team Israel was looking improve on its second place finish in the B Pool two years ago. The...
U18 National Team Win European Championships Qualifiers
Thursday, July 25, 2019
For the first time, Israel Baseball sent an Under 18 National Team to the European Championships qualifiers in Stockholm, Sweden, and the result was a big win. The victory came only days after the Senior National Team won their pool of the B Pool...
Team Israel Wins the First Stage on the Road to Tokyo
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
The qualifying rounds for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics began last week in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, with the opening of the European Championship B Pool. Every player on the team has to be an Israeli citizen. 12 Jewish American baseball players,...
Team Israel Opens its Bid to Reach the Olympics at the European Championships B Pool
Sunday, June 30, 2019
The Senior National Team will play its first game in the Confederation of European Baseball’s (CEB) European Championships B Pool tomorrow in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria against Team Greece tomorrow, July 1, 2019. This is the first step towards...
The Boys are Back
Friday, June 28, 2019
Tal Erel, 23, and Assaf Lowengart, 21, grew up in Israel Baseball. After finishing his service in the IDF, Tal went to college in Florida to play baseball, and Assaf is currently completing his service as an IDF baseball sportsman, and just...
Action-Packed Championship Week
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
The Tel Aviv Comrades clinched their second national Juveniles championship in a row, beating the Yad Binyamin Wolves 8-0 on Friday at the Baptist Village. They had beaten the Ra’anana Raiders 2 the previous week to win the Jackson Cup for the top...
Juniors Semi Finals Set Up Exciting Championship Game
Tuesday, June 18, 2019
The Juniors played their semi-final games on Friday, setting up an exciting championship game this coming Friday afternoon at the Baptist Village. The Jerusalem Lions advanced to the championship game. Led by a stellar pitching performance by Akiva...
Playoffs to Begin
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
There's a lot of action throughout the leagues in the coming weeks. Playoffs for Israel Baseball Premier League, Juniors, Cadets and Juveniles are happening soon, and it will be exciting. In the Premier League, on Thursday June 13, the Tel Aviv...
Summer Camp 2019 - Like Never Before
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
Join us for an exciting baseball summer camp this year. It will be like never before! There will be four weeks of camp, and all sessions will take place at Kibbutz Gezer. Week 1: July 1-4, 8:30-13:30 Week 2: July 7-11, 8:30-13:30 Week 3: August...
Eric Holtz – Taking Team Israel All the Way
Sunday, April 07, 2019
As head coach of the Israel Senior National Team, in the run-up to the qualifying tournaments for the 2020 Olympics Games in Tokyo, Eric Holtz has a lot of work ahead of him getting the team ready for one of the greatest challenges any Israeli...
Peter Kurz on Team Israel 2019
Wednesday, April 03, 2019
Israel baseball is only three months away from vying for a coveted spot at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. If successful, it will be the only team that Israel will ever have entered into the Olympic games. But the road to Tokyo is long, and Israel...
David Ibn Ezra: The First Israeli Recruited to the Capital City Reds
Friday, March 29, 2019
The Capital City Reds is a summer team for players from colleges located in Ottawa, Canada’s capital. The team recruits players from throughout the United States and Canada, as well as from other parts of the world, including Central America. For...
Premier League Opening Game Today
Sunday, March 10, 2019
Come out and watch the opening game of the Spring seaons of the Premier League. For the first time, Misgav will have a team in the league and they are going to take on Tel Aviv on March 10 at the Baptist Village at 19:15. A team of announcers will...
Help send Team Israel to the Olympic Games in Tokyo
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Seeing the Israeli flag waving over the baseball diamond at the Tokyo Olympics is a dream for every Jewish baseball fan. The Israel Association of Baseball has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help us send Team Israel to three tournaments we...
Georg Bull Leaves a Lasting Impression on Israel Baseball
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
The rainiest days in Israel recent years in Israel didn't stop Georg Bull, visiting coach from Germany, from leaving a lasting impression on every baseball player he came into contact with. Bull has a long career in baseball, from playing for the...
Dan Rothem - Broadcaster and So Much More
Sunday, October 28, 2018
“Sugar, sugar and caffeine!” That’s how Dan Rothem explains how he stayed alert through the 7 hours and 20 minutes it took him to broadcast the longest post-season game in MLB history between the Dodgers and the Red Sox on October 16/17 on Israel...
2018/9 Israel Baseball Season Begins
Thursday, August 30, 2018
All around the country in the coming week, hundreds of players and their coaches will take to the fields. Returning and new players will learn from the best, improve their skills, compete in five leagues and have lots of fun. Registered players...
Ra'anana Field Contract Finalized
Saturday, July 28, 2018
The Israel Association of Baseball has finalized and signed a contract with the city of Ra'anana to build a new baseball field in Park Ra'anana. The field will be named after Ezra Schwartz, z"l, who was killed in a terror attack in 2015 while in...
Coach Appreciation Day
Sunday, July 01, 2018
To show our appreciation for the hard work our coaches put in throughout the year, the IAB held a Coach Appreciation Day on Friday, June 29 at the Baptist Village. Over 25 coaches from around the country participated. "Our coaches are the heart and...
Andruw Jones Runs a Special Practice for Israel Baseball
Monday, June 11, 2018
Over 70 players from the Israel baseball Enrichment Program were treated to a special practice run by former Atlanta Braves center fielder Andruw Jones on June 10 at the Baptist Village. Visiting Israel on vacation, Jones, 41, made a special effort...
Summer Camp 2018 Registration is Open
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Once again, the Israel Association of Baseball will be offering 4 weeks of summer vacation baseball this year. All sessions will take place at Kibbutz Gezer: Week 1: July 1-5, 8:30-13:30 Week 2: July 8-12, 8:30-13:30 Week 3: August 5-9,...
Josh Zeid: A Look Back at the Team Israel Experience
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
In early April, former Houston Astros and more importantly, Team Israel WBC pitcher Josh Zeid announced that he was retiring from professional baseball. We chatted with him about his experiences with Team Israel. Seoul, Korea, March 6, 2017, top of...
Assaf Lowengart on his Baseball Trip to the US
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Assaf Lowengart is doing his service in the IDF as a sportsman representing baseball. Recently, as part of his program, and supported by the IAB, he traveled to the US on a whistle-stop trip to train and seek new baseball opportunities. Now he is...
Peter Kurz looks back at a great 2017
Sunday, January 14, 2018
In the recently published World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC) rankings for 2017, Israel Baseball moved up a massive 22 places to 19th in the world. We chatted to Peter Kurz , President of the Israel Association of Baseball, about this...
All Star Day 2017
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
The fourth annual IAB All Star Day took place on Monday December 18 at the Baptist Village in Petah Tikvah. Skills Competition Over 90 Minors, Juveniles and Cadets players competed in the Skills Competition, which tested the players’ base running,...
Meet the Juniors All Stars 2017
Monday, December 11, 2017
On Monday December 18 at 18:30 at the Baptist Village, the IAB Junior League All Stars will face off in not-to-be-missed game. The all stars of the teams from the north will take on the south, and it's guaranteed to be an exciting evening of...
Israel Baseball Hanukkah Events
Thursday, December 07, 2017
The IAB’s annual Hanukkah events are coming up. Join us for two days of fun and baseball during the Hanukkah vacation. The Annual Hanukkah Tournament for Minors, Juveniles and Cadets will take place on December 15, and the All Star Day including...