Baseball in Israel

Baseball in Israel

Israel Travel Guide gives you information on the various Sports in Israel. Baseball is a newly emerging sport in Israel. Within a short span of time, Baseball has gained a lot of popularity and fan following. Baseball in Israel was first introduced in the year 1927. The first baseball field was built in the year 1979 in Kibbutz Gezer. Now Israel has a first-class baseball field at the Yarkon Sports Complex in Petach Tikva. Every year Israel sends National teams of different age groups to International Baseball Tournaments.

The popularity of Baseball in Israel can be gauged from the following statistics: today Israel has approximately 2,000 to 3,000 people participating regularly in Amateur Leagues. Presently there are 70 teams in Israel, the main six baseball teams of Israel are the Netanya Tigers, Tel Aviv Lightning, Bet Shemesh Blue Sox, and Modi'in Miracle, Ra'anana Express, and Petach Tikva Pioneers. All the above teams and other aspiring amateur players are managed by the Israel Association of Baseball. This association is a non-profit organization who is dedicated to promoting, encouraging and developing Baseball in Israel.

Baseball in Israel has brought glory to the country in global circuits too.The Israeli National Teams have done well on all levels even internationally against other countries and are usually considered stiff competition. Baseball brings all the Israelis together, everyone from the rich and poor, Kibbutz children, Jews, Christians and Arabs all play together on the same field. There have been initiatives to teach baseball by setting up an academy called the IBL Baseball Academy. There have been huge plans for uplifting the game of Baseball in Israel like building of community baseball fields all over Israel, recruiting Jewish Americans to play for the 2008 Israeli Women's Softball Olympics team, the institution of a summer baseball camp that will open in July 2007 in Israel, and eventually, the creation of a professional team in Israel. Sports in Israel are an integral part of the Israeli culture.

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