IAB in the News

• Shlomo Lipitz, Can he make the Majors? (article from San Diego Jewish Journal) More... (April 2005)
  
  

• Martin Abramowitz of Jewish Major Inc. looks over the sign commemorating the 146 Jewish baseball players who played in the Major Leagues. More... (March 2005)

• Cadets End Gala Nattuno Tournament with Impressive Wins (August 2004)
  Israel's Cadet National squad returned from a 4-day festive international tournament in Nettuno, Italy, winning 3 of its 6 games -- including the final 2 games to move them to 7'th place.
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  Israel Seniors Beat Finland for 5'th place in European Tournament (July 2004)
  Dan Rotem led the Team Israel to an 18-2 victory over Finland to clinch 5'th place in the European B-Pool Baseball tournament held in Regensberg Germany last week. Rotem went the distance for the second time earning his second win of the tournament. He also led the Israeli sluggers at the plate going 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs. Shuki Friedman added 3 more RBIs to lead the team with 9 for the tournament. More

  Baseball / Juniors come up short in Italy (July 2004)
  

  Israel's Junior National squad returned early yesterday morning from a week-long festive international tournament in the Friulia-Venezia-Giulia region in northeastern Italy, after having won two of its seven games.
  

  Owing to the quirks of the playoff round, the team finished in 10th place out of 11 teams, even though it bested ninth-place Lithuania twice. The club's disappointment was palpable and was eased only slightly by its overall solid hitting (.283 team average), two individual awards, and a unique sporting and cultural experience, particularly the warm hospitality of the Trieste Jewish community.
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• Gezer Global Translations Rally to Beat Jerusalem 7-6 to win Championship (June 2004)
  Trailing 5-1 in the 5'th with Jerusalem pitcher Rafi Stern in control, it appeared that the feisty Jerusalem team was about to pull of the upset of the season. But Aviv Yaakov's 330 ft blast with 2 runners on base turned the game around. Gezer went ahead 6-5, Jerusalem tied the game in the top of the 7'th, they held Gezer scoreless for 2 outs but the winning run crossed the plate before a third out was made. More

  Shfela Sweeps Allstars ( June 2004 tournament)
  Shfela Cadets handily won the all-star tournament by defeating the Sharon allstars for the 2nd time in the tournament. Sharon came in second with a record of 1-2 and Jerusalem finished third 0-2.
  Shefa Juveniles also took the gold in the Juvenile tournament, while the Shefela Minors tied for first place with the Jerusalem Minor All Stars.

• Baseball's a Hit on Hannuka (Dec 2003)
  Over 130 innings and 26 games were played in one of IAB's most successful tournaments. The juveniles showed some fantastic pitching led by the powerhouse Hashmonaim Aztec and Cinderella Kfar Saba who played 7 innings only to tie 6-6, and Jerusalem who came up only 1 run short against co champion Kfar Saba losing 3-2.
  In the Ami Cohen Cadet tournament the bats dominated with over 180 runs scored in 10 games. In the end Gezer-Shalavim dominated for the Gold. Hashmonaim Aztec took the Silver and Jerusalem Lions shared the bronze with Raanana. Tournament Page
• A League of Their Own - Hadassah Magazine, April 2003
• Juvenile Team Prepares for Moscow Haaretz April 9
• New Season Starts Haaretz April 9

• IAB Dedicates New Dugouts in Raanana Field in Memory of Paul Gutman

• IAB Hannuka Tournament
• A Proud Israeli Team Participates in the European 10 - 12 year old Baseball Tournament in Kutno,
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• IAB Youth Compete in JCC/Maccabee Games
• Cyprus 2000 Baseball Tournament, Larnaca