| Modi'in Miracle מודיעין מיראקל | |||
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| Information | |||
| League | Israel Baseball League | ||
| Location | Modi'in | ||
| Ballpark | Kibbutz Gezer Field | ||
| Founded | 2007 | ||
| League championships | 0 | ||
| Colors | Orange and blue | ||
| Manager | Art Shamsky | ||
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The Modi'in Miracle (Hebrew: מודיעין מיראקל) was an Israeli baseball team from Modi'in in the Israel Baseball League.
The Miracle finished the inaugural 2007 season 22-19 (.537) in third place, and after upsetting the # 2 Tel Aviv Lightning in the semi-finals, lost to Ron Blomberg's Bet Shemesh Blue Sox 3-0 in the championship game.
Miracle catcher, and former Boston Red Sox minor leaguer, Eladio Rodriguez was the league batting champion (.461). and had 16 home runs in 102 at bats. He was co-winner of The Hank Greenberg Award for Most Valuable Player.
6' 6" Maximo Nelson from San Pedro de Macorís, in the Dominican Republic, led the league with 85 strikeouts; he pitched for the Gulf Coast Yankees in 2004 (posting a 6-5 record, with a 2.63 ERA).