THE FINALS

VS



The stage is set. Sunday, August 19, 2007, 11 am EST., the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox will face the Modi'in Miracles for the first ever championship game of the Israel Baseball League. After holding on to first place the entire season, the Blue Sox clinched first place this past Sunday and earned a bye in the first round of the playoffs along with the second place team Tel Aviv Lightning. The Netanya Tigers battled the Ra'anana Express in the quarter finals defeating them 3-0 while the Modi'in Miracles faced the Petach Tikva Pioneers, defeating them 6-2. The next match up was the semi finals matching Tel Aviv against Modi'in and Bet Shemesh against Netanya. In what I would consider an upset, the Modi'in Miracles knocked the Tel Aviv Lightning out of the finals with a 4-2 defeat. The Tigers put up a great battle against the Blue Sox leading the game through the first 3 1/2 innings, but eventually the Blue Sox came back and defeated the Tigers 6-3. With a day off tomorrow the Bet Shemesh Blue Sox and the Modi'in Miracles will meet at Yarkon Field to determine the champions. Go Blue Sox!!!!!!!!!!!