Oren Gal
| Oren Gal | |||
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| Modi'in Miracle – No. 29 | |||
| second base outfield | |||
| Born: July 19, 1987 Thornhill Canada | |||
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Oren Gal (born 19 July 1987)[1] is a Canadian baseball player who has played for the Modi'in Miracle in the Israel Baseball League, for York University in Toronto, for Team Canada at the Maccabiah Games,[2] and for the senior Israel national side.[3]
A promising baseball player at a junior level, Gal represented the Ontario Maple Leafs in the under-19 Canadian Elite Baseball Conference.[4] On graduating from highschool Gal, an Orthodox Jew, turned down the opportunity to try out for baseball scholarships in the United States or Canada in favour of spending a year in Israel, attending Yeshivat Reishit in Bet Shemesh city. He returned to Canada to study psychology at York University, Toronto, but in 2006 tried out for the newly formed Israel Baseball League and was drafted by the Modi'in Miracle.[5]
Following his performances for the Miracle, Gal was selected as part of the Israel national baseball team for the European Baseball Championship Qualifier tournament at Karlovac, Croatia, in July 2008. Gal batted .529 for Israel's team and received the tournament MVP award.[3]
In September 2012, Oren was invited to tryout for the Israeli team in the World Baseball Classic Qualifiers, but did not make it on to the team.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Modi'in Miracle: #12 Oren Gal, INF". Israel Baseball League.[dead link]
- ↑ "Team U.S.A. cruises to gold after beating Israel, 8-1". Haaretz. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Borenstein, Jack (12 August 2008). "GTA native is MVP at baseball qualifier". Jewish Tribune. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
- ↑ Glatt, Yoni (16 May 2007). "A League Of His Own". Jewish Times.[dead link]
- ↑ Kuhn, Daniel (16 July 2008). "Israel impresses in Euro Qualifier". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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