Team Israel entered the 2017 World Baseball Classic ranked No. 41. It won a qualifying round to become the 16th and final team in the tournament. It upset South Korea (No. 3), Chinese Taipei (No. 4) ...

Members of Team Israel remove their caps for the national anthem during the opening ceremony of the World Baseball Classic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, March 6, 2017.

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP)Most of the Olympics is a competition among the best in each sport. Israel’s fate in its baseball debut came down to a pitcher whose last professional game was nearly 23 m… ...

(JTA) — When a group of mostly American Jewish baseball players arrived in Tokyo for the 2020 Olympics, they had multiple responsibilities. First among them was to represent Team Israel in its ...