Tag: World Baseball Classic
Israel handed second straight mercy-rule loss at World Baseball Classic
It’s a good thing Team Israel manager Ian Kinsler has a sense of humor. Even after a nearly identical loss to Puerto Rico on Monday, Kinsler could still manage a chuckle after being beaten by the...
Demonizing Kohelet won’t silence calls for judicial reform
In the midst of a national convulsion in which opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are willing to stop at nothing in their campaign to prevent the government from enacting judicial reform, the...
Puerto Rico near-perfect in shutout of Israel at World Baseball Classic
A bit of World Baseball Classic mercy turned an almost perfect game on Monday into a 10-0 Puerto Rico win against hitless Israel over eight innings.
Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, consul general of Israel in Miami, threw...
Israel comes from behind to win 3-1 in World Baseball Classic
Team Israel’s first game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic against Nicaragua on Sunday was supposed to be its easy game before playing powerhouse teams Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. But it took a come-from-behind...
‘Team Israel will surprise a lot of people,’ predicts Israel National Baseball Team general...
Team Israel is currently battling it out in the World Baseball Classic in Miami, where it’s part of a grouping with powerhouses the Dominican Republic, which many are picking to win; Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Nicaragua...