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For the first time, players currently on Major League Baseball rosters are joining Team Israel in next year’s World Baseball Classic — and there could be a lot of them. As many as 12 current Major ...

An infielder whose brief career in MLB was followed by a Hall of Fame coaching career at multiple levels of baseball, died at ...

WEST PALM BEACH — Red Sox new reliever Richard Bleier pitched two innings and gave up a run against the Astros in a spring-training game Wednesday at the Ballpark of the Palm Beaches. Bleier is a ...

Many fans were despairing as Team Israel trailed Puerto Rico 6-0 in the World Baseball Classic last week, but the team’s Twitter account had a different message. “We will never give up,” the account ...

Baseball is extremely popular in the United States, and has strong pockets of popularity throughout the world in places such as Latin America, Japan and South Korea. The World Baseball Classic, a ...

(JTA) — Eric Holtz, the manager for Israel’s national baseball team over the past four years, has stepped down from his post. Team Israel failed to medal in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, ...

While he may have only played one season for the Missouri Tigers, Ian Kinsler is still one of the best Tigers to take the diamond. In his one season as a Tiger Kinsler would slash an impressive ...

Israel recorded nine hits but lost 5-1 to Venezuela in its final World Baseball Classic game. On Wednesday, Israel’s bats came alive in the final game, with nine hits, including three for Noah ...

Israel has more current MLB talent on its roster than ever. It’s also going to face its toughest competition yet. (JTA) — The fifth edition of the World Baseball Classic is just days away, as players ...

Baseball players are often averse to voicing political stances or taking sides in conflicts that don’t take place on a diamond. Fans, after all, come in all stripes. Backing Israel in its bloody ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 29 (Reuters) - Israel, making its Olympic baseball debut, nearly stunned South Korea for the second straight time in international competition before the defending champions eked ...