The loss means that Israel will leave Tokyo with just one win out of five games, a poor showing in what many had hoped would be a breakout year for Israeli baseball. (JTA) — Israel’s improbable quest ...

Leichman, who has worn the number of his kibbutz laundry tag and highlighted his Israeli identity, has been appointed by the ...

When the Team Israel baseball team takes the field during the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, it will include players from South Florida. The Israel national baseball team begins Olympic play on ...

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 ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — The ...

(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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Shlomo Lipetz was on the first baseball team to represent Israel in an international event at Little League World Series preliminaries in Germany in 1989. He was 10. The Israelis were ...

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 ...

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 ...