When Brad Ausmus first visited Israel he found just two baseball fields in the entire country, one a high school-level facility, one short of that. Efforts to grow baseball were just getting started.

Several MLB players have been added to Team Israel's roster this year, in time for next month's World Baseball Classic. A pitcher for the Minnesota Twins whose father-in-law is an Israeli-American pharmaceutical executive and political activist is one of the new additions to Team Israel ahead of next month’s World Baseball Classic (WBC).

Twenty nations submit 30-man rosters for 6th edition of international tournament; putting Team Israel together is 'always a rollercoaster ride,' says general manager The post Israel’s World Baseball Classic team to be headlined by Harrison Bader,

With a roster made up almost entirely of American Jewish players, this will be Team Israel’s third World Baseball Classic appearance. Israel narrowly missed out on qualifying in 2012, for the third WBC held in 2013,

As the World Baseball Classic approaches, anticipation for the tournament intensifies, particularly following last week’s release of the full rosters for all 20 teams.

We can’t pray for a miracle,” an Israel Baseball official told JNS. “We just gotta go play better than the other team. It’s that simple.”The post Tradition of ‘improbable winning

Team Israel’s need for a shortstop in the World Baseball Classic could have the domino effect of increasing the Major League appeal of Rockies No. 3 prospect Cole Carrigg. The switch-hitting Carrigg,