Team Israel back for the 2023 World Baseball Classic
Team Israel is arguably the best embodiment of the WBC’s eligibility rules. To play in the WBC, a player does not need to have been born in or be an official citizen of the country he is playing for.
MANY OF players who suited up for Team Israel at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 will be back donning the blue-and-white this month at the World Baseball Classic, where Israel will be playing in Pool D in Miami.(photo credit: JORGE SILVA / REUTERS)ByJACOB GURVIS/JTAUpdated: