Israel is the furthest thing from a baseball powerhouse, so most of the baseball world has only just realized that the team has a seasoned but largely unknown roster. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe players have had no such doubts. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyLike Team Israel, the Mensch has become a curiosity among Japanese and Korean reporters, who snap photographs of the doll when he is in Israel’s dugout. has already helped the cause of baseball in Israel. For all the team’s success, critics contend that Team Israel is a bunch of American ringers not worthy of representing the country.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2017 17:49 UTC