baseball

SF Giants manager Gabe Kapler plays video games to stay sharp as he waits for baseball season

The one-time coach for Team Israel calls it a “cool way to stay connected.”

Ian Kinsler, a former Major League All-Star, joins Israel’s national baseball team

Kinsler, who received his citizenship hours before the quarantine deadline, will play in the postponed Tokyo Summer Olympics of 2021.

San Diego Padres pull cap with logo that fans say looks like a swastika

The spring training caps will be worn at least once since the team has been selling and promoting the hat with the logo to fans as on-field equipment.

United States

Major League Baseball says it will stop promoting ads for musician Roger Waters

Israel

Ezra Schwartz, an American terror victim, loved baseball. Now there’s a field in Israel in his memory.

Sports

All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler retires

Sports

Julian Edelman wears custom cleats to support baseball in Israel

Sports

Boston Red Sox hire Sabbath-observant Chaim Bloom as head of baseball operations

Sports

Israel’s national baseball team is going to the 2020 Olympics

Sports

Israel’s national baseball team advances to Europe-Africa Olympic qualifier

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