{"id":35120,"date":"2017-03-06T11:57:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=35120"},"modified":"2017-03-06T11:57:33","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:57:33","slug":"israel-upsets-korea-in-first-game-of-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/israel-upsets-korea-in-first-game-of-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel upsets Korea in first game of World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM (JTA) \u2014 Team Israel defeated Korea in the\u00a0first game of the World Baseball Classic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35121\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-zeid.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35121\" class=\"wp-image-35121 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-zeid-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 06:  Pitcher Josh Zeid #28 of Israel celebrates after winning the World Baseball Classic Pool A Game One between Israel and South Korea at Gocheok Sky Dome on March 6, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.  (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-zeid-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-zeid.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35121\" class=\"wp-image-35121 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-zeid-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MARCH 06:  Pitcher Josh Zeid #28 of Israel celebrates after winning the World Baseball Classic Pool A Game One between Israel and South Korea at Gocheok Sky Dome on March 6, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.  (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images)\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-zeid-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-zeid.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-35121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pitcher Josh Zeid celebrates Israel\u2019s win against South Korea in the World Baseball Classic in Seoul, South Korea, March 6, 2017. (Chung Sung-Jun\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Israel topped Korea 2-1 in the 10th\u00a0inning on Monday in Seoul. Team Israel had 8 hits to Korea\u2019s 7 in the hard-fought game.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli team is scheduled to play the team from Chinese Taipei later on Monday, and the Netherlands on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first year\u00a0that the Israeli team has qualified for the quadrennial baseball tournament, in which 16 countries are represented. In 2012, Israel\u2019s inaugural WBC team narrowly missed making the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The game marks the first time that American Jewish baseball players, including several current and former Major League Baseball players, are representing Israel in a world championship. World Baseball Classic rules state that players who are eligible for citizenship of a country may play on that\u00a0country\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is the only participant in this year\u2019s tournament not currently among the top 20 in the world rankings. Israel is ranked 41st in the world.<\/p>\n<p>The game was not broadcast\u00a0on any of Israel\u2019s major television channels or sports channels.<\/p>\n<p>Ten current and former Jewish major leaguers representing Israel in the World Baseball Classic\u00a0visited\u00a0Israel in December.<\/p>\n<p>In an article published on Sunday, ESPN described the Israeli team as \u201cthe Jamaican bobsled team of the WBC.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Israel%20upsets%20Korea%20in%20first%20game%20of%20World%20Baseball%20Classic\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[2684,8781,8790,8795,7332,8788,7203,543],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35120"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35122,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35120\/revisions\/35122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}