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FILE - In this March 7, 2017 file photo, Israel's pitcher Dean Kremer, right, celebrates his team's victory with catcher Nick Rickles against Taiwan after the first round game of the World Baseball Classic at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea. Team Israel is tearing up the World Baseball Classic, upsetting a trio of top 10 teams and generating a buzz with their plucky play, colorful fans and unusual mascot. But back in their supposed homeland, no one seems to be taking notice in a country where the game has long been overlooked as arcane and boring. The current team, made up almost entirely of American pros of Jewish descent, has been derided as a group of mercenaries will little connection to the country. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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