In a baseball story that parallels Jamaica’s 1988 Olympic bobsled team, Israel will compete in an Olympic team sport this summer for the first time since 1976.
And though Israel’s baseball team might not inspire a Hollywood movie as the Jamaicans did with “Cool Runnings,” Israel’s team also had humble beginnings, success and a late plot twist.
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