Israel playing in B-pool

The English-language version of Ha'aretz has a story about Israel's national baseball team, which is in Germany to compete in the B-pool European Championships. The Israelis will be underdogs at the tournament: this is their first ever major competition. But they have a star in 25-year old pitcher Shlomo Lipitz, who plays college ball for the University of California, San Diego. The paper reports that although players are banned from speaking to them, scouts from the Florida Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates organisations are expected to be attending the tournament.