Alon Leichman grew up on a kibbutz half way between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, but one that had a baseball field and a father who played in Israel's fastpitch softball league.
A slew of Jewish former Major League baseball players — including one-time All-Star Jason Marquis and ex-Met Ike Davis — will be suiting up for Israel next month at the Brooklyn qualifier tournament for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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