Twice as much security for Team Israel as others at World Baseball Classic

(JNS) — When the 20 national teams gather next month for the World Baseball Classic, every team but one will be accompanied by two Major League Baseball security agents.

Team Israel will have four.

“This is just stuff that other teams do not have to deal with,” Nate Fish, manager of the Israeli national team and CEO of Israel Baseball Americas, told JNS. “But it’s stuff that we’re used to dealing with.”

“We don’t talk about it that much,” he said.

It’s been nine years since Team Israel, then ranked 49th, shocked the world by reaching the second round of the tournament and then upsetting No. 5,...