Jesse Berman

‘Painfully close’: The Israel baseball team’s physical therapist laments Olympics results

(JTA) — (Baltimore Jewish Times via JTA) — Reflecting on the Israeli baseball team’s performance at the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics, the squad’s sports physical therapist said it was “painfully close” to competing for a medal. “Being that close showed a lot of people,” said Yoni Rosenblatt, a fourth-generation Baltimorean who lives in suburban Pikesville,…