Ex-Rangers 2B and current team advisor Ian Kinsler played for the Israeli national team, and he has thoughts on the current war in Israel.
play the most “meaningful” games of their lives in the World Series, on the other side of the world people simply hope to stay alive.are not some conflict in a far away place seen only on a screen. The people there who are scared and suffering are not strangers.national baseball team during the 2021 Summer Olympics. He served as the team’s manager during the 2023 World Baseball Classic.
For Kinsler, the history of the conflict between Israel and Palestine may be complicated, but what happened on Oct. 7 is not. Before Game 3 of the ALCS against Houston, Kinsler wore his jersey from the Israeli national team to threw out the ceremonial first pitch. “They give you that history and obviously the world-view of that area and who those people are. It’s sad. It’s sad that we are in a place that these things happen,” he said. “Antisemitism should not be happening and it still is, and it’s tough to deal with it.”Kinsler was in Tel Aviv early in 2020 when he and his wife were on one of the last planes to leave the country before the nation enforced strict COVID protocols. They were essentially told to evacuate.
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