How an Israeli kibbutznik became an MLB pitching coach
Alon Leichman, the first athlete born in Israel to earn a major league baseball position, was recently named assistant pitching coach of the MLB's Cincinnati Reds.
Alon Leichman, recently hired as a pitching coach for the Cincinnati Reds, pitches for Team Israel during the eighth inning of the Tokyo Olympic Games baseball opening round game against the United State in Yokohama, Japan, July 30, 2021. (photo credit: Kazuhiro Fujihara/AFP via Getty Images)ByELLI WOHLGELERNTER/JTA
