The fourth day of World Baseball Classic action has brought us the best baseball team in the world to date: Israel. Yes, it was unheralded Israel that ran the table in Pool A, winning the group by downing the Netherlands after taking out South Korea and Chinese Taipei earlier in the week. Meanwhile, Pool B is headed for a win-or-go-home matchup between Australia and Cuba.
Israel—Israel!—is your Pool A champion
Three World Baseball Classic games, three wins for Israel, and by this point, it doesn't feel right to call them upsets. The ragtag group of American Jews that has swept its way through the tournament thus far has looked like the better team in all of its matchups, including Wednesday night's 4–2 win over the Netherlands that gave Israel the first-place finish in Pool A (though both teams had already locked up their second-round spots by virtue of the Netherlands' win over Chinese Taipei the day before).