Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professional baseball pitcher for the detroit tigers of major league baseball”. Today it says “american-israeli former professional baseball pitcher and current coach”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American baseball player Baseball player”. It now reads “American baseball player and coach (born 1987) Baseball player”.
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Joshua Alexander Zeid ( / z aɪ d / ZYDE ; Hebrew : ג'וש זייד ; born March 24, 1987) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He plays for Team Israel . He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros . Zeid played for the gold-medal -winning Team USA Youth National Team in 2003. In his senior year in high school he was named Gatorade Connecticut High School Player of the Year, and Baseball America ranked him the nation's 27th-best prospect. He was drafted in the 10th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft , and in 2010 he was named a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star, and won the MiLB Best Reliever (Class A–Full Season) Award . He debuted in the major leagues with the Houston Astros in 2013. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic , and was named to the 2017 All-World Baseball Classic team . After retiring from major league baseball, Zeid joined the Chicago Cubs front office as a pitching analyst. In November 2019, he obtained Israeli citizenship so that he could play for Team Israel in baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics . He pitched for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021.
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Baseball player Joshua Alexander Zeid (pronounced "Zide"; born March 24, 1987) is a professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Houston Astros from 2013 though 2014. Zeid played for the gold-medal-winning Team USA Youth National Team in 2003. In his senior year in high school he was named Gatorade Connecticut High School Player of the Year, and Baseball America ranked him the nation's 27th-best prospect. He was drafted in the 10th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft , and in 2010 he was named a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star, and won the MiLB Best Reliever (Class A – Full Season) Award .
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American baseball player Baseball player Joshua Alexander Zeid (pronounced "Zide"; born March 24, 1987) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher .He plays for Team Israel .He formerly played for the Houston Astros of MLB. Zeid played for the gold-medal -winning Team USA Youth National Team in 2003. In his senior year in high school he was named Gatorade Connecticut High School Player of the Year, and Baseball America ranked him the nation's 27th-best prospect. He was drafted in the 10th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft , and in 2010 he was named a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star, and won the MiLB Best Reliever (Class A–Full Season) Award . He debuted in the major leagues with the Houston Astros in 2013.He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic , and was named to the 2017 All-World Baseball Classic team .After retiring from major league baseball, Zeid joined the Chicago Cubs front office as a pitching analyst.In November 2019, he obtained Israeli citizenship so that he could play for Team Israel in baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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American baseball player Baseball player Joshua Alexander Zeid ( / z aɪ d / ZYDE ; ; born March 24, 1987) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher and current coach. He plays for Team Israel . He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros . Zeid played for the gold-medal -winning Team USA Youth National Team in 2003. In his senior year in high school he was named Gatorade Connecticut High School Player of the Year, and Baseball America ranked him the nation's 27th-best prospect. He was drafted in the 10th round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft , and in 2010 he was named a South Atlantic League midseason All-Star, and won the MiLB Best Reliever (Class A–Full Season) Award . He debuted in the major leagues with the Houston Astros in 2013. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic , and was named to the 2017 All-World Baseball Classic team . After retiring from major league baseball, Zeid joined the Chicago Cubs front office as a pitching analyst. In November 2019, he obtained Israeli citizenship so that he could play for Team Israel in baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics . He pitched for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “professional baseball pitcher for the detroit tigers of major league baseball”. Today it says “american-israeli former professional baseball pitcher and current coach”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American baseball player Baseball player”. It now reads “American baseball player and coach (born 1987) Baseball player”. Read the current article and compare.
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professional baseball pitcher for the detroit tigers of major league baseball
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american-israeli former professional baseball pitcher and current coach
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