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Mitch Glasser

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli-american baseball player for the chicago dogs of the american association of independent professional b”. Today it says “american-israeli former professional baseball player”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli-American baseball player Baseball player”. It now reads “American-Israeli baseball player (born 1989) Baseball player”.
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Mitchell Emri Glasser ( Hebrew : מיטש גלסר ; born October 15, 1989) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball player. He also plays for the Israel National Baseball Team . In high school, Glasser was Illinois Independent School League MVP as a senior. At Macalester College , he was all- Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference four times, and in 2011 he was the most difficult player in NCAA Division III to strike out . Glasser was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 39th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft . He has played for the Chicago White Sox organization in Major League Baseball (MLB). A right-handed hitter, he plays second base, third base, and outfield. He played for Team Israel at the 2019 European Baseball Championship . He also played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019, which Israel won to qualify to play baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics . He played primarily right field for Team Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the summer of 2021, and had a .474 on base percentage which was 5th-highest at the Olympic Games.

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli-american baseball player for the chicago dogs of the american association of independent professional b”. Today it says “american-israeli former professional baseball player”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli-American baseball player Baseball player”. It now reads “American-Israeli baseball player (born 1989) Baseball player”. Read the current article and compare.
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israeli-american baseball player for the chicago dogs of the american association of independent professional b

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american-israeli former professional baseball player

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