29 May 2020
- Team Australia Corporate News
Baseball Australia has secured a $180,000 investment from the Australian Institute of Sport over the next 12 months to help establish its new Performance Pathway Program.
The AIS investment will help provide a strong platform for Boral Team Australia to achieve its goal of producing a team capable of returning from the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with a medal around their neck.
26 May 2020
We might be slightly biased, but a Minor League team in the US might just have the best listing on Airbnb.
Minnesota Twins’ affiliate Pensacola Blue Wahoos have listed their Florida home, Blue Wahoos Stadium, which is currently vacant due to COVID-19 shutting down baseball in the US.
26 May 2020
Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball has announced its season will start on June 19, joining the Chinese Professional Baseball League and Korea Baseball Organisation in making a return since COVID-19 forced their suspension.
The league’s 12 teams will be able to begin practice games on June 2 and an abbreviated season, down to 120 games from the original 143 regular season games on the schedule, will start on June 19.
22 May 2020
Warwick Saupold tossed six strong innings as Hanhwa Eagles took down KBO leaders NC Dinos in Changwon on Friday night.
The West Australian allowed three runs on six hits and three walks, striking out four in a 5-3 win, the Eagles’ second-straight and seventh of the season.
18 May 2020
Have you ever seen a finish like this?
Hanwha Eagles clinched a 2-1 series win over Lotte Giants in the KBO on Sunday in dramatic fashion, claiming game three on a walk-off balk in the 11th inning.
16 May 2020
Former Geelong-Korea starting pitcher Kyung-eun Noh helped guide Lotte Giants past Warwick Saupold and the Hanwha Eagles in the KBO on Saturday.
Noh tossed six one-run innings in his second start of the season to lift the Giants to a 5-1 victory at Hanwha Life Eagles Park.
11 May 2020
Lotte Giants finished the first week of the Korea Baseball Organisation season as the only undefeated team.
The Giants went 5-0 after taking three games against KT Wiz and collecting a pair of home wins over SK Wyverns either side of a washout.
10 May 2020
Warwick Saupold’s second-straight strong start was not enough to lift Hanwha Eagles over Kiwoom Heroes at Seoul’s Gocheok Sky Dome in their KBO clash on Sunday afternoon.
The Eagles took an early 3-0 lead but the tide turned on Saupold’s exit from the game in the seventh as the Heroes piled on five runs to claim a 6-3 victory.
08 May 2020
Director John Boultbee has stood down from Baseball Australia’s board after taking up a new role earlier this year.
Boultbee in March was named as the inaugural chief executive of the National Sports Tribunal.
05 May 2020
West Australian Warwick Saupold tossed a complete game shutout to lift Hanwha Eagles to a 3-0 win over SK Wyverns in their KBO season-opener at Incheon SK Happy Dream Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
Saupold took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and ended up allowing only two base knocks across nine innings, striking out two and issuing one walk.
04 May 2020
Victorian infielder Keenan Spence has committed to NCAA Division I Texas Tech University.
The 17-year-old last week announced on his social media accounts he had committed to the Red Raiders, four-time Big 12 champions and most recently in 2019.
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