15 December 2020
Sydney field manager Shane Barclay is upbeat about his team’s chances entering the new Australian Baseball League season after a testing 2019/20 campaign.
The Blue Sox started 9-6 a season ago before going on to lose 17 of their next 22 – and along the way key pair Alex Maestri and Gift Ngoepe to injury – as they were unable to make a second-straight playoffs.
14 December 2020
Blacktown withstood a late charge from Manly to extend its New South Wales State Baseball League winning streak to five games on Sunday.
The Eagles scored four times in the top of the ninth but Workers held on to prevail 7-5 at Laybutt Reserve and take their record to 10-6.
14 December 2020
New Melbourne manager Allan de San Miguel is confident the Aces have put together a roster capable of defending their Australian Baseball League title this summer.
Melbourne lost a stack of experience following last season’s Claxton Shield success with de San Miguel, former big leaguers Luke Hughes and Peter Moylan, along with veteran pitcher Dushan Ruzic all retiring.
14 December 2020
Adelaide will enter a second-straight Australian Baseball League season without a reigning Helms Award winner after Aaron Whitefield confirmed he would remain in the US ahead of his 2021 campaign.
Whitefield was instrumental in the Giants’ run to last season’s ABL Championship Series and claimed his second Helms after previously securing the award with Brisbane in 2017.
12 December 2020
Morley pitchers Raleigh Pelkonen and Lochlan Southee combined to shut out Braves 1-0 in Friday night’s only WA State League 1 matchup at Baseball Park.
Pelkonen and Southee limited Braves to six hits and Jess Williams delivered the go-ahead run in the fifth as the Eagles notched their ninth win of the season with a 1-0 victory.
12 December 2020
Three pitchers combined to lift Windsor to a shutout victory over Pine Hills on Friday night in the first of two Greater Brisbane League top-of-the-table matchups between the teams to finish 2020.
Masaru Nakamura, Matthew Watson and Matthew Timms combined to limit the dangerous Lightning batting lineup to just four hits and the Royals’ offence took chances it the fourth and fifth to secure a 3-0 win at Holloway Field.
11 December 2020
Curtis Deboy has been appointed as Baseball Australia’s national education manager.
The role, which was created through a joint initiative with the state associations, will see the digitisation of training and accreditation for umpires and scorers, while also building on the USA Baseball platform for coach education adopted in July.
11 December 2020
Fans will be the big winners under a new partnership between the Australian Baseball League and industry-leading AI-powered video content platform WSC Sports.
The partnership will capitalise on the ABL’s increased investment in live production, which has garnered broadcast deals with Foxtel and Kayo Sports domestically and will see games from the 2020/21 season beamed into nearly 100 million US households.
11 December 2020
Active rosters will be expanded to a maximum of 24 players for the 2020/2021 Australian Baseball League season.
The increase from 22 to 24 players is one of several changes made surrounding rosters and points in response to the revamped structure of the season.
10 December 2020
- Team Australia ABL Left Field
Liam Hendriks has been recognised once again for his stellar 2020 season by being named to the All-MLB Team.
Twelve months after being named in the All-MLB second team, the West Australian was included in the top team as one of two relief pitchers.
10 December 2020
The Baseball5 World Cup will be played in even years starting in 2022, the World Baseball Softball Confederation announced overnight.
WBSC had originally scheduled the mixed gender competition for this year but it was postponed due to COVID-19.
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