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Experienced sports executive Paul Gonzalez has been appointed as the Australian Baseball League’s new general manager.

Gonzalez has had a long involvement in Australian baseball – on-and-off the field – and will be tasked with leading the ongoing growth of the ABL.

Baseball Australia President David Hynes has released a statement following yesterday’s announcement that the 2021/22 Australian Baseball League season would not go ahead.

The Australian Baseball League will refocus its planning on making the 2022/23 season its biggest yet after deciding to abandon the 2021/22 campaign due to the ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Baseball Australia chief executive Glenn Williams said the decision was incredibly difficult to make but made with the league’s long-term success and sustainability in mind.

Geelong-Korea will sit out a second-straight Australian Baseball League season due to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The expansion outfit’s ownership group informed the league this week they would join Auckland on the sidelines for the 2021/22 season.

Auckland has opted to sit out the 2021/22 Australian Baseball League season due to the ongoing uncertainty around travel during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Tuatara this week informed the ABL they had made the early decision to not participate next season, allowing the league and its clubs to push ahead with planning and to lock in a schedule.

The Australian Baseball League’s revised schedule for the 2020/21 season will see games played on 26 out of 31 days in January.

Two week-long hubs – one in Adelaide, the other in Brisbane – headline a busy month to start 2021 and give baseball starved fans a stack of action.

Adelaide will host 12 Australian Baseball League games across seven days in January as part of a hub set to be revealed in the revised schedule later today.

Brisbane, Canberra and Perth will join hosts Adelaide in an international broadcast-friendly four-team hub at West Beach from January 14-20 under a partnership with the South Australian Government.

Auckland has today informed Baseball Australia it is withdrawing from the 2020/21 Australian Baseball League season.

The Tuatara formally notified the league of their decision to not take part in the upcoming season at 10.04am AEDT.

Geelong-Korea will not take part in the 2020/21 season due to ongoing challenges presented by COVID-19 but remain committed to the Australian Baseball League long-term.

Baseball Australia chief executive Cam Vale today confirmed to baseball.com.au the league had made the difficult decision for GK to sit out the upcoming season.

Baseball Australia chief executive Cam Vale has opened up on the challenges of finalising the International Conference and flagged how the new-look model could shape – and strengthen – the Australian Baseball League into the future.

Speaking on the latest baseball.com.au podcast the league’s boss said up to five locations were in the mix to host International Conference action, which will include four six-day blocks of broadcast-friendly doubleheaders with some timeslots aimed at overseas markets.