Australian Baseball League Expands to New Zealand, Welcomes the ‘Auckland Tuatara’

PRESS RELEASE – The Australian Baseball League’s newest team will be known as the Auckland Tuatara. The New Zealand expansion team announced today it would be called Tuatara and adopt teal and navy blue – which have a strong link to the region’s marine heritage – as its colours.

ABL Looking to Expand to New Zealand, Possible New Ballpark on Deck

Baseball New Zealand is searching for a venue in Auckland where a stadium can be built to house a professional team. The sport is set to take a significant step forward in this country, with Baseball Australia inviting their colleagues on this side of the Tasman to apply to be one of the two expansion teams in their league next season.  Read more here.  Read press release here.

Adelaide Bite Find New Home for 2016-17 ABL Season

PRESS RELEASE – The Adelaide Bite, proudly presented by SA Power Networks, will play out the 2016/17 Australian Baseball League season at the Diamond Sports SA Adelaide Shores complex, in West Beach.

Australian Baseball League Championship Series Underway (6:05 AM EST)

Game 1 of the Australian Baseball League Championship Series is underway, as the Canberra Cavalry are taking on the Perth Heat at Barbagallo Ballpark.  Follow on Twitter here.  The game is being covered live on ESPN Australia/New Zealand, so there is no live streaming we could find.  Sigh.

Australian Baseball League Championship Series Begins Feb. 7

The Australian Baseball League Championship Series is set, as the Canberra Cavalry downed the Sydney Blue Sox 7-1 Sunday in deciding Game 3 of the Preliminary Series.  The Cavalry will now travel to Perth for the three-game, winner-take-all final against the Heat at Barbagallo Ballpark starting Friday, Feb. 7.

Australian Baseball League Playoffs Begin Friday (Early, Early AM EST)

The Canberra Cavalry will face the Sydney Blue Sox for three-game Australian Baseball League Preliminary Final set to begin Friday.  The winner of the best-of-three series will travel to Perth for a Claxton Shield clash with the Heat.  The Perth Heat are the regular season champs and get a by to advance directly to the ABL Championship Series beginning Feb. 7.

Blue Sox Launch Season at Sydney Cricket Ground

PRESS RELEASE – Construction wasn’t the only thing breaking ground at the Sydney Cricket Ground this Wednesday. The historic grounds were host to the Sydney Blue Sox Official Season Launch Party, where many gathered to usher in a new season of true blue baseball, but also a new era of the sport in New South Wales.

Australian Baseball League’s Bandits Make Holloway Field New Home

PRESS RELEASE – The Brisbane Bandits will enter a new era in the 2013/14 Australian Baseball League season, calling historic Holloway Field home for the upcoming campaign. The Bandits, who played their first three ABL seasons in the RNA Showgrounds, will be moving to a purpose-built baseball facility for their fourth year.

Cavalry Win Australian Baseball League Title, Watch Tape Delayed Today on MLB Network!

We have to apologize, but we failed to apprise you that the MLB Network was covering the Australian Baseball League Championship Series this weekend.  The Canberra Cavalry defeated the Perth Heat 7-6 in Game 2 on Saturday to win the league title in front of a record crowd

Raising the ABL Ballpark Bar in Australia

ACT Labor is promising to spend $5 million in additional upgrades to Narrabundah Ballpark, home of the Australian Baseball League’s Canaberra Cavalary, if the party is re-elected in October.  Read more here.

Perth Wins Back-to-Back ABL Titles

The Perth Heat repeated as Australian Baseball League champions early this morning (U.S. time), as they defeated the Melbourne Aces 7-6 in 13 innings in deciding Game 3 of the 2012 ABL Championship Series.  We caught the game via web streaming.  Despite the pre-sunrise hour, it was great to get a little baseball fix in February.  There were a few interesting commercials during the broadcast too.

ABL Championship: Deciding Game 3 Early Morning Sunday for U.S. Fans

We have been negligent this season posting news about the MLB-supported Australian Baseball League, but hopefully you’ll get a chance to watch deciding Game 3 of the 2012 Championship Series between the Melbourne Aces and the Perth Heat.  The game will be broadcast around the globe from Perth’s Barbagallo Ballpark in Perth, Australia on Sunday at 4:35 pm WST/3:35 am EST

Watch the Australian Baseball League Live

It’s been a couple of months since the baseball season ended, so you’re probably in need of a little baseball fix about now to get you through until Spring Training.  The MLB-supported Australian Baseball League is rolling into the final month of its second regular season, and you can watch

Heat Take Inaugural Championship Series

The Perth Heat defeated the Adelaide Bite 7-1 in Game 3 to win the  inaugural Australian Baseball League Championship Series on Sunday at Barbagallo Ballpark in front of 1,876 fans.  Read more here.  View final regular season attendance figures here.  Enjoy ABL Opening Night video clip here.  If you exclude the accents, the experience appears quite American.

Heat Down Bite to Even Championship Series

The inaugural Australian Baseball League‘s Championship Series is all tied up 1-1, as the Perth Heat defeated the Adelaide Bite 9-2 in Game 2 on Saturday at Barbagallo Ballpark in front of 3,074 fans.  If you are up at 2:00 a.m. Eastern Time (3:00 p.m. Perth time) on Sunday morning, and your cable or satellite provider carries Fox Sports 3 or 3 HD, you can watch deciding Game 3 live.  Read more here.

Bite Take Game 1

We don’t typically talk about scores or the play on the field, but we love the fact that the MLB-backed Australian Baseball League appears to finishing strong, as the Adelaide Bite defeated the Perth Heat 4-3 in Game 1 of the Grand Final series in front of 2,680 fans at Barbagallo Ballpark.  Read more here.

MLB-Backed Australian Baseball League to Begin Play in November

The new Australian Baseball League is ready to begin play in November.  Cities hosting teams include Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.  The ABL is being funded by Major League Baseball (75%) and the Australian Baseball Federation (25%).  Go to website here.