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.