The other day, the Australian Baseball League announced a cooperation with the independent American Association. Also some postponements of games were announced as corona rules got more strict. Three games between the Canberra Cavalry and the Sydney BlueSox at Sydney's Blacktown International Sportspark, scheduled for January 1-3, have been postponed due to ongoing restrictions on …
Auckland Tuatara sit out 2020/2021 ABL Season
A few months ago, you could read here about the upcoming ABL season being cut short. The intention was to play in two conferences, one in Australia (named the Australian Conference) and one in New Zealand (named the International Conference). But since the Brisbane Bandits and the Adelaide Giants had some concerns about coming to …
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ABL expands to eight teams
After the news about the addition of a Korean team to the six-team ABL, it was only a matter of time before the league would announce the addition of an eighth team. Today, the league announced through their website it will add a team from New Zealand as well. After news about the Adelaide Bite …
Dushan Ruzic back in ABL
Dutch baseball fans and especially those in Rotterdam will remember him: Dushan Ruzic. The tall Australian pitched a few years as closer/reliever for (then) DOOR Neptunus. In 2008, Ruzic joined DOOR Neptunus after having spent several years in the minor leagues where he reached AA level. In 20 appearances with Neptunus he recorded one win …
Not Van Mil but Stoecklin who is in the center of the attention
In the fourth game of the week between the Adelaide Bite and the Sydney Blue Sox, it wasn't Loek van Mil who was in the center of the attention this time. The Sydney Blue took a decisive 13-3 lead in the first three innings as they scored four runs in the first, four in the …
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Van Mil earns second save in ABL
The Adelaide Bite did some good business today as they won both games of a double header vs the Sydney Blue Sox. Game one was won with a slim margin of one run: 4-3. In the second game, the Blue Sox and the Bite scored a lot of runs in the first ininng. Sydney took …
Adelaide Bite add Loek van Mil to roster
The Adelaide Bite of the Australian Baseball League have added Dutch pitcher Loek van Mil to their roster. The 2m16 (7' 1") right hander will use the time in Australia to prepare himself on a new season in the minors, very likely AAA. At the end of last season, Van Mil signed a deal that …
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