Baseball is always played in a multi-game series, that's how it is. The Yankees play the Red Sox 22 times over the season.
Twenty/20 cricket is a lot of things, but well thought out isn't one of them.

Edited by f1worldchamp: 29/10/2010 03:57:10 PM

Thanks Marty for that link with the rosters

Umm.. you don't have to go to all the games. 8-[ Not that you need to bother, being from Newcastle and all.

Plan is to have something like 10 teams in total - which, for baseball, is quite adequate.

Edited by martyB: 29/10/2010 05:05:23 PM

Border of Thornlie and my home turf, Canning Vale.
http://www.perthheat.baseball.com.au/?Page=56518&MenuID=About_Us_l%2F23935%2F0%2F%2CBarbagallo_Ballpark%2F22946%2F0%2F

Yeah will be interesting to see what they do with the place. They should put up a large wall in right field to take away the thousands of home runs that would otherwise be hit.

Sweet, that's just down Roe for me to get there then. I might go if I need something to do!

The first game Saturday November 6th, Sydney vs Canberra at Blacktown Olympic Park is almost sold out.
Yesterday there were <50 standing room only tickets left.

how many does that ground hold? ive been there one to watch my friend play and there wasn't many seats behind the plate,

According to Austadiums, the ground capacity is somewhere around 5000.http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=252

so there saying 5000 tickets have been sold? im surprised seeing how its not the most popular sport in Sydney,

any idea where the brisbane team will be playing their games?

I recall reading somewhere that they'll use the Brisbane Exhibition Ground.

Don't know how that figured has been arrived at. Could be the licenced capacity of the entire complex (3 fields.) They have sold all 1600 seating tickets and have just about sold all the 400 tickets for standing room.

I was thinking about that after I posted the link. I went back to Austadiums and most of the information on BOP is outdated, like it mentioning the Claxton Shield of 2006. I think 5000 must have been the capacity of the main field during the Olympics. At the time they had temporary stands down both foul lines.

so bluesox games will have a max cap of 2000 people?

@f1
Yeah that makes sense. I didn't go to any games at BOP during the Olympics, only at Homebush.

@pimpsta
Yeah only a ~2000 person cap. They looked into temporary stands for an additional 700 seats for this season but isn't economical, as they'd have to sell out the stands every match at the same price as adult tickets for proper seating just to cover the cost. From what I've heard, said seating would have to come out of the club's budget, not the league's. But I suspect given the amount of interest in Sydney, the stadium will probably be upgraded after this season. That said, a 2,000 attendance is quite healthy considering Minor League clubs of similar standard (high A) average about that.

Edited by martyB: 1/11/2010 03:00:20 PM

eysh, thats a bit far to travel all the time for myself. ill try my best to get out there though and give the Bandits my support.

ill maybe catch a few games for the aces! might also check our memberships . i used to be involved in baseball but fell out of the system

Blue Sox to win.

If anyone's interested (probably not lol), Sydney's home games will be broadcast via radio/online. Something similar may be the case in Melbourne for the Aces as I think the local competition there has a weekly broadcast.

http://www.triplehfm.com.au/hhh/shows/sob

cheers marty, seeing how it will be a sell out i shall be listening,

go bluesox

Marty merchandise being released?

http://www.theabl.com.au/?Page=65971&MenuID=Shop%2F23877%2F0

I might tune in

cheers mate, bit on the pricy side for a team thats starting out

That's pretty much the price you'd pay to get a New Era cap and Majestic gear in from the States, regardless of the team. By pre-ordering you're paying an additional sum of money for shipping. Better just to wait and pick up merchandise from the ground. That way you can try the stuff on and you won't get some dickhead squashing and creasing your hat by not packing it properly.

Edited by martyB: 2/11/2010 02:50:52 PM

cheers for that,

i take it more gear will be made merchandise will be made soon?

No. I wouldn't expect so either given the numbers the league is drawing at the moment. What they're offering is at the moment quite good IMO, both in range and quality of merchandise: Majestic and New Era are the suppliers of MLB gear.

im sure the quality is good but really all there is is 2 hats and 3 shirts,look at other sports stores sydney fc for example and the amount of goods is fairly big, i was thinking more of wanting to get sydney socks singlet as on those hot sunny days you would be sitting in the sun for a few hours would be perfect

Sunburn much? :lol:
I'm sure the range will increase over time.

thats why you slip slop slap ;) :lol: