The Sydney Morning Herald logo

ABL

Advertisement
Griffith University vice chancellor Carolyn Evans and Logan Mayor Jon Raven sign a MOI to build a baseball and softball stadium at the university’s Logan campus.

Logan mayor sets three-month deadline for Olympic stadium funding

The clock is ticking as Logan races to secure funding to build a stadium to host Olympic baseball and softball in 2032 after Griffith University offered up some land.

  • Cameron Atfield

Latest

Render of the proposed baseball stadium at Griffith University’s Logan campus at Meadowbrook.

Bandits on the run? Team weighs up Logan move, as softball makes own pitch

The planned new Logan ballpark could attract Brisbane’s only professional baseball club, but softball also wants to ensure it does not strike out.

  • Cameron Atfield
Logan Mayor Jon Raven and Australian international softballer Kayla Waller at the site of what they hope will be the baseball and softball stadium at Brisbane 2032.

Logan’s pitch to build stadium for homeless Olympic sports

Logan City Council is planning its own privately funded field of dreams to host Olympic baseball and softball. But if they build it, will the Games come?

  • Cameron Atfield
17-year-old Genevieve Beacom pitched for the Melbourne Aces in the Melbourne Challenge Series

Melbourne teen blazes trail as first female to pitch in Australian Baseball League

On the weekend, Mornington Peninsula teenager Genevieve Beacom made history when she became the first woman to pitch and play in the Australian Baseball League.

  • Russell Bennett
Hawaiian sensation Shane Sasaki scored two home runs in Perth Heat’s win over the Adelaide Giants in the Australian Baseball League playoffs.

Victorian lockdown sees Perth Heat shoot through to last-minute season decider

Victoria’s lockdown has thrown a spanner in the works of the late stages of the Australian Baseball League season, but the cards have unexpectedly fallen in favour of Perth Heat.

  • Chris Pike
Perth Heat's Ford Proctor.

Brisbane lockdown sends Heat to Adelaide early as teams play border cat-and-mouse

Brisbane’s lockdown last week threw the Australian Baseball League fixtures into chaos and sent the Perth Heat to Adelaide, where they now face eight matches in seven days in an already-disrupted season.

  • Chris Pike
Advertisement
Manny Ramirez is heading home to the US after being cut loose by the Sydney Blue Sox.

'I just got released because I got injured': Manny Ramirez cut loose by Blue Sox

Baseball megastar Manny Ramirez is heading home to the US without having played a game for the Sydney Blue Sox, but insisted drugs were not a factor in his sudden departure.

  • Christian Nicolussi
Perth Heat pitcher Warwick Saupold.

2020 gives Saupold no respite as Perth Heat head east for belated season opener

Local product Warwick Saupold will star in the belated opener to Perth Heat’s Australian Baseball League season in Melbourne on Thursday.

  • Chris Pike
Manny Ramirez is one of the most iconic players in baseball history, and a major coup for the Australian Baseball League.

‘Bro, I love the game’: How Manny Ramirez is changing the face of Australian baseball

He’s 48 and battling injury - but even if Sydney Blue Sox recruit Manny Ramirez never makes it onto the field, his impact on the Australian Baseball League is already being felt.

  • Vince Rugari
Perth Heat recruit Grant Witherspoon, who flew over from America for the Australian Baseball League season.

Perth Heat’s US recruit ready to take to pitch after pandemic-driven 15-month hiatus

COVID-19 has interrupted Perth Heat’s start to the Australian Baseball League season, but not before the club’s new recruit arrived in WA from America.

  • Chris Pike