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used, with each of the three participating teams playing each other once over the course of a week. The tournament would be hosted in a single city, though in some cases multiple grounds were used for individual games, the team with the most wins being declared the winner. With the expansion to four
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saw a new format for the tournament. A home and away season was introduced, splitting the six participating teams into two divisions of three teams each. The teams played within their own divisions, meeting both other teams twice for a three-game series: one series at home, one away. The division
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Australian Baseball League, 6 teams divided into 2 divisions, southern and northern division playing home and away games with a total of 17 games, followed by a best of 3 division championship with the winner of each division meeting in the
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was formed by representatives of the state controlling bodies. Because of conflict between the north and south
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season eliminated the showcase round, and used a double round-robin format: each team met each other team twice—once at home, once away—each time for a three-game series, resulting in each team playing 24 games over ten rounds before the finals series, the most for any
Claxton Shield season. The
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Victoria and hosts Tasmania. New South Wales repeated the feat in 1912 in Melbourne when they won again, this time with the addition of South Australia. None were held regularly though, and they did not always involve all baseball–playing states.
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held between state-based teams, as well as the name of the trophy awarded to the champion team. From the summer of 1989–90 until 2001–02, and again since 2010–11, the tournament was replaced by one of three other competitions: the
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three team playoff structure was kept. This season structure was seen as a template for the relaunch of the
Australian Baseball League the following season: the only likely changes being the expansion to six teams meaning no
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previous season. The finals series was expanded to allow three teams to reach the playoffs. The second and third placed teams met in a best of three series, the winner of which met the first placed team.
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tournament in Adelaide. In a repeat of circumstances, the
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International Baseball League of Australia (1999–2002)
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Major Australian baseball tournament and its trophy
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2471:Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
1953:Little League World Series in Australia
1189:. ABC News Online. 2000. Archived from
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2018:2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers
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812:Laidlaw, Robert (6 February 2010).
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1249:University of Nebraska Press
1138:"Baseball Teams Here To-Day"
1082:. 18 August 1936. p. 13
1066:"Visit to Western Australia"
1018:. 10 August 1936. p. 16
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