The 1998–99
Australian Baseball League season was the 10th season of the original
Australian Baseball League, contested between six teams representing state and regional capitals: , , , , and . The championship was won by the
Gold Coast Cougars
The Gold Coast Cougars were the re-branded Daikyo Dolphins after major sponsor Daikyo had to end sponsorship of the team due to financial problems with the Australian arm of the company.
History
See also
*Sport in Australia
*Australian Ba ...
, who defeated the
Sydney Storm
The Sydney Storm, originally Sydney Blues were a team in the now defunct Australian Baseball League. The franchise featured in every post season throughout its existence and won the Claxton Shield once.
History
The Storm were formed for the 1 ...
in 2 games in the championship series at the
Sydney Showground Stadium. The
Adelaide Giants finished the season on top of the ladder but were knocked out in Semi-final 1 by the Sydney Storm.
All play-off games in the 1998–99 ABL season were held at the then-recently completed Sydney Showground,
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2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
.
1998–99 was the final season of the original Australian Baseball League. At the completion of the season the rights to the league were purchased by
Dave Nilsson who then attempted to form the
International Baseball League of Australia
The International Baseball League of Australia was a baseball league which existed from 1999 to 2002.
The league was created by David Nilsson after he purchased the rights to the Australian Baseball League in 1999 when it was near financial coll ...
.
Teams
Only 6 of the 8 teams from the previous season returned, The
Hunter Eagles
The Hunter Eagles were formed for the ABL 1994-95 season after purchasing the Sydney Wave's licence, who had left the league two seasons earlier. The Eagles played in the ABL until the ABL 1997-98 season, and did not have sufficient funds to ...
and
Brisbane Bandits were both unable to continue in the league due to increasing financial pressure.
Rosters
During the regular season each team made use of an active roster of 22–24 men, with a maximum of 4 import players.
Adelaide Giants
Melbourne Monarchs
Melbourne Reds
Sydney Storm
Venues
Match results
Top 10 Stats
Postseason
Finals series at Sydney Showground Stadium
The 1999 Postseason was held at the newly constructed
Sydney Showground Stadium, The Showgrounds Stadium was to be the main venue for Baseball at the
Sydney 2000 Olympics.
The Postseason followed a 3-game Semi-final playoff format, 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. The winners of the two Semi-finals series then played off in a 3-game Championship series.
Semi-final 1: 1st vs 4th
=Game 1: 10 February 1999
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=Game 2: 10 February 1999
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Semi-final 2: 2nd vs 3rd
=Game 1: 11 February 1999
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=Game 2: 11 February 1999
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Championship Series at Sydney Showground Stadium
Game 1: 12 February 1999
Game 2: 12 February 1999
Awards
All-Star Team
References
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Australian Baseball League (1989–1999) seasons
1998 in Australian sport
1998 in baseball
1999 in Australian sport
1999 in baseball