The 2021–22 Australian Baseball League season was to be the twelfth season of the

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(ABL). The regular season was to be held from to . For the second consecutive season, the league was to be temporarily reduced to six teams, with Geelong-Korea and Auckland Tuatara impacted by international travel affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the impact of local COVID-19 restrictions, it was announced that the start of the season would be delayed to late-December. However on 22 October 2021, it was announced that the season had been cancelled in full due to COVID-19 interstate travel restrictions and lockdowns.

Teams

Regular season

The season was to include a 40 game schedule, consisting of ten series, with each team playing a four game home and away series against each other.

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was previously announced to be hosting the first

Australian Baseball League All-Star Game The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it sh ...

since 2017. Scheduled doubleheaders consist of a seven inning game followed by a nine inning game. The league uses the WBSC tiebreaker rule for all games going beyond the 9th inning, or

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beginning less than one hour to a curfew.

References

External links

The Australian Baseball League
– Official ABL Website
Official Baseball Australia Website
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