The Geelong-Korea are a
professional baseball
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team in the
Australian Baseball League
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. The team is based in the city of
Geelong,
Victoria
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and the team's home ground is
Geelong Baseball Park
The Geelong Baseball Centre or Geelong Baseball Park is home to Geelong Baseball Club in Geelong
Geelong ( ) ( Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the south eastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the east ...
. Geelong-Korea were one of two expansion teams added to the ABL for the 2018–19 season. All professional members of the team are Korean. In their inaugural season they finished fourth place in their division with a record of 7 victories and 33 losses.
Current roster
See also
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Sport in Australia
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Australian Baseball
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History
Baseball was believed to have been brought to Australia with American gold miners in the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, where miners wo ...
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Australian Baseball League (1989–99)
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List of current Australian Baseball League team rosters
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References
External links
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Australian Baseball League website
Australian Baseball League teams
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Baseball teams established in 2018
2018 establishments in Australia
Diaspora sports clubs in Australia
Sport in Geelong
Sports teams in Victoria (Australia)
Asian-Australian culture
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