Baseball Australia

Congratulations to 17 year old Max Durrington, a finalist in the 2024 Queensland Sport Awards presented by QSport. Max recently signed a 7 figure contract with the Athletics, one of thirty US Major League Baseball clubs. He follows in the footsteps of his dad Trent Durrington, one of Australia's 38 Major League Baseballers. The Channel 9 Queensland Junior Athlete of the Year award will be hotly contested, with eight sports - baseball, tennis, AFL, swimming, hockey, basketball, skate and athletics, being represented by ten of Queensland's outstanding athletes. The winners will be announced at a black tie event on Thursday 21st November.

When Australia plays their Premier12 opener vs Japan tonight at 9pm AEDT, Japanese TV stations are expecting their audience to exceed 25 MILLION. The national TV audience of the 2024 AFL Grand Final was 4.09 million. Is Japan your market? Partnerships are now available. https://shorturl.at/3iNt4

The Board of Directors is pleased to present the 2023-24 Annual Report of the Australian Baseball Federation. Highlights of the year included: ⬆️ A 5% increase in registered baseball players 🥇 The world's FIRST little league championship for girls ⚾ Travis Bazzana the first overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft 🏆 Baseball returning to the Olympics in 2028 🏫 Over 150 players on scholarship in the US college leagues 👏 Team Australia going viral with 4.6 MILLION views of a single tweet ✅ Adelaide Giants going back to back to win the ABL Read more here: 👇

| Team Australia visits Australian Embassy in Tokyo: National Baseball Team's Japanese Popularity a Gateway to Diplomacy & Partnership  | We were honoured to attend the Australian Embassy last week as specials guests of Ambassador Justin Hayhurst. The national baseball team has been greeted by a frenzy in Japan as they prepare to play in front of 20 million+ people and a sold out crowd for the Premier12. Australia’s X account has garnered over 7 million impressions over the last two weeks, with 97% of the audience coming from Japan. Read about Team Australia, the Premier12, and how baseball can be used as sports diplomacy: https://lnkd.in/gRDfED8K #AustraliaJapan #SportsDiplomacy #BaseballAustralia #WorldBaseballClassic

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⚾ While Team Australia are in Fuchu, Japan, preparing for the WBSC Premier 12 tournament, they spent the day with hundreds of Japanese kids. Check out those smiles! 👇

Congrats to the 28 players heading to the WBSC Premier12, presented by RAXUS We'll play Pool B's opening game in Nagoya vs world #1 Japan in front of an expected sold out stadium, a Japanese TV audience of 25 million+ and the baseball world watching on. Read about the tournament and player bios here: https://lnkd.in/gwFPvWuG

Meet Australia's newest professional baseball player: Alistair Tanner. The South Australian is still in Year 12 but has his graduated plans sorted. Yes, he throws a fastball over 150kmh but it's his hard-work that has coaches buzzing. The story: https://lnkd.in/g2h2e9HN

Baseball has incredibly dedicated volunteers - tag an outstanding baseball volunteer below !👇

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Do you know a HR professional who'd like to work with us? Based in Sydney or Brisbane, we're seeking someone who'd like a part time hybrid role 👇