All national events that were to be held in the December 2020/January 2021 period have been rescheduled to be played from the last week of January through until early July.

After a successful Baseball5 Coaching Course, interest from clubs has grown this month, amongst children and youths.

Baseball Australia's CEO Cam Vale said that "increased interest" in the ABL comes "not just from players but groups representing teams."

The Fiji Islands Baseball and Softball Association had a total of eight youth coach participants - ranging in age from 18 to 26 year – take part in their recent Baseball5 Coaching Course aimed at young, up-and-coming coaches.

The deal is going to cement the league's status as the premier baseball platform in the southern hemisphere.

The former MLB All-Star turned down major contract-offers to have a chance to represent his country in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.

The project provides a basic, association or school-based training and development program for those who are new to the role of umpiring, and is perfect for teachers, parents or players who wish to take their first steps onto the diamond in an officiating role.

Massey was New Zealand’s ace in the first two Men’s Softball World Championships in 1966 and 1968.

The 52-year old New Zealand head coach was the main guest at “The Kick-Off Sports Breakfast Show” (Beach FM), where he talked about the 2019 WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship, the Black Sox program and the lack of recognition for men’s softball in his country, in spite of the success they’ve had in the past.

Hartshorne, elected to the Softball Australia Board in November 2013, brings experience from the elite sports world as Chairperson and majority owner of the Melbourne Ice, a pre-eminent club competing in the Australian Ice Hockey League.