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Sydney Blue Sox
The Sydney Blue Sox are a professional baseball team, and one of six founding teams in the re-formed Australian Baseball League (ABL). The team plays their home games at Blacktown International Sportspark (BISP), one of the two venues used for baseball at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when it was known as Blacktown Olympic Park. The Blue Sox hosted the league's Opening Day for the inaugural season on 6 November 2010, when they played against the Canberra Cavalry, and won the game 1–0. The Blue Sox are the only team in the Australian Baseball League to implement sabermetrics as a way to run their team with volunteer statistician, Anthony Rescan. Fan response was very positive for the Blue Sox in the lead up to their inaugural season. As the sole team in New South Wales, they attracted interest beyond the Sydney metropolitan region; as far north as Newcastle, New South Wales, Newcastle, which hosted the Australian Baseball League (1989-1999), former ABL franchise Hunter Eagles throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Of Blacktown
Blacktown City Council is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktown Shire and becoming the Municipality of Blacktown in 1961 before gaining city status in 1979, the City occupies an area of and has a population of 410,419, making it the Local government areas of New South Wales, most populous local government area in Sydney. It is a member council of the Hawkesbury River County Council. The Mayor of Blacktown City Council is Councillor Michael Bunting following the death of then-mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM, a member of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Australian Labor Party who died 3 May 2024. Suburbs and localities in the local government area These are the suburbs and localities in the local government area: History The first road from Prospect, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
