Australian Baseball
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Overview
Australian baseball is basically structured as a series of club teams. The Australian Baseball League (ABL), a professional league, existed for ten years but folded in 1989. Baseball is generally played in Australia from September to March.
Despite the lack of a professional program, Australia has produced a number of players, whom they've sent to MLB. Australia's proudest moment as a baseball country was winning the silver medal in the 2004 Olympics; however, this did not seem to have as much of an effect on the popularity of the sport as many had hoped.
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Australian Red Sox
A list of Major League players born in Australia who were with the Red Sox:
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Current Members
- Trent Durrington (minor league only)
- Craig Shipley (front office)
- Adam Blackley (minor league only)
- Mitch Dening (minor league only)
- Matthew Kent (minor league only)
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Past Members
- Shayne Bennett (minor league only)
- John Stephens (minor league only)
- Brad Thomas (minor league only)
- Brett Roneberg (minor league only)
- Rhys Taylor (minor league only)
- James Albury (minor league only)
