2000–01 IBLA Australia season explained

Team:IBLA Australia
Season:2000–01
League:International Baseball League of Australia Development League
Place:2nd
City:Gold Coast, Queensland
Ballpark:Palm Meadows
Carrara Oval
Manager:Jon Deeble
Owner:Dave Nilsson

The 2000–01 IBLA Australia season was the first season for the team. The team played in the one and only season of the International Baseball League of Australia's Development League, All games were held on the Gold Coast at Palm Meadows with some showcase games played at Carrara Oval.

The team was made up of then current players on the Australia national baseball team. The team was coached by former Australian Baseball League player/coach of the Melbourne Monarchs and Australian Head Coach Jon Deeble with assistant Coaches Phil Dale of the former Melbourne Reds & Monarchs and Greg Jelks of the former Perth Heat.

Regular season

The regular season consisted of 43 games, All games were played at Palm Meadows with the exception of showcase games that were played at Carrara Oval.

Standings

Record vs opponents

OpponentW–L
Record
Largest VictoryLargest DefeatCurrent
Streak
ScoreDateGroundScoreDateGround
align=left IBLA Internationals5-611-16 December 2000Palm Meadows2-1011 January 2001Palm Meadows5L
align=left MLB Stars6-58-24 January 2001Palm Meadows5-1019 December 2000Palm Meadows2L
align=left Taiwan7-812-19 January 2001Carrara Oval8-1322 December 2000Palm Meadows1W
Total17–19TaiwanIBLA Internationals1L
12-122 December 2000Carrara Oval2-1011 January 2001Palm Meadows

Game log

bgcolor=#bbffbb align=center W Australia win
bgcolor=#ffbbbb align=center L Australia loss
bgcolor=#bbbbff align=center T Australia tie
bgcolor=#bbbbbb   Game postponed
align=center Bold Australian team member
November game log
width=25 width=125 Datewidth=125 Opponentwidth=75 Scorewidth=150 Winwidth=150 Losswidth=150 Savewidth=50 Crowdwidth=50 Recordwidth=25 Ref
129 November 2000 (Carrara Oval)@ Taiwan2-50-1
230 November 2000 (Carrara Oval)Taiwan4-50-2
December game log
width=25 width=125 Datewidth=125 Opponentwidth=75 Scorewidth=150 Winwidth=150 Losswidth=150 Savewidth=50 Crowdwidth=50 Recordwidth=25 Ref
31 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)@ Taiwan12-41-2
42 December 2000Taiwan2-02-2
54 December 2000Internationals2-13-2
65 December 2000@ Internationals6-44-2
76 December 2000Internationals11-15-2
87 December 2000@ MLB Stars5-36-2
98 December 2000MLB Stars4-56-3
109 December 2000MLB Stars4-07-3
1111 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)Taiwan5-18-3
1212 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)@ Taiwan5-39-3
1313 December 2000 (Carrara Oval)Taiwan1-010-3
1414 December 2000Internationals3-410-4
1516 December 2000Internationals4-311-4
1618 December 2000MLB Stars2-411-5
1719 December 2000@ MLB Stars5-1011-6
1820 December 2000MLB Stars3-212-6
1921 December 2000Taiwan4-712-7
2022 December 2000@ Taiwan8-1312-8
2123 December 2000Taiwan5-512-8
January game log
width=25 width=125 Datewidth=125 Opponentwidth=75 Scorewidth=150 Winwidth=150 Losswidth=150 Savewidth=50 Crowdwidth=50 Recordwidth=25 Ref
222 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)Taiwan2-312-9
233 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)@ Taiwan6-712-10
244 January 2001MLB Stars8-213-10
255 January 2001@ MLB Stars4-114-10
266 January 2001MLB Stars12-1015-10
278 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)Taiwan2-215-10
289 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)@ Taiwan12-116-10
2910 January 2001 (Carrara Oval)Taiwan2-416-11
3011 January 2001Internationals2-1016-12
4012 January 2001@ Internationals1-616-13
4113 January 2001Internationals5-1016-14
4215 January 2001MLB Stars10-1216-15
4316 January 2001@ Taiwan6-716-16
4417 January 2001@ MLB Stars10-1416-17
4518 January 2001Internationals4-1016-18
4619 January 2001@ Taiwan3-117-18
4721 January 2001@ Internationals1-217-19

Postseason

All games for the 2001 postseason were played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. All finals were a 1-game play-off.

Finals Series

Winners of Game 1 and 2 went into Championship games, Losers of game 1 and 2 went into a playoff for 3rd.

Game 4 Championship Game: 21 January 2001

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IBLA 2001. Flintoff & Dunns Australian Major League Baseball. Flintoff & Dunn. 17 February 2013.