I was curious since some Australian baseball players play or have played at the MLB-level. Two players that come to mind Graeme Llyold (pitched for my favorite team New York Yankees) and Dave Nilsson ( was a solid player) both retired.
Almost forgot you beat Japan in 2004 (Athens) won a silver.
I think 4-5 Australians will start this year some more play in the minors. Will this sport be hurt since it was dropped by the Olympics 2012?
2007-03-13 09:07:57 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Cricket
OK wanted something that's a real awnser would help if the person really is a citizen or resident of Australia.
2007-03-13 09:19:20 · update #1
Ok thanx everybody for your participation. Here's a baseball fact you might find interesting: originated from the British game rounders.
2007-03-13 16:36:27 · update #2
Baseball is very much a minority sport in Australia.
There are some leagues and some purpose built stadiums, but we don't have TV coverage or anything like that.
Cricket is arguably the national sport. It's arguably the biggest sport in the country, as it is popular throughout the whole country (Australian Football is huge in Southern states, and Rugby League and Union popular mainly in the Northern states).
The Australian cricket captain is sometimes said to have the second most important job in the country (after the Prime Minister).
Nillson and Lloyd are known names in Australia with their success in the US, but most people would walk past them in the street here.
The Olympics. I don't think baseball is a real Olympic sport anyway, meaning we don't stop everything to watch the Olympic baseball, compared to say, the Athletics or Swimming.
By far the most popular US sport is basketball. There is a National League (NBL) and alot of it's popularity is because juniors play basketball throughout the country.
2007-03-13 11:10:45 · answer #1 · answered by backpacka 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hi!
It is almost non existent in Oz, I'm afraid. Baseball is *never*
included in sports news. I watch The sports news daily, and
don't ever see baseball listed.
Australian baseball players have to go to th U.S. I know there
must be some teams here, even female baseballers, because
they did well last year in America.
How ever occasionally we do see flashes of the U.S final
matches. Aust needs to catch up on this sport.
Cricket is *very* popular
2007-03-13 13:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by \Magda 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
omg lol i didn't even know that we played baseball....i guess taht says alot but not all aussies are like me haha. well cricket is a BEAUTIFUL game and proabably 75-80% of people here watch it whearas only 20-30% watch baseball. dont take these stats to seriuosly lol its jsut my feeling on it.
all i know is that adam gilchrist (thw wiket keeper) in the aussie cricket team was offered to play baseball for some team (cant remember ><) cuase he's such a good hitter of the ball.
:)
2007-03-13 10:55:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure of exact numbers but we a definitely a cricket country. Baseball is played here but we haven't taken to it like cricket.
2007-03-13 09:17:49 · answer #4 · answered by biancajh 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋