Baseball Australia

Baseball Australia is the national governing body of baseball in Australia. It was formerly known as the Australian Baseball Federation, and it owns the Australian Baseball League, the professional winter competition that began play in November 2010. The organisation looks after a sport that is played in all the mainland states and territories but has to compete for attention with cricket and other football codes, particularly in schools. It started out as a 25 percent partner alongside Major League Baseball in the league, and it became the sole owner after the 2015 to 2016 season, when Major League Baseball gave up its 75 percent share. Participation has been described as stable in most eastern states since Australia won the silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, with a large increase in Western Australia, and the best known Australian-born players include Dave Nilsson and Graeme Lloyd.