Looney tune 083

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Where you from by the way? Are you with a baseball club JRA_WestyQld2 ^Talk 04:18, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the welcome! I'm from Sydney. I do play, but fairly low grade - 7th out of 8 grades in a local comp. Nothing that's likely to get a mention on here!!! What about yourself? I get the feeling you might be from somewhere north of me? Looney tune 083 (talk) 04:35, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah I play 3rd division mens in Brisbane, but I'm still only a junior, I just went overseas with quite a few boys from the Boomers? club in Sydney and my dad used to play for Kissing Point Angels down there. JRA_WestyQld2 ^Talk 04:47, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Let me add my welcome too! Always good to see another face (so to speak) on here!  Afaber012  (talk)  06:16, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Southern Cross Pitch, July 2009

THE SOUTHERN CROSS PITCH The Australian Baseball Task Force Newsletter Issue 1 – July 2009

"The best way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until the ball stops rolling and then pick it up." — Bob Uecker News and announcements We've had our first article promoted to Good Article status. It's for a cricketer, but he played baseball too so it counts! :) We've also now got two articles promoted to C-Class status. Featured content Good Article status: Neil Harvey C-Class status: Australia national baseball team & Redcliffe Padres This newsletter was composed by  Afaber012 . If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please leave a message on the newsletter talk page. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter anymore, please remove your name from the subscribers list on the main newsletter page.

News from the diamond A new-look Australian baseball league could be up and running in time for Summer 2010 The 2009 World Cup looms on the horizon... Can Australia improve from their 2007 attempt, their best ever result of 5th? From the Editor This 1st edition doesn't have a whole lot in it, as you can see. At this stage its more of a call to action than anything else: anyone wanting to help out the task force is more than welcome to join in. Even if you don't feel you have something you can contribute, please spread the word to others who might. My intention is to try and put this out once a quarter or so at this stage - assuming anyone's interested in receiving it. If things pick up and there's plenty to put into the newsletter, then it might come out a little more often. The only people that received this who have not specifically requested it are people listed as members of the task force itself. To those people: I'll move you guys to an 'inactive' list if I don't hear back one way or the other, and you won't keep receiving the newsletter after this- I'm using this to poke those that are still active into coming by the task force pages every once in a while.

 Afaber012  (talk)  01:56, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Southern Cross Pitch, September 2009

THE SOUTHERN CROSS PITCH The Australian Baseball Task Force Newsletter Issue 2 – September 2009

"Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off... The right pitch will come, but when it does, be prepared to run the bases." — Rick Maksian News and announcements Though we've now got a featured article, its another cricketer. Australia national baseball team has been put up at Wikipedia:Good article nominations. Late breaking news→Australia national baseball team has passed its GA review! Its the first fully baseball article for the task force to get there, and the only article about a national baseball team to achieve that status! Another article has been promoted to B-Class (now GA), and there's an additional two C-Class articles too! If you've got an idea for the newsletter or for the task force as a whole, please add it to the task force's talk page. Featured content The following articles have been promoted past start-class, or included in the task force's scrutiny, since the last edition: Featured Article status: Bill Ponsford Good Article status: Australia national baseball team C-Class status: Dave Nilsson & Nightcliff Baseball Club, Darwin

News from the diamond MLB: Trent Oeltjen became the 24th Australian-born player in Major League Baseball. Debuting for the Arizona Diamondbacks at PNC Park, he went 2 for 6 with a single, a solo home run, an RBI, 2 stolen bases, and even picked up an assist from left field. Australian Baseball League: 5 teams are so far confirmed for the first season of the new league: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Canberra has launched a bid for the sixth spot: Let's Do It Canberra 2009 AA World Cup: Australia finished 9th, beating the Czech Republic 15-0 and Russia 10-0 in their final classification games. Catcher Guy Edmonds was selected on the tournament's All Star team. 2009 World Cup: Australia has qualified for the final phase of the tournament for the third time, where they'll join CAN, CUB, NED, PUR, TPE, USA & VEN From the Editor Recently a new barnstar has been created for WikiProject Baseball, as a substitute for the {{Running Man Barnstar}}: {{The Baseball Barnstar}}. This has given me an idea for the newsletter. If any task force member gives a barnstar to someone for any work that relates to Australian baseball, or if any member receives a barnstar for any work they do, let me know on my talk page. I'll check with the user to make sure they're happy to be listed here (because I know some people don't necessarily like that sort of attention) and assuming I get the green-light I'll put it in the next edition of the newsletter. This newsletter was composed by  Afaber012 . If you would like to contribute to future newsletters, please leave a message on the newsletter talk page. If you don't wish to receive this newsletter anymore, please remove your name from the subscribers list on the main newsletter page.

 Afaber012  (talk)  05:32, 21 September 2009 (UTC)