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Amateur sports

Amateur sports are sports in which participants engage largely or entirely without remuneration. Sporting amateurism was a zealously guarded ideal in the 19th century, especially among the upper classes, but faced steady erosion throughout the 20th century with the continuing growth of pro sports...

 baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 within South Australia

South Australia

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, and headquarters of the South Australian Baseball League. Baseball SA is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation

Australian Baseball Federation

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.

Clubs

Several clubs share their nicknames with American Professional Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 clubs. The local clubs are not affiliated with their Major League Baseball

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 counterparts but the names provide an instantly recognisable baseball link.

Division One Summer Clubs

Club	Nickname	Location	Home Ground	Website
Adelaide Baseball Club Adelaide Baseball Club Adelaide is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Angels, their home ground is Weigall Oval in Plympton.-External links:*...	Angels	Plympton, South Australia Plympton, South Australia Plympton is a suburb of the city of Adelaide, South Australia. The name is believed to have been given by Henry Mooringe Boswarva to a private subdivision in the area, naming after his home town in Devon, England...	Weigall Oval	Adelaide
East Torrens Baseball Club East Torrens Baseball Club East Torrens is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Redsox, their home ground is Patterson Reserve in Payneham....	Redsox	Payneham, South Australia Payneham, South Australia Payneham is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Norwood Payneham St Peters. It is part of a string of suburbs in Adelaide's north-east with a high proportion of Adelaide's Italian-Australian and French-Australian residents, many of whom can be traced back to the large-scale migration following the...	Patterson Reserve	East Torrens
Glenelg Baseball Club Glenelg Baseball Club Glenelg is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Tigers, their home ground is Anderson Reserve in Glenelg. The ground will host half the home games of the South Australia baseball team in the 2009 Claxton Shield....	Tigers	Glenelg, South Australia Glenelg, South Australia Glenelg is a popular beach-side suburb of the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Located on the shore of Holdfast Bay in Gulf St Vincent, it has become a popular tourist destination due to its beach and many attractions, home to several hotels and dozens of restaurants.Established in 1836, it is...	Anderson Reserve	Glenelg
Golden Grove Central Districts	Dodgers	Surrey Downs, South Australia Surrey Downs, South Australia Surrey Downs is a northeastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Tea Tree Gully local government area, and is adjacent to Wynn Vale, Golden Grove, Fairview Park and Redwood Park.-History:...	Illyarrie Reserve	Golden Grove
Goodwood Baseball Club Goodwood Baseball Club Goodwood is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Indians, their home ground is Mortlock Park in Colonel Light Gardens....	Indians	Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia Colonel Light Gardens is a model garden suburb, featuring wide, tree-lined streets, rounded street corners, and lots of open space, located within the City of Mitcham in the greater City of Adelaide, capital of South Australia. The area is 1.58 km²....	Mortlock Park	Goodwood
Henley & Grange Baseball Club Henley & Grange Baseball Club Henley & Grange are a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League.As of 20 April 2009, Henley & Grange are back in Division 1. Refer to "Baseball SA" page for link to the H&G website....	Rams	West Lakes, South Australia West Lakes, South Australia West Lakes is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt. It contains the Westfield West Lakes Shopping Centre, AAMI Stadium and the Riverside Golf Course...	West Lakes Sports and Social Club	Henley & Grange
Kensington Baseball Club Kensington Baseball Club Kensington is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Cardinals, their home ground is Newland Reserve in Erindale. Won the Div 1 Premiership 2009/2010 and 2010/2011...	Cardinals	Erindale, South Australia Erindale, South Australia Erindale is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Burnside. It is on the east side of Glynburn Road, where it borders Leabrook.-References:...	Newland Reserve	Kensington
Northern Districts Baseball Club Northern Districts Baseball Club Northern Districts is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Reds, their home ground is Walkleys Park in Ingle Farm.-External links:*...	Reds	Ingle Farm, South Australia Ingle Farm, South Australia Ingle Farm is an established, residential suburb, with some parklands, of about 8,500 people in the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. It is located at the base of the Mount Lofty Ranges foothills, around 12 kilometers north-east of Adelaide's central business district...	Walkleys Park	Northern Districts
Port Adelaide Magpies Port Adelaide Baseball Club Port Adelaide is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Magpies, their home ground is War Memorial Reserve in Port Adelaide.2008-2009 Management Committee:President: Graham PettreyVice President: Tracy Vasic...	Magpies	Port Adelaide, South Australia	War Memorial Reserve	Port Adelaide
Southern Districts Baseball Club Southern Districts Baseball Club Southern Districts is a South Australian Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Hawks, their home ground is Peregrine Park in the Southern Adelaide suburb of Christie Downs.- Establishment :...	Hawks	Christie Downs, South Australia Christie Downs, South Australia Christie Downs is a suburb in southern Metropolitan Adelaide within the City of Onkaparinga, South Australia. It has a unique postcode of 5164, and is adjacent to the suburbs of Christies Beach to the west, Noarlunga Centre to the south, Morphett Vale to the east and Lonsdale to the north.The area...	Peregrine Park	Southern Districts
Sturt Baseball Club Sturt Baseball Club Sturt is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Saints, their home ground is Norman Reserve in Mitcham....	Saints	Mitcham, South Australia Mitcham, South Australia Mitcham is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Mitcham.Created as a village separate from Adelaide , it was ancillary to a sheep station at Brown Hill Creek belonging to the South Australia Company. Prior to European settlement the area was inhabited by the Kaurna aboriginal people...	Norman Reserve	Sturt
West Torrens Baseball Club West Torrens Baseball Club West Torrens is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. Known as the Eagles, their home ground is Lockleys Oval in Lockleys.- Club History :...	Eagles	Lockleys, South Australia Lockleys, South Australia Lockleys is a suburb of the city of Adelaide, South Australia.-History:The area was subdivided for housing after being an area renowned for its market gardens and greenhouses. The Hank family held substantial holdings...	Lockleys Oval	West Torrens
Woodville Baseball Club	Senators	Findon, South Australia Findon, South Australia Findon is a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Charles Sturt.-History:In 1839, George Cortis was granted the land now constituting Findon, which he subdivided in 1848...	Findon Oval	Woodville

Other Summer Clubs

Club	Nickname	City	Home Ground	Website
Playford City Baseball Club	Rebels	Elizabeth, South Australia Elizabeth, South Australia Elizabeth is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the City of Playford.-History:Elizabeth was established in 1955 as part of a planned satellite town by the South Australian Housing Trust on rural land between the older towns of Salisbury and...	Broadmeadows Oval	Playford City
Flinders University Flinders University Flinders University, , is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century.The university has established a reputation as a leading research...			Flinders University Ground
Gawler Baseball Club	Rangers	Willaston, South Australia Willaston, South Australia Willaston is a northern suburb northeast of Adelaide, South Australia. It is located in the Town of Gawler.-History:William Paxton and Samuel Stocks obtained land in the area in 1848 and 1849. After Stocks died in 1850, Paxton laid out the village called Willaston...	Elliot Goodger Reserve (Willaston Oval)	Gawler Rangers Baseball Club

Winterball

Adelaide University Baseball Club ("Varsity") are the 2010 Winterball Division 1 premiers. It is their seventh straight premiership win. Varsity also won the Division 3 premiership.

Capps Medal

The Capps Medal

Capps Medal

The Capps Medal is the medal awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the South Australian Baseball League during the regular season as decided upon by umpires...

is the most prestigious baseball award in South Australia and is presented to the best and fairest player in Division 1 for the SABL home and away season. The award is determined through umpires votes from each minor round game with the best player on the day receiving 3 votes, the second best 2 votes and the third best 1 vote.

The 2007/08 winner was Michael Ewart from Kensington.

External links

• Baseball SA