Wikipedia:WikiProject Baseball/Australian baseball task force/Newsletter/November 2010

THE SOUTHERN CROSS PITCH The Australian Baseball Task Force Newsletter Issue 5 – November 2010

"Ninety percent of the game is half mental." — Yogi Berra News and announcements Welcome to Qwertyqwas, the newest member of the task force. They've already made some great contributions, particularly to the various ABL roster templates and to the Sydney Blue Sox article. Keep up the good work! The Bill Ponsford article has been selected for inclusion in Wikipedia:Version 0.8; a collection of articles packaged together for offline release. As always, 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: B-Class status: Australia national baseball team at the Summer Olympics & 2010 Claxton Shield finals series C-Class status: Australia at the Baseball World Cup 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 Australian Baseball League: The ABL is back, with its official start on 6 November at Blacktown Olympic Park. The Sydney Blue Sox hosted the Canberra Cavalry, winning the openning game 1–0. At the end of round 1, the Adelaide Bite and Sydney Blue Sox are tied at the top, having swept the Melbourne Aces and Canberra Cavalry respectively, while the Perth Heat are in third, winning their series against the Brisbane Bandits 3 games to 1. Major League Baseball: The San Francisco Giants won the 2010 World Series, defeating the Texas Rangers 4–1 for their 6th World Series title in franchise history and first in San Francisco. The Giants last won the Fall Classic in 1954, when as the New York Giants they swept the Cleveland Indians. Women's Baseball World Cup: Congratulations to the Australian Women's Team, who finished in 2nd place at the 2010 Women's World Cup in Venezuela in August. It surpassed the 4th place finishes at all three previous World Cups. Congratulations especially go to Laura Neads, Christina Kreppold and Kim McMillan for their selections in the tournament All Star team, and to Katie Gaynor for leading the tournament with the most RBIs. As a result of this silver medal, the team is now ranked 3rd in the world behind Japan and United States. Intercontinental Cup: The final edition of the the Intercontinental Cup was held in Chinese Taipei in October. Cuba won the tournament, beating Netherlands in the final for their 11th IC title. Italy took out the bronze for their first ever medal at an Intercontinental.