Eric Balnar
@EBalnar
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Aussie baseball beat reporter, writer & broadcaster ⚾ | Baseball, Hockey & Softball Commentator 🎤 2x Broadcaster of the Year. 2023 ASC Media Award Finalist.
Adelaide
Joined July 2020
Hey all! Each week I read 5-10 minutes of news but it's ONLY Australian Baseball headlines. Would be cool if you subscribed via wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️. Help grow Aussie baseball bit by bit.
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Baseball.com.au | The Australian Baseball Podcast · Episode
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RT @baseballcomau: Liam Hendriks hooked up the Wanneroo Giants Senior League team with tickets to an Atlanta Braves game 🧡. Wanneroo is Hen….
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RT @AdelaideGiants: Excited to be back with our fans this summer. The 2025-26 @ABL season details are confirmed!. h….
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Pictured: the Australian who leads all of Minor League baseball in ERA ⚾. Brandan Bidois has a 0.52 ERA which ranks first among qualified pitchers at the midway point. He has a 0.00 ERA in 13.0 innings since his call-up to Double-A. 🇦🇺 📈. via @milb_central. Aussie Abroad
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There are a growing number of Australians playing professional baseball. I wrote about how each are performing here:
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RT @baseballcomau: Baseball is growing in Australia 📈 . 🔼 6.06% increase in last 12 months.🔼 10.55% increase in last two years.🔼 School par….
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Some Australian baseball headlines:. - Jack O’Loughlin, Australia’s 38th Major Leaguer, has opted out of his deal with the Colorado Rockies and becomes a Free Agent . - Max Stagg (SA) has committed to NCAA Division I program UC Santa Barbara from JUCO.
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RT @AdelaideGiants: Watched this passage of play so many times it's ridiculous 🇦🇺. 📍2023 Australian Baseball League Championship Series, Ga….
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I read Australian baseball news headlines to keep you up to date. Each episode less than ten minutes. Grab this week's below or search 'wherever you get your pods.
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Baseball.com.au | The Australian Baseball Podcast · Episode
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RT @JohnCasey2880: The 10-day #TourDownUnder festival will again make #SouthAustralia the epicentre of international #cycling from January….
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Three Aussies go pro, three different baseball pathways ⚾️ . Mitch Evans - 17-year-old lefty signs straight out of high school with the Tigers . Kailen Hamson - Lefty pitcher shows continual improvement while playing for an NAIA school. Drafted by Orioles. Brent Iredale - Earned.
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Worth noting ahead of the anticipated @Shawn_Spradling WBC Dream Team. Doesn’t include ABL guys or folks like Whitefield, Wingrove, Kennelly etc.
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A list of 41 Australians signed (or drafted) to a professional baseball contract around the world and their highest level in 2025 🇦🇺 . INF - Curtis Mead (MLB).2B - Travis Bazzana (AA).INF - Clayton Campbell (A) .INF - Max Durrington (A).INF - Nikau Pouaka-Grego (A).INF - Jarryd.
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There are now 28 Australians with MLB affiliate contracts after the draftings of Brent Iredale (Pirates), Kailen Hamson (Orioles) and signing of Mitch Evans (Tigers).
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RT @michaelsclair: Brent Iredale first came to America to play for @TeamAusBaseball in the LLWS. He then hit his way to Arkansas and played….
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This story originally ran previously, before Brent Iredale was drafted with the No. 203 pick by the Pirates. There were just three outs to go and Panama was leading Australia, 2-0, in the 2016 Little...
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RT @TeamAusBaseball: Outstanding with Orix 🇯🇵. Jarryd Dale is hitting .323 in the Japanese minor leagues with the Orix Buffaloes. His avera….
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PLAYER SIGNING: 17-year-old South Australian Mitch Evans signs with the Detroit Tigers. He'll report to camp after he finishes Year 12 later this year. I spoke to Mitch, coaches, scouts and family about his baseball journey.
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Australian Baseball News Headlines includes multiple All-Stars, Minor League Call-Ups and Little League Girls. Listen: . Or search ' wherever you get your podcasts. News in less than seven minutes.
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