2010 Claxton Shield
The logo for the 2010 Claxton Shield
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| Season details | |
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| Sport | Baseball |
| Country | Australia |
| Teams | 5 |
| Dates | 6 November 2009 – 7 February 2010 |
| Defending champions | Perth Heat (2009) |
| Regular season | |
| First place | Victoria Aces (17–7) |
| Second place | South Australia (14–10) |
| Third place | New South Wales Patriots (14–10) |
| Fourth place | Perth Heat (12–12) |
| Fifth place | Queensland Rams (3–21) |
| Finals series | |
| Final | |
| Champions | Victoria Aces (22nd title) |
| Game score | 2–0 |
| Runner-up | South Australia |
| Semi final | |
| Finalist | South Australia |
| Game score | 2–1 |
| Eliminated | New South Wales Patriots |
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← 2009
Last updated on 7 February 2010 |
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| Clinched championship series berth | |
| Clinched semi-final series berth |
The 2010 Claxton Shield was the 57th Claxton Shield tournament, the premier baseball competition in Australia, and was held from 6 November 2009 to 7 February 2010. It was hailed as the precursor to the new Australian Baseball League that will start in the place of the Claxton Shield in late 2010 to early 2011. The Victoria Aces defeated South Australia two games to nil in the championship series to win the tournament; this was the 22nd time the Claxton Shield had been awarded to a Victorian team. The competition was sponsored by Domino's Pizza.
At the conclusion of the regular season, the Victoria Aces finished in first place with a 17–7 record, earning home-field advantage for the three-game championship series. South Australia hosted the three-game semi-final series against the New South Wales Patriots. Both teams finished with a 14–10 record. The Perth Heat (12–12) and Queensland Rams (3–21) both failed to qualify for the finals.
In June 2009, it was announced that the rights to the Claxton Shield had been sold to a new Australian Baseball League (ABL), with ownership split between Major League Baseball's 75 percent share and the 25 percent share owned by the Australian Baseball Federation. The 2010 tournament was considered preparation for the inaugural ABL season starting in 2010–11. It varied from the 2009 Claxton Shield by expanding the season to include ten rounds. Since an uneven number (five) teams were involved, four teams paired off for each round and played a three-game series, while the remaining team took a bye. During the season, each team had two bye rounds and played two rounds against each other team, one at home and one away. In total, the schedule allowed for 24 regular-season games per team before a postseason similar to the 2009 edition: the first-place team directly qualified for the championship series and played against the winner of a playoff series between the second- and third-place teams.
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