Adelaide Bite
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Most recent season: 2015–16 Australian Baseball League season |
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| Team Details | |
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| League | Australian Baseball League |
| City | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Ballpark | Diamond Sports Stadium |
| Year founded | 2009 |
| Inaugural season | 2010–11 |
| Postseason | |
| ABL Championships | Nil |
| Minor premierships | 1 (2014–15) |
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| Colours |
Prussian blue Crimson Gold |
| Management | |
| Manager |
 Steve Mintz
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| Owner | ABL |
| General Manager | Nathan Davison |
The Adelaide Bite are a professional baseball team who plays in the Australian Baseball League and is one of the six founding teams of the league.
The Bite have multiple alumni who have played in the MLB in following years and many players who play for Team Australia in an international level. The team is made up of up-and-coming MLB draft prospects who play minor league baseball in the USA or established Australian players. Former big-league players often play in the ABL.
Their home ballpark was the historic Norwood Oval in Norwood, South Australia which is based in the city of Adelaide, South Australia from 2009 to 2016, They however made the moved down to West Beach in the 2016/2017 season. The team name originates from the nearby hydrographic landmark, the Great Australian Bight as well as the Great White Shark which inhabits the southern coast of South Australia.
The Bite are famous for their Shark Tank - the only section in Australian sport where you can sit on the actual playing surface during the play of the game.
Adelaide's first general manager was former New York Yankees infielder Pat Kelly. He served as the General Manager from 2009-2013. Since the beginning of the 2013/14 season, former Adelaide Giants and Team Australia baseball player Nathan Davison took over the team as GM and CEO.
In three seasons under Davison the Bite have made the Australian Baseball League Championships Series twice - falling to the Perth Heat in 2015 and the Brisbane Bandits in 2016.
In 2010 South Australian power company ETSA Utilities was announced as the major sponsor of the Adelaide Bite and that the team would be known as the Adelaide ETSA Bite. After an ETSA rebrand to SA Power Networks the Bite became the "Adelaide Bite, proudly presented by SA Power Networks."
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