Sydney Blue Sox
Current season: 2015–16 Australian Baseball League season
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| League | Australian Baseball League |
| City | Blacktown, New South Wales |
| Ballpark | Blacktown Baseball Stadium |
| Year founded | 2009 |
| Inaugural season | 2010–11 |
| Postseason | |
| ABL Championships | Nil |
| Minor premierships | 1 (2010–11) |
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| Colours |
Carolina blue Black White |
| Management | |
| Manager |
 Jason Pospishil |
| Owner | ABL |
| Assistant GM |
 Krissie Webb |
| PF | Preliminary final |
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| MaSF | Major semi-final |
| MiSF | Minor semi-final |
| POY | Pitcher of the Year |
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| REL | Reliever of the Year |
| ROY | Rookie of the Year |
The Sydney Blue Sox are a professional baseball team, and one of six foundation teams in the re-formed Australian Baseball League (ABL). The team plays their home games at Blacktown International Sportspark (BISS), one of the two venues used for baseball at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when it was known as Blacktown Olympic Park. The Blue Sox hosted the league's Opening Day for the inaugural season on 6 November 2010, when they played against the Canberra Cavalry, and won the game 1–0. The Blue Sox are the only team in the Australian Baseball League to implement sabermetrics as a way to run their team with volunteer statistician, Anthony Rescan.
Fan response was very positive for the Blue Sox in the lead up to their inaugural season. As the sole team in New South Wales, they attracted interest beyond the Sydney metropolitan region; as far north as Newcastle, which hosted the former ABL franchise Hunter Eagles throughout the 1990s. Five hundred season tickets were allocated for the 2010–11 season, which sold out two months prior to the season's start; a waiting list for 2011–12 season tickets was soon created. Such was the demand to see professional baseball return to Sydney, several games had sold out well in advance of their scheduled dates, including the season opener.
The creation of the ABL was announced at a press conference on the Gold Coast, at the Palm Meadows Baseball Complex, site of the Major League Baseball Australia Academy Program in July 2009. Though there was speculation at the time that there may be as many as 10 teams in the competition, with teams possibly from New Zealand and Asia, it wasn't until two months later that the number and location of teams was announced: Sydney would have one of five confirmed teams, with Canberra eventually being successful in bidding for the sixth team.
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