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The Canberra Cavalry (nicknamed Cavs) is a professional baseball team in the Australian Baseball League. The team is based in the capital city of Canberra, Australia and the team's home ground is Narrabundah Ballpark.

Originally to be called the Colts, the team faced legal issues with the ACT Brumbies^[1] that uses the same name for a local Rugby Union team.

History

2010–11 Australian Baseball League season

2011–12 Australian Baseball League season

2012–13 Australian Baseball League season

In the 2012–13 season, the Cavalry won the Claxton Shield, having defeated the Perth Heat in the Championship Series in Canberra over 8/9 February 2013.^[3] In November 2013, the Cavalry won the 2013 Asia Series resoundingly (14-4),^[4] becoming the first non- Japanese or Korean side to do so.

2013 Championship Series

Game 1

Game 2

2013 Asia Series - Champions

2013–14 Australian Baseball League season

2nd place out of 6. W:22, L:24. Cavalry defeated the Sydney Blue Sox in the Preliminary Final, held in Sydney, before losing to Perth Heat in the Final series.

2014–15 Australian Baseball League season

As December 2014 drew to a close, the Cavalry was equal second on the ABL standings. Cavalry finished fourth in the regular season with a win-loss record of 22-24 (.478) but the home-away record favoured the equally scored Sydney team.

2015–16 Australian Baseball League season

On the opening weekend (23–25 October 2015), the Cavalry won the first three of four games against Brisbane.

2016–17 Australian Baseball League season

Players

Current Roster

MLB players

Players with the Cavalry who play, or have played, for a United States Major League Baseball (MLB) team include:

Staff

Coaching Department

On 8 September 2010 former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher and Lakewood BlueClaws pitching coach, Steve Schrenk, was announced head coach.

Club Management

General Managers (GM)

Assistant General Managers (AGM)

Venue

The Cavs play home matches at Narrabundah Ballpark, located in the south-central Canberra suburb of Narrabundah, ACT, Australia. The fans nicknamed the venue "The Fort", which the Cavs management has embraced. The ballpark received a major renovation upgrade in 2010 with a second stage of upgrades planned for 2017.^[15]^[16]

Club Identity

Mascot

The Canberra Cavalry team mascot is a Yosemite Sam-type character named 'Sarge', with an Australian slouch hat, Cavalry-orange shirt, Auscam pants and brown Army boots. The team song, played after winning games, is "I Wanna Be in the Cavalry" by Corb Lund. In the 2014-15 season, Sarge got a 'quad' car.

Community work

In the 2012-13 season, the degree of community work and outreach was markedly up on previous seasons, with game-day shirts for sale to assist community organisations for most days of home seasons. This began with Legacy Australia that supports family members of service people, and included the Canberra Hospital Trust, the Heart Foundation, Red Cross ACT, and The Global Poverty Walk's Matt Napier.

Local politicians

Narrabundah Ballpark is owned by the Government of the Australian Capital Territory. The Cavalry management regularly hosts local politicians and their families at games, to raise their awareness of baseball and the Australian Baseball League. This is extended to each part of the political spectrum.

See also

References

1. ^The countdown is ON! Only 3 days to go!, 2 November 2010, ABLbuzz.com, accessed 25 January 2011
2. ^A case of the Blues for Canberra in ABL, Joe O'Sullivan, 24 January 2011, The Roar, accessed 25 January 2011
3. ^¹²Canberra Cavalry win ABL championship, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 February 2013, 11:12PM
4. ^¹²Canberra Cavalry wins Asia Series, David Polkinghorne, Canberra Times, 21 November 2013
5. ^Strike Zone, ABC Grandstand Sport, 15 February 2013, accessed 17 February 2013
6. ^{{cite web|last=Fraser|first=Tom|title=Former Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher to Serve as Canberra Cavalry Head Coach|url=http://www.canberracavalry.com.au/?page=65805&format=|publisher=Canberra Cavalry|accessdate=8 September 2010|date=8 September 2010}}
7. ^ , Team Story about appoiontment
8. ^ , Ward replaces Collins
9. ^ , SMH about Fraser's hiring with Basketball ACT and reference to time with Cavalry
10. ^ , Team Story about appoiontment
11. ^ Canberra Times, Cavalry CEO returns to States 1 July 2014
12. ^The Canberra Elite Cavalry, and Baseball ACT welcome the appointment of Mr Donn McMichael, The ABL, 16 September 2014, accessed 6 January 2015
13. ^Meet the Cavalry, Barry Barnes, 28 September 2010, accessed 25 January 2011
14. ^team story, 3 January 2012, accessed 7 January 2012
15. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.act.gov.au/our-canberra/latest-news/2016/may/an-upgrade-for-canberras-premier-ballpark | title = An upgrade for Canberra’s premier ballpark | publisher=www.act.gov.au | first= | last= | date= | accessdate = 2017-02-05 }}
16. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/act-sport/act-govt-to-give-narrabundah-ballpark-45m-facelift-in-budget-20160527-gp554h.html | title = ACT govt to give Narrabundah Ballpark $4.5m facelift in budget | publisher=The Canberra Times | first=David | last=Polkinghorne | date=2016-05-28 | accessdate=2017-02-05 }}
17. ^http://web.theabl.com.au/news/article.jspymd=20140625&content_id=81644562&fext=.jsp&vkey=pr_l595&sid=l595