Malaysian All-Star League Baseball

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Malaysian All-Star League Baseball (MALB) is a baseball league open to all baseball clubs and associations in Malaysia. The league's operations and management are modeled on the US major leagues (MLB).[ citation needed ] It is the only sports league in the world that has men and women playing side by side, and against each other. [1]

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Baseball development in Malaysia and in the South East Asian region

Baseball was introduced to Malaysia in the mid-1970s when several US based corporations, including Texas Instruments and Smith Kline Beecham, began manufacturing operations in the Keramat Industrial Park in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the plants in operation at the time had a substantial number of American expatriates attached to them, who formally introduced baseball to the Malaysian locals through slow-pitch, fast-pitch and rounder games.

Softball was introduced to Malaysia in the early 1980s, but the game spread more rapidly than baseball, becoming popular in the northern regions of Pulau Pinang, Kedah and Perak, the southern regions of Johor, Melaka and Negeri Sembilan, the eastern regions of Sabah & Sarawak and the East Coast regions of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang. It was only in 2001 that baseball formed the Persatuan Besbol Amatur Malaysia, or the Amateur Baseball Association of Malaysia, was formed under founding President Dato' Noh Abdullah. [2]

MALB History

The idea of creating a formal baseball league in Malaysia was first conceptualized in 2005 by two clubs based in Kuala Lumpur, the All-Stars Baseball Club and the Selayang Stars Baseball Club. A formal league was envisioned as a way to provide serious baseball players in Malaysia the opportunity to compete at a more professional level.

The inaugural MALB game was held on February 23, 2006 between Selayang Stars and the Aces of Kepong at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s field in Bangi. An inaugural five-month season ensued using a double round-robin format, followed by playoffs. The Patriots Baseball Club, based in Bangsar, a neighborhood of Kuala Lumpur, won the championship in both 2006 and 2007. Each club that joins the MALB must pay participation fees RM600 to RM800 ($180–$240) per team for each season. [3]

For the 2008 season, the MALB restructured the playoffs to include the MALB Asean Series. Under the revised format, the top two teams from the MALB face four other international teams in a tournament culminating in the MALB Asean Series Grand Final. The MALB Asean Series represented a commitment by the MALB organization to develop and promote baseball throughout South East Asia. The MALB has sought to strengthen ties with baseball associations from Asean countries: in 2008, the MALB established a working relationship with the Singapore Baseball & Softball Association, through its Secretary General, Abdu Aziz Talib, and the Garuda Baseball Club of Jakarta, Indonesia. [4] In order to reinforce the MALB’s new regional direction after the creation of the Asean Series, league management in 2008 decided to change the league’s name from Malaysian All-Star League Baseball to Major Asean League Baseball.

The inaugural MALB Asean Series 2008 was a 4-day, six-team event involving two teams each from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The teams involved were the Patriots and the Selayang Stars from Malaysia, the Singapore Youth and the Typhoon Baseball Clubs from Singapore, and the Garuda and Eagles Baseball Clubs from Indonesia. [5]

Baseball federations and associations in Malaysia

The national body for baseball in Malaysia is the Baseball Federation of Malaysia, [6] registered with the Olympic Council of Malaysia and the National Sports Council of Malaysia. [7] Under it, comes the state associations, of which, includes the Selangor Baseball Association, Kuala Lumpur Baseball Association, Kedah Baseball Association, Perlis Baseball Association and the Putrajaya Baseball Association.

Malaysian baseball teams registered with MALB

TeamLocation
Aces Softball & Baseball Club Kepong
All-Stars Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Cougars Keramat, Kuala Lumpur
Handoh Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia
KL Yankees Baseball Team Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Lions Baseball Team Puchong
Nazghuls Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Pandora Petaling Jaya
Patriots Baseball Club Bangsar
Rhynos Keramat, Kuala Lumpur
Ronins Baseball Team Kota Damansara
Stars Baseball Club Selayang
Tigers Bangsar
Vipers Seberang Perai
9innings Mont Kiara

Other baseball teams within the ASEAN region

TeamLocation
Dobbermans Bandung, Indonesia
Eagles Baseball Club Jakarta, Indonesia
Garuda Baseball Club Jakarta, Indonesia
Gunners Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Typhoon Baseball Team Singapore
X-Men Singapore

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References

  1. ↑ "About MALB". Malaysian All-Star League Baseball Official Website.
  2. ↑ "ANTARA News :: 15 Mantan Mahasiswa Malaya Ingin Bertemu Presiden Yudhoyono". Archived from the original on 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  3. ↑ "Malaysian All-Star League Baseball Official Website".
  4. ↑ "Garuda Baseball Club". Archived from the original on 2010-05-20. Retrieved 2010-05-30.
  5. ↑ MALB Official Forum (for players, officials, and fans)
  6. ↑ Malaysia Baseball Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine . Baseball Federation of Malaysia. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  7. ↑ "Majlis Sukan Negara Malaysia - National Sports Council of Malaysia". nsc.gov.my.
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