May 1st, 2016
Asia Series Rebooted
The logo of the 2013 Asian Series
Today we learned that the Australian Baseball League, [league redacted] League, Korean Baseball Organization, and the Chinese Professional Baseball League have agreed to a 10 year deal to renew the Asian Series. The series is to be scheduled in January or February. For the ABL is will be a postseason tournament, for the Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese, it will serve as a tune up prior to their own spring training. The Asia series will feature the 2016 champion of each league. The last winners where Australia's own Canberra Calvary.
The format under this agreement will be a best of 5 followed by a best of 7. More details are expected to be released about host cities or seeding of teams. ABL Chief Ryan Flowers said that he is excited to see the ABL teams and how they stack up with the Asian leagues. The Asia Series could grow up to 8 teams according to contracts obtained by our own John Zimmer. Zimmer said there are contingencies for a European team, host teams, or re admittance of Chinese Baseball League.