History
Baseball reached its peak in Tasmania during the 1970s and 1980s, with a league in both Hobart and Launceston. However, by the late 80’s, the Launceston league was forced to disband as league started to lack players to fill the teams. The Hobart league lasted until the early 90’s before it folded due to financial troubles.
There was no organised baseball in Tasmania after the collapse of the Hobart league, until 2007, a group of Masters players got together with the goal of re-instating a league in the state's capital of Hobart. This was primarily driven by a group of Masters players who had been involved in the previous incarnation of Baseball Tasmania many years ago and wished to restart a baseball league in Tasmania.
After some initial open days, the new league was launched in October 2007 with 4 teams: Red Sox, Whitesox, Blue Jays and Green Bays. The Blue Jays won the first ever game of new league.
Two seasons were run in the original summer, with a season being run until the Christmas break in December and then a new season running from January until March.
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