Baseball Stadium
Blacktown Baseball Stadium was built for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games as the secondary Baseball Stadium. The stadium is now home to Baseball NSW and hosted the Claxton Shield between 2002 and 2006. It also hosted the showcase round of the Claxton Shield 2009 and will host two other NSW Patriots home games.
It is also home for the Sydney Blue Sox competing in the Australian Baseball League, who commenced their first season in November 2010.
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