Formation
- In January 1999 the Australian Baseball Federation announced the agreement to sell the league's license and rights to Nilcorp (David Nilsson's company).
- On 14 February 1999 the Sydney Storm lost the last game of the Australian Baseball League against the Gold Coast Cougars in the second of the championship series held at Homebush.
- In April 1999 Nilcorp officially signed the license of agreement to run a national baseball league in Australia for the next 100 years.
- In December 1999 Nilcorp began the Claxton Shield competition with teams from WA, SA, NSW, Queensland and Victoria.
- In November 2000 the International Baseball League of Australia was formed on the Gold Coast with four teams-the MLB Stars (a team that was made up of USA minor league players, an International team (players from South Korea, USA, Australia, and Japan), Taiwan, and Australia.
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