Australian Custom Baseball Cards: September 2016

Friday, September 30, 2016

Ernesto Zaragoza - 2015-16 Brisbane Bandits

Zaragoza is an American import who played with the Brisbane Bandits during the 2015-16 ABL season. He had previously spent two years playing rookie level ball with the Seattle Mariners (2011-2012), before playing independent ball in 2014 and 2015, with the Roswell Invaders (pecos League) and Washington Wild Things (Frontier League).

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Devon Barker - 2015-16 Adelaide Bite

Barker is an American import who played with the Adelaide bite during the 2015-16 ABL season. Barker had previously played for the Corvallis Knights in the collegiate level West Coast League where he caught the eye of Brooke Knight, the Bites' Manager.

It was a very glarey day when I was getting shots of the Bite, and all of my shots of Barker have his face obscured in shadow. This was about the best of a bad lot.

Monday, September 26, 2016

Keiji Uezono (上園啓史) - 2015-16 Sydney Blue Sox

Uezono is a former NPB player from Japan who played with the Sydney Blue Sox during the 2015-16 ABL season. Uezono spent 7 seasons in the NPB playing with the Hanshin Tigers and the Rakutan Golden Eagles between 2007 and 2014. In 2016 he has spent time with the De Gloskoning Twins in the Dutch Major League.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Jason Sloan - 2015-16 Canberra Cavalry

I've lamented in the past that Jason Sloan is just of those players that it's difficult to get a good shot of - I have lots of photos of him, but they just never seem to turn out very good because. Sloan returned to the Canberra Cavalry in the 2015-16 ABL season, his fourth in the ABL. He was able to join his younger brother Aaron whom he convinced to rejoin the Cavalry roster for 2015-16.

Monday, September 19, 2016

Joshua Strong - 2015-16 Sydney Blue Sox

After making his debut last season, Strong returned for his second ABL season with the Sydney Blue Sox in 2015-16, moving into the starting lineup for the Blue Sox.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Sam Kennelly - 2015-16 Perth Heat

The baby Kennelly brother returned for his fourth ABL season with the Perth Heat during the 2015-16 ABL season. He spent 2015 playing rookie level ball for Pittsburgh's Gulf Coast League team.

Monday, September 12, 2016

Steven Chambers - 2015-16 Adelaide Bite

Chambers is becoming one of the journeyman of the Australian Baseball League. The 2015-16 ABL season was his sixth in the ABL, but his first with the Adelaide Bite. Chambers had spent the first 3 and a half seasons with Brisbane before moving to the Canberra roster. He returned to Brisbane the following season before once again transferring, this time to Adelaide.

Friday, September 9, 2016

Brandon Zywicki - 2015-16 Sydney Blue Sox

I had originally assumed that because Zywicki was carrying around the Disney Frozen backpack usually assigned to the junior rookies on the team, I thought he was a local Sydney boy, however it appears that he was born in the USA. Turns out that the backpack is actually assigned to the youngest bullpen pitcher. Zywicki's time with the Sydney Blue Sox during the 2015-16 ABL season was his first in the ABL.

In 2015 Zywicki played for the Okotoks Dawgs in the Western Major Baseball League, a collegiate summer league in Canada, whilst studying at the Missouri Baptist University.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Anthony Caronia - 2015-16 Perth Heat

Caronia is an American import from the Baltimore Orioles organisation who played with the Perth Heat during the 2015-16 ABL season. In 2015 Caronia spent most of his time with the High A level Frederick Keys in the Carolina League as well as a short stint with the Norfolk Tides, the Orioles Triple A affiliate.