Australian Custom Baseball Cards

Friday, March 30, 2018

Lars Anderson - 2017-18 Sydney Blue Sox

Anderson is a former MLB player and American import who played with the Sydney Blue Sox during the 2017-18 ABL season. Anderson played 30 games with the Boston Red Sox across three seasons (2010-2012), as well as ten seasons (2007-2016) in the minors, mainly with Boston, but also with the Indians, White Sox, Cubs and Dodgers organisations.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Luke Hughes - 2017-18 Perth Heat

Former MLB player and Perth Heat veteran Hughes returned for his eight season with the Perth Heat during the 2017-18 ABL season.

Monday, March 26, 2018

Tomoya Mori (森友哉) - 2017-18 Melbourne Aces

Mori was a Japanese import from the Seibu Lions organisation who played with the Melbourne Aces during the 2017-18 ABL season. Mori is a veteran of the NPB, having played 324 NPB games with the Lions since 2014 prior to his 2017-18 ABL debut.

Friday, February 23, 2018

Gabriel Arias - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry

Arias is a Venezualan import from the San Diego Padres organisation who played with the Canberra Cavalry during the 2017-18 ABL season. Arias was only 17 years old during his time at Canberra, having only debuted in the Padres organisation in 2017, playing with both their Arizona Rookie League team and their Single A team, the Fort Wayne TinCaps.

Friday, February 16, 2018

Darius Day - 2017-18 Adelaide Bite

Day is an American import from the Texas Rangers organisation who played with the Adelaide Bite during the 2017-18 ABL season. Day has spent four years in the Rangers' farm system, most recently with the Rangers' Arizona League rookie team.

I'm struggling with the design for the Bite players as there isn't enough contrast between the dark blue colouring of the Bite used for the player name and logo shield and the black background. I may have to play around with the colouring a bit. The Bite design was the last team design I've done for this season, otherwise I might have used something different than the black background in the design.

[Update 2nd Apr 2018: Here's my redux version of Day's card with a few changes I've made to the design:]

Monday, February 12, 2018

Boss Moanaroa - 2017-18 Canberra Cavalry

The 2017-18 ABL season was Moanaroa's seventh ABL season and his third with the Canberra Cavalry. Boss was able to recruit his brother Moko to play with the Cavalry to cover the loss of the local Sloan brothers to drug suspension.

I was fortunate to get some shots of Boss this season. Due to work commitments, he was only able to play weekend games, and I was only able to get to weeknight games this year. The perils of a non-fully professional league. I was fortunate though in that I was able to get some shots of him during game one of the 2017-18 ABL Championship Series last Friday night.

Monday, February 5, 2018

Adam Weisenburger - 2017-18 Brisbane Bandits

Weisenburger is an American import who is playing with the Brisbane Bandits during the 2017-18 ABL season. Weisenburger spent seven seasons (2011-2017) playing in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, eventually reaching the Triple A level Colorado Springs Sky Sox in 2017 before being released.

Friday, February 2, 2018

Matthew Rae - 2016-17 Sydney Blue Sox

Veteran Blue Sox pitcher Rae returned for his sixth ABL season in 2016-17, also his sixth season with Sydney.

Rae’s card is the last of my 2016-17 ABL player card designs. It’s time to get on with working on the rest of my 2017-18 card designs.

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Tom Bailey - 2016-17 Perth Heat

The 2016-17 ABL season was Aussie player Bailey’s third season both with the Perth Heat and playing in the Australian baseball League. Bailey was called up to the Australian team in 2017 for the World Baseball Classic.

Monday, January 29, 2018

Sam Street - 2016-17 Melbourne Aces

Melbourne born Street was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2014 and is now in his fourth year in the Pirates’ farm system. He has spent both 2016 and 2017 with the Advanced A level Brenton Marauders in the Florida State League. The 2016-17 ABL system was Street’s second in the ABL and with the Melbourne Aces.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Josh DeGraaf - 2016-17 Canberra Cavalry

DeGraaf is an American import from the Toronto Blue Jays organisation who played with the Canberra Cavalry during the 2016-17 ABL season. He spent 2016 playing the Blue Jays single A affiliate, the Lansing Lugnuts, before moving up to the Advanced and Double A affiliates in 2017, the Dunedin Blue Jays and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Logan Wade - 2016-17 Brisbane Bandits

Brisbane born Wade returned for his fifth season with the Brisbane Bandits during the 2016-17 ABL season. Unfortunately for Wade, 2016 saw him released by the Minnesota Twins, where he was playing for their advanced A level affiliate the Fort Myers Miracle

Monday, January 22, 2018

Tyler Chappell - 2016-17 Adelaide Bite

Born on the Gold Coast, Chappell is an Aussie player who debuted with the Adelaide Bite during the 2016-17 ABL season. Chappell had previously played college ball in the USA, having spent time with both Florence-Darlington Tech in South Carolina and the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina.

Friday, January 19, 2018

Ryoto Yoshikoshi - 2016-17 Sydney Blue Sox

Yoshikoshi was a Japanese import from Team Honda Saitama who played with the Sydney Blue Sox during the 2016-17 ABL season. Yoshikoshi was a team mate of fellow Blue Sox import Yuki Yamazaki.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Nick Hosie - 2016-17 Canberra Cavalry

Hosie is a local Canberran development youngster who joined the Canberra Cavalry during the 2016-17 ABL season at the age of just 16 years old. Hosie would eb selected during 2017 to join a number of other Canberran junior players to participate in the 2017 MLB Australian Academy