# Sydney Storm

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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox baseball team
| name = Sydney Storm
| logo = File:Blues02.png file:Storm01.png
| league = [Australian Baseball League (1989-1999)](/source/Australian_Baseball_League_(1989-1999))
| location = Sydney
| stadium = [Sydney Showground](/source/Sydney_Showground_(Homebush)) ([Sydney Olympic Park](/source/Sydney_Olympic_Park))
| founded = [1992-93](/source/ABL_1992-93)
| folded = [1999](/source/ABL_1998-99)
| Re-formed       =
| nickname = Storm
| league_champs = [1995-96](/source/ABL_1995-96)
| former_names = Sydney Blues (92-96)
| former_ballparks = [Concord Oval](/source/Concord_Oval) {{small|(as Storm)}}
[Parramatta Stadium](/source/Parramatta_Stadium), [Sydney Showground](/source/Sydney_Showground_(Moore_Park)) (Moore Park) {{small|(as Blues)}}
| colours = Black, Purple and White
| mascot =
| series = Australian Baseball League
| season = [1998-99](/source/ABL_1998-99)
| record = 21-22 (4th)
| playoffs = Lost championship series to Gold Coast Cougars
| manager =
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The '''Sydney Storm''', originally Sydney Blues were a team in the now defunct [Australian Baseball League](/source/Australian_Baseball_League_(1989-1999)).  The franchise featured in every post season throughout its existence and won the [Claxton Shield](/source/Claxton_Shield) once.

==History==
The Storm were formed for the [1992-93](/source/ABL_1992-93) ABL Championship as the Sydney Blues after purchasing the licence of the [Parramatta Patriots](/source/Parramatta_Patriots). After legal action taken by [Cricket NSW](/source/Cricket_NSW), the team was re-branded as Sydney Storm for the [1997-98](/source/ABL_1997-98) season, as the NSW Cricket team was also known as the Blues.

The franchise won one ABL championship under their former name, defeating the [Melbourne Reds](/source/Melbourne_Reds) in the 1995 championship, also finishing runner-up twice - once (as the Blues) against the [Brisbane Bandits](/source/Brisbane_Bandits_(1989-1998)) in 1994, and in the final ABL season in 1999, defeated by the [Gold Coast Cougars](/source/Gold_Coast_Cougars).
{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Finish
|-
| 1992-93 || 3rd
|-
| 1993-94 || 2nd
|-
| 1994-95 || 4th
|-
| 1995-96 || 1st
|-
| 1996-97 || 4th
|-
| 1997-98 || 4th
|-
| 1998-99 || 2nd
|}

== See also ==
*[Sport in Australia](/source/Sport_in_Australia)
*[Australian Baseball](/source/Australian_Baseball)
*[Australian Baseball League (1989-1999)](/source/Australian_Baseball_League_(1989-1999))

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060526052044/http://www.australianbaseballhistory.webcentral.com.au/Baseball%20Web%20Pages/ABL.htm The Australian Baseball League: 1989-1999]

{{Sydney Storm |state=collapsed}}
{{Australian Baseball League original}}

Category:Australian Baseball League (1989–1999) teams
Category:Defunct baseball teams in Australia

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