The Northern Metros are going boldly where no other Australian baseball team has been before.
And the honour isn’t lost on the group of young men from Western Australia.
On the 25th of May 2018, the Northern Metros made history, becoming the first Australian charter to seal qualification for the Intermediate League 50/70 Baseball World Series, after a hard-fought 10-9 win over fellow WA charter, the Western Suns.
Following Little League International’s decision to award the Australia Region a place at the Intermediate League 50/70 World series, six teams from around the country took part in the inaugural Australian Intermediate League Championship in Lismore.
Since that rainy afternoon in Lismore, the Northern Metros – lead by manager Simon Stanton – have been hitting the track harder than ever before, and Stanton is as excited as the kids to get to California.
“The kids are in a great place,” Stanton said.
“The support from the Perth community has been fantastic, we’ve had events with nearly 300 attendees. It’s an honour to represent the Australia Region.”
That honour is something that is not lost on the Metros, as the first team to represent the Australia region, and Stanton believes that is an advantage for his troops.
“We’re not following in anyone else’s footsteps.”
“Being the first cab off the rank gives it freshness, and the absence of a benchmark gives us the opportunity to set it as high as we can.”
Stay tuned tomorrow as Reece Coles, one of the lucky young men heading over to Livermore, begins his tour diary for the Intermediate League World Series.