2000–01 IBLA Internationals season

The 2000–01 IBLA Internationals season was the first season for the team. The team played in the one and only season of the International Baseball League of Australia's Development League, All games were held on the Gold Coast at Palm Meadows with some showcase games played at Carrara Oval.

2000–01 IBLA Internationals
League	International Baseball League of Australia Development League
Ballpark	Palm Meadows Carrara Oval
City	Gold Coast, Queensland
Record	25–15–3 (.616)
Place	1st
Owner	Dave Nilsson
Manager	Chris Bando

The team was a composite team made up of players from countries such as Korea, Japan, South Africa, Guam, New Zealand, United States and Australia.

Regular season

The regular season consisted of 43 games, All games were played at Palm Meadows with the exception of showcase games that were played at Carrara Oval.

The team was made up of players from around the world, with the majority of the team being made up of prospects from the LG Twins of the Korean Major league, Other players from the USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan and Australia.

Standings

2000-01 IBLA Development League standings

Team	W	L	D	Pct.	GB
IBLA Internationals	25	15	3	.658	–
IBLA Australia	17	19	2	.472	3.5
Taiwan	17	19	4	.472	4.5
MLB Stars	17	25	1	.405	9

Record vs opponents

Opponent	W–L Record	Largest Victory			Largest Defeat			Current Streak
		Score	Date	Ground	Score	Date	Ground
IBLA Australia	6-4	10-2	11 January 2001	Palm Meadows	1-11	6 December 2000	Palm Meadows	5W
MLB Stars	13-5	17-4 14-1	23 December 2000 9 January 2001	Palm Meadows	1-5	13 December 2000	Palm Meadows	11W
Taiwan	5-6	12-5	5 January 2001	Palm Meadows	0-7	15 January 2001	Carrara Oval	1W
Total	25–15	MLB Stars			IBLA Australia			5W
		17-4 14-1	23 December 2000 9 January 2001	Palm Meadows	1-11	6 December 2000	Palm Meadows

Game log

W	Internationals win
L	Internationals loss
T	Internationals tie
	Game postponed
Bold	Internationals team member

November game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
1	29 November 2000	@ MLB Stars	4-5					0-1
2	30 November 2000	MLB Stars	1-2					0-2

December game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
3	1 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	12-3					1-2
4	2 December 2000	MLB Stars	2-2					1-2
5	4 December 2000	@ Australia	1-2					1-3
6	5 December 2000	Australia	4-6					1-4
7	6 December 2000	@ Australia	1-11					1-5
8	7 December 2000(Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	0-1					1-6
9	8 December 2000(Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	3-0					2-6
10	9 December 2000	@ Taiwan	5-10					2-7
11	11 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	3-7					2-8
12	12 December 2000	MLB Stars	5-2					3-8
13	13 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	1-5					3-9
14	14 December 2000	@ Australia	4-3					4-9
15	16 December 2000	@ Australia	3-4					4-10
16	18 December 2000(Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	1-7					4-11
17	19 December 2000(Carrara Oval)	Taiwan	2-2					4-11
18	20 December 2000(Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	4-3					5-11
19	21 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	2-3					5-12
20	22 December 2000	MLB Stars	4-2					6-12
21	23 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	17-4					7-12
22	24 December 2000	MLB Stars	12-2					8-12
23	27 December 2000	@ Taiwan	3-5					8-13
24	30 December 2000	MLB Stars	10-2					9-13
25	30 December 2000	Taiwan	0-2					9-14
26	31 December 2000	@ MLB Stars	9-3					10-14

January game log

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Crowd	Record	Ref
27	2 January 2001	@ MLB Stars	5-2					11-14
28	3 January 2001	MLB Stars	13-10					12-14
29	4 January 2001	Taiwan	3-3					12-14
30	5 January 2001	@ Taiwan	12-5					13-14
31	6 January 2001	Taiwan	6-2					14-14
32	8 January 2001	@ MLB Stars	2-0					15-14
33	9 January 2001	MLB Stars	14-1					16-14
34	10 January 2001	@ MLB Stars	6-0					17-14
35	11 January 2001	@ Australia	10-2					18-14
36	12 January 2001	Australia	6-1					19-14
37	13 January 2001	@ Australia	10-5					20-14
38	15 January 2001(Carrara Oval)	@ Taiwan	0-7					20-15
39	16 January 2001	MLB Stars	5-1					21-15
40	17 January 2001	Taiwan	7-1					22-15
41	18 January 2001	@ Australia	10-4					23-15
42	19 January 2001	MLB Stars	4-2					24-15
43	21 January 2001	Australia	2-1					25-15

Postseason

All games for the 2001 postseason were played at Palm Meadows on the Gold Coast. All finals were a 1 game play-off.

Finals Series

Winners of Game 1 and 2 went into Championship games, Losers of game 1 and 2 went into a playoff for 3rd.

Game 1 1st vs 4th: 19 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
MLB Stars	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	4	10	1
Home runs: MLB: ? Internationals: ?[1]

Game 4 Championship Game: 21 January 2001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
IBLA Australia	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0
IBLA Internationals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	1
Home runs: Australia: ? Internationals: ?[1]

Awards

Award	Person[2]	Team
Most Valuable Player	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals
Batting Champion	Andrew Zapp	IBLA Internationals

Roster

IBLA Internationals roster – 2000-01 IBLA
Active roster				Coaching Staff
Pitchers Right-handed pitchers 16 PJ Bevis 35 Jun-Gan Chang 21 Mark Dewey 1 Matt Gahan 24 Brad Guy 2 Kwang-Soo Kim 27 Min-Ki Kim 18 Paul Mutch 22 Phil Stockman 26 Daniel Thomson 6 Brad Voyles Left-handed pitchers		Catchers 7 Mitch Evans 20 Brandon Harper Infielders 4 Nicholas Green 3 Ji-Hwan Sohn 17 Andrew Zapp Outfielders 0 Scott Goodman 12 Paul Gorman 29 Ryan Langerhans 11 Steven Ryderen 5 Marc Taintey 10 Adam Wardrop 14 Travis Wilson		Manager - Chris Bando Coaches - Ron Johnson - Cheol-Young Park
Current as of January 2001.[3]