Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF), and is jointly funded by the ABF, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Australian Federal Government. It uses the same name as a now defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it shares some history of the original league with the Claxton Shield awarded to winners of both competitions, it is considered to be a separate competition. The current champions are the Perth Heat, having won the 2010–11 season by defeating the Adelaide Bite two games to one in the championship series, after defeating the Sydney Blue Sox in the major semi-final series. Though the inaugural season of the league, it was the fifth time a team named "Perth Heat"