Black Socks

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The Black Socks (or Black Sox) are the New Zealand national men's softball team. They are current World Champions and also won the World Championships in 1976 (1st=with USA and Canada), 1984, 1996, 2000 and 2004.[1] They also won the inaugural Commonwealth Championships (a round robin tournament between New Zealand, Australia, Samoa, South Africa and Botswana) in 2006.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Andrea Blackshaw (2004-02-09). New Zealand Three-peats at Men's World Championships. International Softball Federation. Retrieved on March 18, 2007.
  2. ^ New Zealand downs Aussies for Commonwealth title. International Softball Federation (2006-01-30). Retrieved on April 3, 2007.

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