The Australian Baseball League is investigating alleged inconsistencies in the claims by Canberra Cavalry catcher Matt Blazynski about being approached to fix the Asia Series semi-final.
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Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League has demanded an apology from the ABL after its own investigation into Blazynski's claims allegedly revealed discrepancies between his version of events and the CCTV footage.
Neither the ABL nor the Cavalry will comment on the claims until their investigations into the CPBL's findings are complete.
Blazynski also declined to comment when approached about the Chinese league's statements. He told Cavalry officials during the team's successful Asia Series campaign that he had been approached in a Taiwan bar and offered $30,0000 to ensure Canberra lost its semi-final against Korean champions Samsung Lions by at least seven runs.
The Cavalry beat the Lions, and later became the first Australian team to win the competition, which pitted champions from Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Italy and Australia against each other last month.
Blazynski did not play for the Cavalry during their unexpected
Asia Series success. Blazynski claimed two men approached him in the Simba bar in Taichung and showed him a briefcase full of cash, but the CPBL said the video footage did not back up that account of events.
Instead, it said, the video footage had shown that Blazynski had approached two local men and a woman, and no money had been produced.
Blazynski also claimed he had returned alone to the team's hotel by taxi, but the CPBL said the CCTV cameras showed him getting a lift in a car and returning in the company of a woman.
The CPBL's investigation was carried out by its anti-gambling unit, which consists of police, the public prosecutor's office and the players' union.