An association was formed and regulated in 1953, thanks to a basketball fan named Charles See-Kee and Wellington Chin, who were both prominent members of the Darwin Chinese community.
In sports-conscious Darwin, the original baseballers were already involved with other local sports, mainly Australian rules football and basketball.
The playing surface was a levelled out, rock-hard dirt, devoid of any grass, presenting a risk of skin injury to baserunners.
It was a time wasn't a properly-shaped baseball field and children chased foul balls that went over the cliff behind the back net and into the sea.
Rebels' home ground was a purpose-built diamond at Tracy Village Sports & Social Club.
Pints, unable to secure a permanent facility, played their home games at Tracy Village.
Max was instrumental in transforming the DBL into a business-like competition by raising the quality of administration and stakeholder consultation.
Thus, their recruiting tentacles reached out quickly to sign-up the lion's share of talented new arrival in town.
Of the other present-day clubs, Pints Green Sox (Post-Tel Institute of the Northern Territory) is the oldest.
Although Pints have continued to be a competitive club, their limited finals success is arguably not a true indication of their depth[citation needed].
Many critics argued that if Nightcliff had not entered 2 teams in the 1972/73 season, they would have easily won the Grand Final, instead of finishing second and third.
East Darwin was the main proponent of swapping the competition from wet-season to dry season, to promote better playing conditions.
The South Darwin Rabbitohs was the next club formed in 1970, with the majority of their players recruited from the Northern Territory Police Force.
Although success took a long time coming for the Green & Reds, they finally won a flag in 1986 over Waratahs.
The newest of the modern era clubs was Northern Districts Rebels, who were formed in 1975, as a break-away faction of Nightcliff.
The rivalry finally began to dissipate in 1984, when Nightcliff disbanded for one year and players from both sides either retired or moved on.