[1] Baseball was introduced to Malaysia in the mid-1970s when several US based corporations, including Texas Instruments and Smith Kline Beecham, began manufacturing operations in the Keramat Industrial Park in Kuala Lumpur.
Most of the plants in operation at the time had a substantial number of American expatriates attached to them, who formally introduced baseball to the Malaysian locals through slow-pitch, fast-pitch and rounder games.
A formal league was envisioned as a way to provide serious baseball players in Malaysia the opportunity to compete at a more professional level.
The inaugural MALB game was held on February 23, 2006 between Selayang Stars and the Aces of Kepong at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia’s field in Bangi.
The inaugural MALB Asean Series 2008 was a 4-day, six-team event involving two teams each from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.