 Since Australia's silver medal performance at the 2004 Athens Olympics the participation rate in most of the eastern states has remained stable, however, there has been a large increase in the sport's popularity and participation in Western Australia.In 2003, within Australia there was roughly 57,000 Australians playing baseball in around 5000 teams.The most notable Australian-born baseball players include Dave Nilsson and Graeme Lloyd - children were once issued a poster of the two with the slogan "AUSTRALIAN RULES BASEBALL".