ANDREW Campbell still remembers the inaugural 2010-11 Australian Baseball League season, when the Brisbane Bandits narrowly missed on a playoff spot finishing fifth out of six teams.

Now the two-time ABL champions are on the cusp of history, with only the Canberra Cavalry standing between them and an ABL Championship Series three-peat.

"You're talking about a core group of guys, the Australian guys that started in 2010 when we were all young... 19, 20-year-olds and nearly coming last and battling for every win,” the Ipswich Musketeer said.

"We've been in this together for eight years, and not many teams can say they have that kind of camaraderie.

"Now we have a chance to win three in a row, and that's never been done before. The conversation is that we're trying to create history. We're pumped for each other.”

The Bandits punched their ticket to a third-consecutive ABLCS in emphatic fashion; David 'Goofy' Sutherland smacking a walk-off home run to make it 9-8 in a shortened one-game series against the Melbourne Aces on February 4.

When Goofy rounded third and looked up to see the entire Bandits line-up crowding home plate, it encapsulated just how much a chance at history meant to the Brisbane ball club.

"They're my best mates. I don't think you get friends like you do in sport,” Campbell said.

"To win a championship with your best mates, that's a dream come true. We're all pushing for each other, and everyone wants to have a big impact on the game.

"It's such a great feeling to play with, and for your mates.”

Winning that championship means getting past the Cavalry, who will host the first in a three-game series in Canberra on Friday night.

The Bandits and Cavalry opened the 2017-18 ABL season way back in November, which finished in a 3-0 series sweep for the Brisbane side.

The two met again for a four-game series in Canberra two weeks ago, and ended 2-2.

A win in the opening match helped the Bandits clinch their second minor premiership.

The buzz around a three-peat slowly built as the season progressed, but Campbell said the team never put any unnecessary pressure on themselves.

"We've been pumped for this all year,” he said.

"Dingo (coach Dave Nilsson) has put together a really good team. (The secret) has been to just have fun. We don't put too much pressure on ourselves.”

A win in Canberra on Friday night would mean the Bandits could clinch the three-peat as early as Saturday.

To do so in front of a parochial home crowd at Holloway Park would be icing on the cake.

"We've always had a great crowd, and obviously when you win you start to draw more numbers,” Campbell said.

"The staff have done a great job in finding people who bring a good atmosphere. They're a really loyal crowd, they get behind us whether we're winning or losing.

"I told the boys, if you can't do it for yourselves then do it for the crowd because we owe it to them.”