Final League Table
| P | W | L | FF | GB | Pts | |
| *Dublin City Hurricanes | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | – | 45 |
| *Greystones Mariners | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| *Dublin Spartans | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| *Belfast North Stars | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Dublin Black Sox | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 30 |
| Munster Warriors | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 8.6 | 19 |
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Playoff Results
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| A-League Final | ||||
| 18.09.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 2 | Dublin Spartans | 9 |
| 18.09.10 | Dublin Spartans | 6 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 1 |
| (Spartans won series 2-0) |
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Regular Season Results
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Week 1 | ||||
| 10.04.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 3 | Greystones Mariners | 2 |
| 10.04.10 | Munster Warriors | 1 | Dublin Spartans | 0 |
| 10.04.10 | Munster Warriors | 8 | Dublin Spartans | 5 |
| Week 2 | ||||
| 17.04.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 5 | Dublin Spartans | 6 |
| 17.04.10 | Dublin Black Sox | 1 | Greystones Mariners | 3 |
| Week 3 | ||||
| 24.04.10 | Greystones Mariners | 10 | Dublin Black Sox | 9 |
| Week 4 | ||||
| 01.05.10 | Munster Warriors | 11 | Dublin Black Sox | 24 |
| 01.05.10 | Munster Warriors | 10 | Dublin Black Sox | 16 |
| 02.05.10 | Greystones Mariners | 10 | Dublin Spartans | 3 |
| Week 5 | ||||
| 08.05.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 7 | Dublin Black Sox | 3 |
| 09.05.10 | Belfast North Stars | 7 | Greystones Mariners | 9 |
| 09.05.10 | Belfast North Stars | 3 | Greystones Mariners | 7 |
| Week 6 | ||||
| 15.05.10 | Belfast North Stars | 7 | Munster Warriors | 0 # |
| 15.05.10 | Belfast North Stars | 7 | Munster Warriors | 0 # |
| 15.05.10 | Greystones Mariners | 3 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 10 |
| Week 7 | ||||
| 22.05.10 | Belfast North Stars | 4 | Dublin Spartans | 3 |
| 22.05.10 | Dublin Spartans | 9 | Belfast North Stars | 10 |
| Week 8 | ||||
| 29.05.10 | Dublin Black Sox | 14 | Greystones Mariners | 8 |
| Week 9 | ||||
| 05.06.10 | Dublin Spartans | 10 | Belfast North Stars | 2 |
| 05.06.10 | Dublin Black Sox | 2 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 7 |
| 05.06.10 | Greystones Mariners | 8 | Belfast North Stars | 6 |
| Week 10 | ||||
| 20.06.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 10 | Munster Warriors | 6 |
| 20.06.10 | Dublin Spartans | 4 | Munster Warriors | 5 |
| Week 11 | ||||
| 27.06.10 | Dublin Black Sox | 0 | Dublin Spartans | 5 |
| Week 12 | ||||
| 10.07.10 | Dublin Spartans | 3 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 4 |
| 10.07.10 | Dublin Black Sox | 5 | Munster Warriors | 0 |
| 10.07.10 | Greystones Mariners | 12 | Munster Warriors | 0 |
| Week 13 | ||||
| 17.07.10 | Belfast North Stars | 1 | Dublin Black Sox | 2 |
| 17.07.10 | Munster Warriors | 3 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 21 |
| 17.06.10 | Dublin Black Sox | 9 | Belfast North Stars | 11 |
| Week 14 | ||||
| 24.07.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 16 | Belfast North Stars | 3 |
| 24.07.10 | Munster Warriors | 5 | Belfast North Stars | 7 |
| Week 15 | ||||
| 31.07.10 | Belfast North Stars | 2 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 0 |
| 31.07.10 | Dublin Spartans | 11 | Dublin Black Sox | 2 |
| 31.07.10 | Munster Warriors | 0 | Greystones Mariners | 7 |
| 31.07.10 | Belfast North Stars | 5 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 8 |
| 31.07.10 | Greystones Mariners | 7 | Munster Warriors | 0 |
| Week 16 | ||||
| 07.08.10 | Dublin Spartans | 7 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 0 |
| Week 17 | ||||
| 14.08.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 7 | Dublin Black Sox | 5 |
| 14.08.10 | Greystones Mariners | 4 | Dublin Spartans | 12 |
| Week 18 | ||||
| 21.08.10 | Dublin Spartans | 5 | Dublin Black Sox | 0 |
| 21.08.10 | Dublin City Hurricanes | 0 | Greystones Mariners | 2 |
| Week 19 | ||||
| 28.08.10 | Greystones Mariners | 1 | Dublin Spartans | 4 |
| 28.08.10 | Dublin Black Sox | 2 | Belfast North Stars | 4 |
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Home Venues
| Team | Home Field |
| Belfast North Stars | Belfast |
| Dublin Black Sox | Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown |
| Dublin City Hurricanes | O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, D22, Co. South Dublin |
| Dublin Spartans | O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, D22, Co. South Dublin |
| Greystones Mariners | Greystones, Co. Wicklow |
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Team and Player Awards
| Award | Team |
| A League Champions | Dublin Spartans |
| A League Pennant Winners | Dublin City Hurricanes |
| Award | Player |
| Andy Leonard MVP Award | Jimmy Pita |
| Tommy Bond Best Pitcher Award | Andrei Apostaoie |
| Silver Slugger Award | Carlos Fabian |
| Batting Champion | Carlos Fabian |
Reference: [6]
Report
The Dublin Spartans won the 2010 Baseball Ireland A League Title, after beating League Pennant Winners Dublin City Hurricanes, sweeping the two-game series. Greystones Mariners (10-5) and Belfast North Stars (8-7) also qualified for the playoffs, the NorthStars for the first time ever, in their best season to date. The Dublin Black Sox (5-10) and Munster Warriors (4-7-4) were the other two teams in what was the most competitive season in the Irish Baseball League in years.
About
The 2010 Baseball Ireland A League was the 14th season of the Irish Baseball League and the 5th of the A League since the League was split into A & B Leagues in 2006. It featured 6 teams, a return to 2008 levels, after the addition of the Munster Warriors, based in Limerick, who had won Promotion after winning the B League in 2009.
Websites
[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]
[2] – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2010) Ladder [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/save/_embed/http://websites.sportstg.com/nfnn/rpt_ladder.cgi?results=N&round=18&client=1-7884-0-108844-0&pool=1 [Accessed 24 March 2017]
[3] Wayback Machine Web Archive – Baseball Ireland (2011) 2011 Adult Irish Baseball League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20110716140650/http://www.baseballireland.com/spulse.html [Accessed 24 March 2017]
[6] Baseball Ireland (2019) Baseball Ireland – Award Winners [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/news.php?search_id=6 [Accessed 2 December 2019]
Images
[4] Baseball Ireland (2019) Spartans 2010 Champions [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/images/Spartans_2010_Champs_Sml.jpg [Accessed 2 December 2019]
[5] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Tom Kelley & Peter Mullen (Black Sox)
About this document
Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive
Last Updated: 2 December 2019
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