Final League Table

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes	17	16	1	0			–	65
*Dublin Spartans	17	8	9	0			8	41
*Greystones Mariners	17	7	10	0			9	38
Dublin Black Sox	15	2	11	2			15	17

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Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final		(Corkagh Park)
10.09.2016	Dublin Spartans	0	Greystones Mariners	1
10.09.2016	Greystones Mariners	13	Dublin Spartans	10
	(Mariners won Series 2-0)
	A-League Final		(Corkagh Park)
17.09.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	15	Greystones Mariners	5
17.09.2016	Greystones Mariners	3	Dublin City Hurricanes	11
	(Hurricanes won Series 2-0)

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Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
19.03.2016	Dublin Black Sox	1	Greystones Mariners	6
20.03.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	8	Dublin Spartans	2
	Week 2
02.04.2016	Dublin Spartans	12	Greystones Mariners	5
	Week 3
10.04.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	17	Dublin Spartans	7
10.04.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	3	Dublin Black Sox	2
	Week 4
16.04.2016	Greystones Mariners	3	Dublin Spartans	13
17.04.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	17	Dublin Black Sox	2
	Week 5
24.04.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	9	Dublin Spartans	4
24.04.2016	Greystones Mariners	12	Dublin Black Sox	10
	Week 6
30.04.2016	Dublin Spartans	12	Dublin Black Sox	2
	Week 7
07.05.2016	Greystones Mariners	3	Dublin City Hurricanes	10
08.05.2016	Dublin Spartans	8	Dublin Black Sox	5
	Week 8
15.05.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	8	Greystones Mariners	3
15.05.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	13	Greystones Mariners	2
	Week 9
21.05.2016	Greystones Mariners	2	Dublin Black Sox	14
	Week 10
05.06.2016	Dublin Spartans	–	Dublin Black Sox	–
	Week 11
12.06.2016	Dublin Spartans	2	Greystones Mariners	1
12.06.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	9	Dublin Black Sox	0 #
	Week 12
19.06.2016	Greystones Mariners	–	Dublin Black Sox	–
19.06.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	16	Dublin Spartans	5
	Week 14
02.07.2016	Dublin Black Sox	3	Dublin City Hurricanes	11
02.07.2016	Greystones Mariners	7	Dublin Spartans	1
	Week 15
16.07.2016	Dublin Black Sox	0	Greystones Mariners	5
17.07.2016	Dublin Spartans	2	Dublin City Hurricanes	7
	Week 18
07.08.2016	Dublin Black Sox	2	Dublin City Hurricanes	13
07.08.2016	Dublin Spartans	7	Greystones Mariners	9
	Week 19
14.08.2016	Dublin Black Sox	3	Dublin Spartans	7
14.08.2016	Greystones Mariners	3	Dublin City Hurricanes	7
	Week 20
21.08.2016	Dublin Black Sox	0 #	Dublin Spartans	7
21.08.2016	Greystones Mariners	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	4
	Week 21
28.08.2016	Dublin Black Sox	2	Dublin Spartans	14
28.08.2016	Dublin Black Sox	4	Greystones Mariners	2
	Week 22
04.09.2016	Greystones Mariners	6	Dublin Spartans	3
04.09.2016	Dublin Spartans	0	Dublin City Hurricanes	11
	Week 23
07.09.2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	4	Greystones Mariners	3
10.09.2016	Dublin Black Sox	–	Dublin City Hurricanes	–

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Report

Dublin City Hurricanes won their second Final in a row, defeating Greystones Mariners 15-5 & 11-3 to take the series 2-0. This was revenge for the Hurricanes who had lost their first regular season game in three years to the Mariners towads the end of the season.[6]

Final (Best-of-3):

Dublin City Hurricanes 15 Greystones Mariners 5

Greystones Mariners 3 Dublin City Hurricanes 11.

The combined pitching of Alejandro Guerrero (Game 1) & William Pena (Game 2) as well as the superb hitting from joint series MVP’s Kelvin Almanazar & Frank Prieto, who combined for 10 hits from 16 attempts and 12 runs batted-in, powered the Hurricanes to victory in the series. Their runs came early on and they were able to close out the games to win their second League & Playoff double in a row.[6]

Awards

Award	Winners
Final Series MVP	Kelvin Almanazar (Dublin City Hurricanes) & Frank Prieto (Dublin City Hurricanes) – Joint MVP

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References

Websites

[1] Baseball Ireland (2017) Baseball Ireland Logo Car Sticker [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/images/carsticker.jpg [Accessed 1 May 2017]

[2] Baseball Ireland (2016) Schedule 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2016&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

[3] Baseball Ireland (2017) Fixture & Results – League Tables [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2016 [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Post September 11 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1759331540982421 [Accessed 11 January 2017]

Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Post September 11 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1759225940992981 [Accessed 11 January 2017]

[4] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Photo September 7 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/photos/a.1664991380416438.1073741828.1664980450417531/1757586144490294/?type=3 [Accessed 11 January 2017]

[5] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Post September 10 2016 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1758906561024919 [Accessed 11 January 2017]

[6] Tallaght Echo (2016) “Hurricanes Successfully Defend National Crown” [Internet] Available from: http://www.echo.ie/sport/article/hurricanes-successfully-defend-national-crown [Accessed 27 October 2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland & Peter Mullen, Dublin Black Sox.

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