Final League Table

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	Pts
Dublin City Hurricanes	16	14	2	0			0	58
Greystones Mariners	16	13	3	0			1	55
Dublin Spartans	16	5	11	0			9	31
Ulster	16	5	11	0			9	31
Dublin Black Sox	16	3	12	1			11.5	23

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Points System: 4 Pts Win / 1 Pt Loss / 0 Pts Forfeit (#)

Italics: Qualify for Playoffs.

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
Date	Semi-Final	Score	(Corkagh Park)	Score
10.09.2017	Greystones Mariners	1	Dublin Spartans	4
10.09.2017	Dublin Spartans	3	Greystones Mariners	5
17.09.2017	Greystones Mariners	8	Dublin Spartans	2
	(Mariners won series 2-1)
Date	Final	Score	(Corkagh Park)	Score
24.09.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	10	Greystones Mariners	2
24.09.2017	Greystones Mariners	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	7
	(Hurricanes Won series 2-0)

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Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Score
	Week 1
02.04.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	6	Dublin Spartans	2
	Week 2
09.04.2017	Ulster	10	Dublin Spartans	4
09.04.2017	Ulster	3	Dublin Spartans	12
09.04.2017	Dublin Black Sox	7	Greystones Mariners	11
	Week 3
22.04.2017	Dublin Black Sox	3	Dublin Spartans	24
23.04.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	10	Greystones Mariners	7
	Week 4
29.04.2017	Dublin Black Sox	8	Dublin Spartans	6
30.04.2017	Greystones Mariners	14	Ulster	4
30.04.2017	Greystones Mariners	9	Ulster	1
	Week 5
07.05.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	22	Dublin Spartans	1
	Week 6
14.05.2017	Greystones Mariners	8	Dublin City Hurricanes	22
14.05.2017	Dublin Black Sox	9	Ulster	8
14.05.2017	Dublin Black Sox	8	Ulster	7
	Week 7
21.05.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	15	Dublin Black Sox	3
	Week 9
11.06.2017^	Greystones Mariners	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	11
	Week 10
18.06.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	14	Dublin Black Sox	1
	Week 11
25.06.2017	Dublin Black Sox	0	Dublin City Hurricanes	11
	Week 13
16.07.2017	Dublin Spartans	8	Dublin Black Sox	2
16.07.2017	Dublin Spartans	5	Greystones Mariners	19
16.07.2017	Ulster	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	26
16.07.2017	Ulster	9	Dublin City Hurricanes	1
	Week 14
22.07.2017	Dublin Black Sox	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	9
23.07.2017	Dublin Spartans	18	Ulster	8
23.07.2017	Dublin Spartans	7	Ulster	9
	Week 15
29.07.2017	Greystones Mariners	4	Dublin Spartans	1
29.07.2017^	Dublin Spartans	2	Greystones Mariners	15
	Week 16
06.08.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	22	Ulster	7
06.08.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	20	Ulster	5
06.08.2017	Greystones Mariners	7	Dublin Black Sox	2
	Week 17
09.08.2017	Dublin Spartans	10	Dublin Black Sox	7
13.08.2017	Dublin Spartans	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	17
13.08.2017	Ulster	2	Greystones Mariners	8
13.08.2017	Ulster	1	Greystones Mariners	9
	Week 18
20.08.2017	Greystones Mariners	7	Dublin Spartans	2
	Week 19
23.08.2017	Dublin Black Sox	0	Greystones Mariners	7
27.08.2017	Greystones Mariners	14	Dublin City Hurricanes	4
27.08.2017	Ulster	6	Dublin Black Sox	4
27.08.2017	Ulster	4	Dublin Black Sox	3
	Week 20
02.09.2017	Greystones Mariners	5	Dublin Black Sox	1
03.09.2017	Dublin Spartans	0	Dublin City Hurricanes	22

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Home Venues [5]

Team	Home Field
Dublin Black Sox	Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Dublin City Hurricanes	National Baseball Facility, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Co. South Dublin
Dublin Spartans	National Baseball Facility, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Co. South Dublin
Greystones Mariners	Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
Ulster	Peace-Link Park, Clones, Co. Monaghan
Games marked with^	Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown

Report

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Dublin City Hurricanes: A-League Champions 2017[6]

Dublin City Hurricanes won their third crown in a row with a two-game sweep of the Greystones Mariners in the Final.[7]

Final (Best-of-3):

Dublin City Hurricanes 10 Greystones Mariners 2

Greystones Mariners 5 Dublin City Hurricanes 7

Game 1: Pitcher Roberto Marquez changed his game, throwing batters off with his curveball, change-up and strategic fastball. Combined with solid defensive play and hits stread throughout the order it was enough to give the Hurricanes the win in the first game.[7]

Game 2: Dublin City took an early lead through the hitting of Kelvin Almsanazar and Marquez. Starting Pitcher for the second game, William Pena, had success until the late innings, when, with Greystones five runs behind, they sparked a ninth-inning rally. Mariners Liam Shier hit a fly-ball way out to left-field which could have been a game-changer, but a diving catch by Jose Martinez got the first out of the innings. Still, the Mariners got three big hits from Dan Viola, Mark Treacy and Leo Farrell, which left the game in the balance. Tommy Hernandez stepped up to the plate for what would have been the Mariners’ winning run, except for Pena’s curveball, which got the final out, and gave the ‘Canes victory for the third year in succession.[7]

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 (2017) Fixture & Results – A League Fixtures – 2017 [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=A&search_year=2017 [Accessed 4 September 2017]

[3] Baseball Ireland (2017) Fixture & Results – League Tables [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2017 [Accessed 4 September 2017]

[4] Baseball Ireland (2017) Playoff Results [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=Playoffs&search_year=2017 [Accessed 25 September 2017]

[5] Baseball Ireland (2017) Teams – Adult Teams [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/find-a-team.php [Accessed 8 May 2017]

[6] Baseball Ireland (2017) News- 24th September 2017 – Champions – Dublin City Hurricanes [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/news.php#240 [Accessed 20 October 2017]

[7] Leonard, Stephen (2017) “It’s a three-peat for dominant Hurricanes” Tallaght Echo September 28, 2017. [Internet] Available from: http://www.echo.ie/sport/article/it-s-a-three-peat-for-dominant-hurricanes [Accessed 8 March 2017]

Acknowledgements

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

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