Category: Baseball

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Belfast Wolves Irish Baseball League Team 2004-2006

Belfast Baseball Association Graphic 2004-2006 [References: 1]

Factfile

Home Field: The Dub / Queen’s University Belfast Playing Fields, Upper Malone Road, Belfast

Colours: Red Shirts with Black trim, Grey Pants.

Honours: None

All-Time Record: (W-L-Forfeit) All Games (10-31-0) Regular Season (10-31-0) Playoffs (0-0-0)

Year by Year Record

Year	League	P	W	L	FF	Pts	Pos	PW	PL	Chp	IW	IL	IC
2004	IBL	18	4	14	0	30	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	IBL	8	1	7	0	11	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	IBL Trophy	8	4	4	0	20	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	B	7	1	6	0	10	4	–	–	–	–	–	–

[References: 2-7]

History

Belfast Wolves were the second team created as part of the Belfast Baseball Association when in 2004 they joined the Belfast North Stars and 8 Greater-Dublin-Area-based teams in the Irish Baseball League. They finished with a respectable 4-14 record on their first season, ending in 7th place of 10 teams. In 2005 the League was split halfway between a Championship (Upper League) and Trophy (Lower League) and after finishing 8th of 9 teams were placed in the Trophy section where they improved on their 1-7 first-half start to complete the Trophy in an even 4-4 record. Teams in the Trophy section were placed in the new Baseball Ireland B League in 2006 with the Dublin teams made B teams of their A League Dublin counterparts. After a 1-6 season where they finished 1-6 and fourth place of four teams they folded.

Legend

Key	Explanation
Div	Division
IBL	Irish Baseball League
Champ	Championship (2nd Half Top Group)
Trophy	Trophy (2nd Half Bottom Group)
A	Baseball Ireland A-League
B	Baseball Ireland B-League
P	Played
W	Won
L	Lost
FF	Forfeit
Pts	Points
Pos	Final League/Division Position
Chp	Final Playoff Position
W	Winners
F	Finalists
SF	Semi-Finalists
PO	Knocked Out in Playoff Round

References

Logos

[8] Belfast Baseball Association Wayback Machine (2005) BBA_Header_Graphics [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050816232349im_/http://www.belfastbaseball.com/BBA_Header_Graphics.jpg [Accessed 10 June 2021]

Blogs

[2] Boston Irish (2008) The Lowdown on Baseball in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://irishbaseballseason.blogspot.com/2007/05/baseball-in-ireland-really-low-down-on.html [Accessed 28 November 2019]

Internet Archive

[3] Panthers Baseball Club | ETeamz | Wayback Machine (2003) Irish Baseball History So Far [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030907212205/http://www.eteamz.com/panthers-irl/news/index.cfm?id=717896&cat=150587 [Accessed 28 November 2019]

Bibliography

[4] (2008) Chetwynd, Josh. Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History. pg. 276. North Carolina and London

Internet Archive

[5] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2004) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20041206085245/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[6] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2005) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20050828155124/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[7] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2006) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20061026024439/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[8] Belfast Baseball Association Wayback Machine (2006) Home [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20050816232349/http://www.belfastbaseball.com/ [Accessed 10 June 2021]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr. Jose A. Santos (Baseball Ireland)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 10 June 2021

June 10, 2021June 11, 2021

Dublin Black Sox Baseball Ireland Team 2001-2017

Black Sox Logo [References: 2]

Factfile

Home Field: Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin22 / Co. South Dublin (2002-2005) Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin / Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown (2006-2017)

Colours: Black Shirts; White Pants

Honours: 1 Time Playoff Final Runners-Up (2006) 7 Times Playoff Qualifiers (2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013)

All-Time Record: (W-L-Forfeit) All Games (116-132-10) Regular season (113-124-10) Playoffs (3-8-0) Note: Complete Record Unknown

Name Changes: Black Sox Baseball Club 2001-2005; Dublin Black Sox 2006-2017

Season by Season Record

Year	League	P	W	L	FF	Pts	Pos	PW	PL	Chp	IW	IL	IC
2001	IBL
2002	IBL	18	13	4	1	55	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	IBL	14	8	6	0	38	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
2004	IBL	18	12	6	0	54	4	1	1	–	–	–	–
2005	IBL	8	5	3	0	23	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	IBL Champ	6	2	4	0	12	3	–	–	–	–	–	–
2006	A	14	10	4	0	44	2	0	2	–	–	–	–
2007	A	14	9	5	0	41	3	0	1	–	–	–	–
2008	A	15	10	5	0	45	3	0	1	–	–	–	–
2009	A	16	10	6	0	46	3	1	1	–	–	–	–
2010	A	15	5	10	0	30	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	A	15	4	11	0	27	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	A	15	7	8	0	36	4	0	1	–	–	–	–
2013	A	15	9	6	0	42	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
2014	A	15	3	9	3	18	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	A	18	1	14	3	15	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
2016	A	16	2	11	2	17	4	–	–	–	–	–	–
2017	A	16	3	12	1	23	5	–	–	–	–	–	–

[References: 2-31]

Home Venue

History

Black Sox Baseball Club were founded in 2001, and played their first season at Corkagh Park in Clondalkin, Dublin 22. They opened the season with two wins versus Blue Devils. In 2002 they had a very successful season, finishing third with 13 wins from 18 games, and also posted a winning season in 2003 and 2004. The 2005 season was split halfway into a Championship section and a lower half Trophy section. the Black Sox qualified for the Championship section and finished third again, scoring 7-7 over the entire season.

This enabled them to play in the newly named Baseball Ireland A League for 2006 with the Trophy teams relegated to B team status of the A League teams. It was around this time that the Dublin teams added Dublin to their name and the Dublin Black Sox moved into a new field which had yet to be fully developed in Shanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dublin (Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown). They finished runners-up to the Dublin Spartans in both the League and the Playoff Final in what was to prove their best ever season. They went 10-4 during the Regular season that year, the least losses for the team ever in a season and their only season ever reaching the A League Final.

From 2007 to 2009 inclusive the Black Sox put up winning records (9-6, 10-5, 10-6) and qualified for the Playoffs each year but but lost in the first or second match-up each time without again reaching the Final. Three losing seasons followed although a slight recovery in the third year of that stretch in 2012 saw the Dublin Black Sox again reach the Playoffs. Second Place in the League followed in 2013 but yet again playoff disappointment. A big slump followed in 2014 with the Black Sox only recording 3 wins and they were to never to win more than that again from then to their final year in 2017 which was preceded by their B Team dropping out of the B League after 2016.

While never reaching the heights of their more successful neighbours in Clondalkin – the Dublin City Hurricanes and Dublin Spartans – nor their co-tenants in Shanganagh Park towards the end of the 2010s – the Greystones Mariners – they nonetheless played an important part of the four-team backbone of the Baseball Ireland A League from the opening of Shanganagh Park in 2006 to the opening of the Ashbourne International Baseball Centre in Co. Meath in 2017.

Logos

Black Sox Baseball Club Alternate Logo 2004-2008

Black Sox Forever! Logo 2004-2008 {References: 1]

Dublin Black Sox Primary Logo 2004-2017

Black Sox Primary Logo 2004-2017 [References: 1]

Legend

Key	Explanation
Div	Division
IBL	Irish Baseball League
Champ	Championship (2nd Half Top Group)
Trophy	Trophy (2nd Half Bottom Group)
A	Irish Baseball League A-League
P	Played
W	Won
L	Lost
FF	Forfeit
Pts	Points
Pos	Final League/Division Position
Chp	Final Playoff Position
W	Winners
F	Finalists
SF	Semi-Finalists
PO	Knocked Out in Playoff Round

References

Logos

[1] Dublin Black Sox Wayback Machine (2004) newsoxbar1 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20040614200212im_/http://ianlenehan.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/newsoxbar1.jpg [Accessed 10 June 2021]

[2] Dublin Black Sox Wayback Machine (2008) thumb269 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20081004163545im_/http://www.blacksoxireland.com/pictures/thumb269.jpg [Accessed 10 June 2021]

Bibliography

[8] (2008) Chetwynd, Josh. Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History. pg. 276. North Carolina and London.

Sources

[9] Anon. (2003) “Spartans crowned in Corkagh”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 2, 2003. [10] Anon. (2003) “Corkagh to host a cracker”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, September 25, 2003.[11] Anon. (2008) “Spartans make it three in a row in Irish Championship”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 15, 2008.[12] Anon. (2014) “Bittersweet for Hurricanes in Final”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 9, 2014.[19] 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]

Websites

[13] Baseball Ireland (2012) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2012&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

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

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

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

Internet Archive

[4] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2003) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030206112504/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[5] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2003) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20031001124151/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[6] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2004) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20041206085245/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[7] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2005) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20050828155124/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[20] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2006) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20061026024439/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[21] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2007) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20071006034356/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[22] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2008) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20081017051201/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[23] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2009) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20090926041555/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[24] – 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]

[25] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2011) Adult League [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20110716140650/http://www.baseballireland.com/spulse.html [Accessed 24 March 2017]

[26] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20131015095707/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2013 [Accessed 19 June 2018]

[27] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2014) 2014 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20141219024651/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2014 [Accessed 19 June 2018]

[28] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2015) 2015 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20150925005924/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2015 [Accessed 1 March 2018]

Social Media

[29] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1308998669133659 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[30] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1758906561024919 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[31] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1759225940992981 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Mullen (Dublin Black Sox)

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 11 June 2021

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved. The Logos and Photos used in this article remain the property of the organisations and individuals which own the copyright and are used here for educational and information purposes only.

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West Clare Dolphins Baseball Ireland Team 2010-2016

West Clare Dolphins Logo 2010 [References: 1]

Factfile

Home Field: Kilrush Community Centre, Kilrush, Co. Clare

Colours:

Honours: None

All-Time Record: (W-L-Forfeit) All-Games ( 11-73-6) Regular Season (11-73-6)Playoffs (0-0-0)

Season by Season Record

Year	League	P	W	L	FF	Pts	Pos	PW	PL	Chp	IW	IL	IC
2010	B	10	2	8	0	16	5	–	–	–	–	–	–
2011	B	15	1	14	0	18	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
2012	B	15	1	12	2	14	6	–	–	–	–	–	–
2013	B	18	1	15	2	18	7	–	–	–	–	–	–
2014	B	16	4	10	2	26	8	–	–	–	–	–	–
2015	DNC
2016	B South	16	2	14	0	22	4	–	–	–	–	–	–

[References: 2-11]

Home Venue

History

The West Clare Dolphins played their first season in Baseball Ireland’s B League in 2010 winning two of their 10 games and narrowly missing out on the Playoffs to Cavan Comets. Despite the increase in games played to 15 in 2011 and then 18 in 2013 they could only win one game each year. In 2014 they had arguably their best ever season, winning 4 of their 16 games although only on paper because the victories were forfeit wins against Dublin Tigers B (twice) and Dublin Spartans B (twice). The won on the field at Cavan Comets 24-4 on the last day of the season in 2011, and again in 2012 (By a score of 12-11) defeated Greystones Mariners B 10-9 in 2013. Both victories in their last season in 2016 were also forfeit victories versus Dublin Black Sox B. They were based in the scenic resort town of Kilrush, Co. Clare.

Evolution of the West Clare Dolphins Logo

2010 Season

West Clare Dolphins Logo 2010 [References: 1]

2011 Season

West Clare Dolphins Logo 2011 [References: 12]

2012 Season

West Clare Dolphins Logo 2012 [References: 13]

2013 to 2014 Seasons

West Clare Dolphins Logo 2013 [References: 14]

2016 Season

West Clare Dolphins Logo 2016 [References: 15]

Legend / Key

Key	Explanation
Div	Division
IBL	Irish Baseball League
Champ	Championship (2nd Half Top Group)
Trophy	Trophy (2nd Half Bottom Group)
A	Irish Baseball League A-League
P	Played
W	Won
L	Lost
FF	Forfeit
Pts	Points
Pos	Final League/Division Position
Chp	Final Playoff Position
W	Winners
F	Finalists
SF	Semi-Finalists
PO	Knocked Out in Playoff Round
PW	Playoff Matches Won
PL	Playoff Matches Lost
IW	International Matches Won
IL	International Matches Lost
IC	International Championships Won
AP	A League Pennant
BP	B League Pennant
AC	A League Championship
BC	B League Championship
N/A	Not Applicable

References

Images

[1] West Clare Dolphins Facebook Page (2010) Profile Picture. December 8, 2010 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westclare.dolphins/photos/a.1681003095467074/1681003168800400 [Accessed 10 June 2021]

Internet Archive

[2] Baseball Ireland | Wayback Machine (2008) 2010 Irish Baseball League | B-League | Standings | Results [Choose from Menu] [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20110716140650/http://www.baseballireland.com/spulse.html [Accessed 13 September 2019]

Websites

[2] Baseball Ireland (2016) Schedule 2011 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=A&search_year=2011 %5BAccessed 21 September 2016]

[3] Baseball Ireland (2016) Tables 2011 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2011 %5BAccessed 21 September 2016]

[4] Baseball Ireland (2012) League Schedule 2012 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2012&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

[5] Baseball Ireland (2019) Baseball Ireland – Award Winners [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/news.php?search_id=6 [Accessed 2 December 2019]

[6] Baseball Ireland (2013) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2013&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[7] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20131015095707/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2013 [Accessed 19 June 2018]

Websites

[8] Baseball Ireland (2014) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2014&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[9] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2014) 2014 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20141219024651/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2014 [Accessed 19 June 2018]

Websites

[10] Baseball Ireland (2016) Schedule 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=A&search_year=2016 [Accessed 23 March 2017]

[11] Baseball Ireland (2016) Tables 2016 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2016 [Accessed 23 March 2017]

Featured Logos

[12] West Clare Dolphins Facebook Page (2011) Profile Picture. February 4 2011 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westclare.dolphins/photos/a.1681003118800405/1681003212133729 [Accessed 10 June 2021]

[13] West Clare Dolphins Facebook Page (2011) Profile Picture. April 20, 2012 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westclare.dolphins/photos/a.1681003095467074/1681003158800401 [Accessed 10 June 2021]

[14] West Clare Dolphins Facebook Page (2011) Profile Picture. March 20, 2013 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westclare.dolphins/photos/a.1681003095467074/1681003172133733 [Accessed 10 June 2021]

[15] West Clare Dolphins Facebook Page (2011) Profile Picture. August 6, 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/westclare.dolphins/photos/a.1681003095467074/1683967731837277 [Accessed 10 June 2021]

Acknowledgements

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

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 10 June 2021

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Munster Warriors Baseball Ireland Team 2009-2013

Factfile

Home Field: Cork (2009), Limerick (2010-2011) Corkagh park, Clondalkin, Dublin (2012-2013)

Colours:

Honours: B League Pennant winners (2009) Playoff Qualifier (2009, 2011, 2012)

Career Record: (W-L-Forfeit) All Games (35-32-8) Regular Season (35-29-8) Playoffs (0-3-0) Note: Full record currently unknown.

Season by Season Record

Year	League	P	W	L	FF	Pts	Pos	PW	PL	Chp	IW	IL	IC
2009	B	12	12	0	0	48	1			BP
2010	A	15	4	7	4	19	6	–	–	–
2011	A	15	7	8	0	36	3	0	1	–
2012	A	15	9	6	0	42	2	0	2	–
2013	A	15	3	8	4	16	6	–	–	–

[References: 1-11]

Report

The Munster Warriors were formed in 2009 when the Cork Druids who had played in the B League in 2008 merged with an emerging Limerick team. They joined the B League their first season and won all 12 matches winning the B League Pennant (the result of the Final is currently unknown). After promotion to the A League in 2010 where they won 4 of 15 matches they went on to Qualify for the Playoffs in both 2011 and 2012, the latter year their best ever in the A League when they finished second with a 9-6 Wins-Losses record. The team folded after a disappointing 2013 season where they only won 3 of their matches. The Warriors played their home games in Cork in 2009, Limerick 2010 and 2011 and then had to make the long journey up to Dublin for all their games in 2012 and 2013.

Legend / Key

Key	Explanation
Div	Division
IBL	Irish Baseball League
Champ	Championship (2nd Half Top Group)
Trophy	Trophy (2nd Half Bottom Group)
A	Irish Baseball League A-League
P	Played
W	Won
L	Lost
FF	Forfeit
Pts	Points
Pos	Final League/Division Position
Chp	Final Playoff Position
W	Winners
F	Finalists
SF	Semi-Finalists
PO	Knocked Out in Playoff Round
PW	Playoff Matches Won
PL	Playoff Matches Lost
IW	International Matches Won
IL	International Matches Lost
IC	International Championships Won
AP	A League Pennant
BP	B League Pennant
AC	A League Championship
BC	B League Championship
N/A	Not Applicable

References

Internet Archive

[1] Baseball Ireland |Wayback Machine (2007) 2009 Adult Irish Baseball League [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090926041555/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm [Accessed 13 September 2019]

[2] Baseball Ireland |Wayback Machine (2007) 2009 Adult Irish Baseball League – Results to Date [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20090927104356/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league_past.htm [Accessed 13 September 2019]

[3] – 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]

[4] 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]

[5] Baseball Ireland (2019) Baseball Ireland – Award Winners [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/news.php?search_id=6 [Accessed 2 December 2019]

[6] Baseball Ireland (2011) Irish Baseball League 2011 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2011&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]”

[7] Baseball Ireland (2019) Baseball Ireland – Award Winners [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/news.php?search_id=6 [Accessed 2 December 2019]

[8] Baseball Ireland (2012) League Schedule 2012 [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2012&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

[9] Baseball Ireland (2019) Baseball Ireland – Award Winners [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/news.php?search_id=6 [Accessed 2 December 2019]

[10] Baseball Ireland (2013) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2013&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[11] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20131015095707/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2013 [Accessed 19 June 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American & World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 10 June 2021

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Cork Druids Baseball Ireland Team 2008

Factfile

Home Field: “Deireadh an Turas”, Bunakilla, Donoughmore, Blarney, Cork

Colours: Red Shirts and White Pants

Honours: None

Career Record: (W-L-Forfeit): All Games 1-7-2 / Regular Season 1-7-2 / Playoffs 0-0-0

Season by Season Record

Year

League

Pts

Pos

Chp

2008

–

Report

Cork Druids are notable for being the first team from outside Dublin or Belfast to play in the Irish Baseball League. They were formed in 2004 in Donoughmore, Blarney, Co. Cork and as well as playing Little League (Youth Baseball) they joined the Baseball Ireland B League (Adult) in 2008 where they finished fifth and last behind the B Teams of the Dublin City Hurricanes, Greystones Mariners, Dublin Spartans and Dublin Black Sox. They won one of their 10 matches and lost 7 with the other two games forfeited. After the season they merged with an emerging Limerick team to form the Munster Warriors, which played out of Limerick featuring players from both Cork and Limerick. The Clubs coaches were Jason Murphy, Paul Healy and Tony Condon.

Legend / Key

Key	Explanation
Div	Division
IBL	Irish Baseball League
Champ	Championship (2nd Half Top Group)
Trophy	Trophy (2nd Half Bottom Group)
A	Irish Baseball League A-League
P	Played
W	Won
L	Lost
FF	Forfeit
Pts	Points
Pos	Final League/Division Position
Chp	Final Playoff Position
W	Winners
F	Finalists
SF	Semi-Finalists
PO	Knocked Out in Playoff Round
PW	Playoff Matches Won
PL	Playoff Matches Lost
IW	International Matches Won
IL	International Matches Lost
IC	International Championships Won
N/A	Not Applicable

References

Internet Archive

[1] Baseball Ireland | Wayback Machine (2008) 2008 Adult Irish Baseball League [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20081017051201/http://www.baseballireland.com/adult_league.htm[Accessed 13 September 2019]

[2] Baseball Ireland | Wayback Machine (2008) 2008 Adult Irish Baseball League – Results to Date [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20081006223339/http://baseballireland.com/adult_league_past.htm[Accessed 13 September 2019]

[3] Cork Sports Partnership (2021) Druids Baseball [Internet] Available from: https://www.corksports.ie/index.cfm/page/viewclubs/sort/s/letter/B [Accessed 10 June 2021]

[4] Cork Druids Wayback Machine (2010) Home [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20100308112043/http://www.druidsbaseball.com/ [Accessed 10 June 2021]

Images

Acknowledgements

Thanks to

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Dublin City Hurricanes Baseball Ireland Team 1998-2020

Dublin City Hurricanes Logo [Reference: 32]

Home Field: O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Co. South Dublin

Colours: Red Jerseys with Black Trim, White Pants and Red Sox

Honours: Irish Baseball League A-League Champions (5): 2005, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 / A-League Pennant (14): 1997, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

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

Season-by-Season Record

Year	Div	P	W	L	FF	Pts	Pos	PW	PL	Chp	IW	IL	IC
1997	IBL						1			–
1998	IBL
1999	IBL	12	9	3	0	30	2	–	–	–
2000	IBL
2001	IBL
2002	IBL	18	14	4	0	60	2
2003	IBL	14	11	3	0	47	1	–	–	–
2004	IBL	18	16	2	0	66	1	0	2	SF
2005	IBL	8	6	2	0	26	2	–	–	–
2005	Champ	6	6	0	0	24	1	2	0	W
2006	A	14	10	4	0	44	2	–	–	–
2007	A	15	11	4	0	48	1	2	3	F
2008	A	15	10	5	0	45	2	1	2	F
2009	A	16	13	3	0	55	1	1	1	F
2010	A	15	10	5	0	45	1	0	2	F
2011	A	15	15	0	0	60	1	2	3	F
2012	A	15	13	2	0	54	1	2	2	F
2013	A	15	8	7	0	39	4	1	1	SF
2014	A	15	15	0	0	60	1	1	2	F
2015	A	18	18	0	0	72	1	2	0	W
2016	A	17	16	1	0	65	1	2	0	W
2017	A	16	14	2	0	58	1	2	0	W
2018	A	16	14	2	0	58	1	2	0	W
2019	A	18	10	8	0	30	3	2	0	W
2020	A	8	2	5	1	4	4	0	0	N/A

[References: 3-32]

Note: Known simply as “Hurricanes” in the Irish Baseball League (1999-2005)

Report

Dublin City Hurricanes are one of Baseball Ireland’s oldest and most successful teams, having been founded in the first season of the Irish Baseball League after the first player draft took place (second season of 1998). They won the League Pennant in 1997, 2003, 2004 when there were no Playoffs and in 2005 won both the League Pennant and Playoffs defeating Spartans in the Final. From 2006 to 2014 they won the A League Pennant 5 times but lost in the Playoff Final to Dublin Spartans (4 times) and Greystones Mariners (2014) – The Dublin Spartans won a remarkable 9 Championships in succession and Dublin City Hurricanes were unlucky to have come up against them during this run.

Breaking the run in 2015 they finally won the Playoffs under the new Baseball Ireland A League and B League system with a sweep of Greystones Mariners in the Final. This started a run of 4 League Pennant and Playoff Championships won in a row from 2015 to 2018 before a new duo of Ashbourne Giants and Greystones Mariners took over from the old dynastic duo of Dublin Spartans and Dublin City Hurricanes. Dublin City Hurricanes slipped to 3rd and 4th in the Standings in 2019 and 2020.

Legend / Key

Key	Explanation
Div	Division
IBL	Irish Baseball League
Champ	Championship (2nd Half Top Group)
Trophy	Trophy (2nd Half Bottom Group)
A	Irish Baseball League A-League
P	Played
W	Won
L	Lost
FF	Forfeit
Pts	Points
Pos	Final League/Division Position
Chp	Final Playoff Position
W	Winners
F	Finalists
SF	Semi-Finalists
PO	Knocked Out in Playoff Round
PW	Playoff Matches Won
PL	Playoff Matches Lost
IW	International Matches Won
IL	International Matches Lost
IC	International Championships Won
N/A	Not Applicable

References

Bibliography

p>[8] (2008) Chetwynd, Josh. Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History. pg. 276. North Carolina and London.

Sources

[9] Anon. (2003) “Spartans crowned in Corkagh”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 2, 2003.

[10] Anon. (2003) “Corkagh to host a cracker”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, September 25, 2003.

[11] Anon. (2008) “Spartans make it three in a row in Irish Championship”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 15, 2008.

[12] Anon. (2014) “Bittersweet for Hurricanes in Final”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 9, 2014.

[19] 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]

Images

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

[32] Dublin City Hurricanes Facebook Page (2018) Dublin City Hurricanes Logo [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p200x200/10933776_804798689591934_8248138920111264355_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&oh=fa032b0e9afd140ec2e5ffa4f8ae3c0b&oe=5C54C203 [Accessed 6 October 2018]

[33] 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]

Websites

[13] Baseball Ireland (2012) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2012&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

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

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

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

[17] Baseball Ireland (2018) Fixture & Results – League Tables [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2018 [Accessed 17 September 2018]

[18] Baseball Ireland (2018) Fixture & Results – Playoff Fixtures [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=Playoffs&search_year=2018 [Accessed 1 October 2018]

Internet Archive

[3] Internet Archive – Irish Baseball and Softball Federation (1999) The 1999 Irish Baseball League Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/19991103022901/http://www.ibsf.ie:80/baseball/Baseball_Schedule_99.htm#Top [Accessed 10 August 2017]

Social Media

[29] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1308998669133659 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[30] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1758906561024919 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[31] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1759225940992981 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

Websites

[33] Baseball Ireland (2019) League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2019 [Accessed 9 September 2019]

[34] Baseball Ireland (2019) A League Fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=A&search_year=2019 [Accessed 30 September 2019]

[35] Baseball Ireland (2019) Playoff Fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=Playoffs&search_year=2019 [Accessed 6 October 2019]

[36] Baseball Ireland (2020) A League [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/151693/ [Accessed 9 September 2019]

[37] Baseball Ireland (2020) Results [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/results/ [Accessed 28 August 2020][Last Accessed 17 September 2020]

[38] Baseball Ireland (2020) League Standings as of 28 August 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/irish-league-standings-as-of-28-august/ [Accessed 28 August 2020, 31 August 2020][Last Accessed 17 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland

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Tuam Galway Cadet Baseball 1970

Report

A U.S. County Court Judge, Arthur O’Dea, whose grandparents were from Woodford, Co. Galway, arranged the first ever exhibition match of Baseball in Galway in August 1970. The match took place at Parkmore, Tuam, and involved teenagers from the locality, some of whom picked up the game fairly quickly. The Judge had hoped to have set up a League by the time he travelled back to Berger County, New Jersey, where he was from.

He left a set of Baseball bats with the Christian Brothers in Tuam and by September the boys in the Youth Club were playing regularly. He had also hoped to organise a match in New Jersey the following year between Irish and American teams, and had promised the boys if they were championship standard he would bring them to the United States in 1971 for the match.

References:

Sources:

[1] Anon. (1970) “The Judge socks it to them!” Evening Herald. Tuesday, August 18, 1970. pg. 18

[2] Anon. (1970) “U.S. judge brings Baseball to Galway”. Tuam Herald. Saturday, August 15, 1970. pg. 1.

[3] Anon. (1970) “Tuam Youth Club”. Tuam Herald. Saturday, September 19, 1970. pg. 6.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to the Glenamaddy Tully’s.

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Baseball Ireland B-League 2014

Baseball Ireland logo [Reference: 1]

BI B-League 2014

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	16	15	1	0		–
*Belfast NorthStars B	16	13	3	0		2.0
*Cavan Comets	16	10	6	0		5.0
*Ashbourne Giants	16	9	7	0		6.0
*Dublin Black Sox B	16	8	8	0		7.0
*Greystones Mariners B	16	5	11	0		10.0
Dublin Spartans B	16	5	11	0		10.0
West Clare Dolphins	16	4	10	2		12.0
Dublin Tigers B	16	2	2	12		19.0

Baseball Ireland B-League Standings 2014 [References: 3]

Playoffs

	Playoffs Round 1
2014	Cavan Comets	18	Greystones Mariners B	3
2014	Ashbourne Giants	12	Dublin Black Sox B	6
	Playoffs Round 2
2014	Cavan Comets	10	Ashbourne Giants	9
2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	W	Belfast North Stars B	L
	Semi-Final
2014	Belfast NorthStars B	W	Cavan Comets	L
	Final (Best-of-3)
2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	13	Belfast North Stars B	1
2014	Belfast North Stars B	1	Dublin City Hurricanes B	14
	Dublin City Hurricanes B won series 2-0

Baseball Ireland B-League Playoffs 2014 [Reference: 2]

Regular Season

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
22.03.2014	Greystones Mariners B	1	Dublin Tigers B	16
22.03.2014	Dublin Spartans B	14	Dublin Black Sox B	4
23.03.2014	Cavan Comets	8	Ashbourne Giants	9
	Week 2
29.03.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	17	Greystones Mariners B	1
30.03.2014	Belfast North Stars B	12	Ashbourne Giants	1
30.03.2014	Belfast North Stars B	16	Ashbourne Giants	8
30.03.2014	Dublin Spartans B	3	Cavan Comets	10
	Week 4
05.04.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	18	Dublin Black Sox B	3
06.04.2014	Greystones Mariners B	16	Dublin Spartans B	22
	Week 5
12.04.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	8	West Clare Dolphins	2
12.04.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	24	West Clare Dolphins	9
	Week 6
27.04,2014	Ashbourne Giants	4	Dublin City Hurricanes B	14
	Week 7
03.05.2014	Dublin Spartans B	16	Greystones Mariners B	4
	Week 8
10.05.2014	Ashbourne Giants	7	West Clare Dolphins	0 #
10.05.2014	Ashbourne Giants	7	West Clare Dolphins	0 #
11.05.2014	Greystones Mariners B	2	Belfast North Stars B	16
11.05.2014	Greystones Mariners B	2	Belfast North Stars B	18
	Week 9
17.05.2014	Cavan Comets	5	Dublin City Hurricanes B	25
17.05.2014	Cavan Comets	9	Dublin City Hurricanes B	8
17.05.2014	Dublin Tigers B	9	Dublin Spartans B	8
	Week 10
24.05.2014	West Clare Dolphins	7	Dublin Tigers B	0 #
24.05.2014	West Clare Dolphins	7	Dublin Tigers B	0 #
25.05.2014	Cavan Comets	11	Greystones Mariners B	0
	Week 11
31.05.2014	Cavan Comets	2	Belfast North Stars B	5
31.05.2014	Cavan Comets	3	Belfast North Stars B	11
31.05.2014	Ashbourne Giants	8	Dublin Spartans B	10
	Week 12
07.06.2014	Ashbourne Giants	8	Dublin Black Sox B	7
07.06.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	8	Ashbourne Giants	5
08.06.2014	Belfast North Stars B	13	Dublin Tigers B	8
08.06.2014	Belfast North Stars B	12	Dublin Tigers B	11
	Mid-Week
11.06.2014	Greytones Mariners B	2	Dublin City Hurricanes B	18
	Week 13
14.06.2014	West Clare Dolphins	14	Greystones Mariners B	18
14.06.2014	West Clare Dolphins	7	Greystones Mariners B	15
15.06.2014	Belfast North Stars B	6	Dublin Spartans B	4
15.06.2014	Belfast North Stars B	12	Dublin Spartans B	5
15.06.2014	Dublin Tigers B	0 #	Cavan Comets	7
15.06.2014	Dublin Tigers B	0 #	Cavan Comets	7
	Week 14
21.06.2014	West Clare Dolphins	1	Dublin City Hurricanes B	16
21.06.2014	West Clare Dolphins	4	Dublin City Hurricanes B	24
22.06.2014	Greystones Mariners B	2	Ashbourne Giants	19
22.06.2014	Greystones Mariners B	10	Ashbourne Giants	9
	Mid-Week
25.06.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	3	Dublin Spartans B	6
	Week 15
28.06.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	10	Belfast North Stars B	6
28.06.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	24	Belfast North Stars B	1
29.06.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	4	Ashbourne Giants	11
29.06.2014	Dublin Spartans B	7	Dublin Tigers B	0 #
	Week 16
06.07.2014	Dublin Spartans B	8	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11
06.07.2014	Ashbourne Giants	7	Dublin Tigers B	0 #
	Mid-Week
09.07.2014	Ashbourne Giants	7	Dublin Tigers B	0 #
	Week 17
12.07.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	7	Dublin Tigers B	0 #
13.07.2014	Dublin Spartans B	0 #	Ashbourne Giants	7
	Mid-Week
16.07.2014	Greystones Mariners B	4	Dublin Black Sox B	14
	Week 18
19.07.2014	Cavan Comets	12	West Clare Dolphins	1
19.07.2014	Cavan Comets	15	West Clare Dolphins	9
	Week 19
27.07.2014	Greystones Mariners B	12	Cavan Comets	15
27.07.2014	Dublin Tigers B	0 #	Dublin City Hurricanes B	7
	Week 20
02.08.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	7	Dublin Tigers B	0 #
02.08.2014	Dublin Tigers B	0 #	Dublin Black Sox B	7
02.08.2014	West Clare Dolphins	7	Dublin Spartans B	0 #
02.08.2014	West Clare Dolphins	7	Dublin Spartans B	0 #
	Week 21
09.08.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	0	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11
10.08.2014	Dublin Spartans B	1	Cavan Comets	12
	Week 22
17.08.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	1	Cavan Comets	0
17.08.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	0	Cavan Comets	1
17.08.2014	Dublin Tigers B	0	Greystones Mariners B	7
	Week 23
23.08.2014	Belfast North Stars B	1	West Clare Dolphins	8
23.08.2014	Belfast North Stars B	19	West Clare Dolphins	18
23.08.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	6	Dublin Spartans B	4
24.08.2014	Ashbourne Giants	4	Cavan Comets	20
24.08.2014	Dublin Black Sox B	8	Greystones Mariners B	5
	Week 24
31.08.2014	Belfast North Stars B	10	Dublin Black Sox B	3
31.08.2014	Belfast North Stars B	11	Dublin Black Sox B	2

Baseball Ireland B-League Regular Season Results 2014 [Reference: 2]

Report

There was an expanded Baseball Ireland B League in 2014, featuring B teams of all five returning A League teams (Dublin teams the City Hurricanes, Spartans and Black Sox as well as the Greystones Mariners and Belfast North Stars), as well as the B team of new team the Dublin Tigers, representing a Venezuelan company in Ireland, and regional teams the West Clare Dolphins, Cavan Comets and Ashbourne Giants. Dublin City Hurricanes B won the League Pennant and Championship, defeating Belfast North Stars B 13-1 and 14-1 in the best-of-three games Final Series. Cavan Comets reached the Semi-Finals after knocking out Ashbourne Giants, both teams best season yet, knocking out Greystones Mariners B and Dublin Black Sox B respectively in the Playoffs First Round. Cormac Eklof pitched superbly for the Hurricanes in Game 1 of the Final and Jose Martinez in Game 2 in what was a one-sided Final Series.

About Baseball and Baseball Ireland

Baseball is a bat-and ball game where players aim to hit a ball thrown at them by a pitcher and run around four bases back home without being caught or run out. A run is scored when a player gets back to home base. It is similar to the GAA game of Rounders, but the bases are 90 feet apart rather than 60 and pitching can be overarm. There are 9 Innings for each team in a standard Baseball game (seven in the case of thw Baseball Ireland B-League) and when three players on a team are out that is the end of the innings for the team. A teams innings is not over until three outs are made. It was first played in America, but is thought to have an ancestor in the Irish and British game of Rounders (and also similar games in Germany and Scandinavia such as Branboll). In Ireland it is Coed (Mixed).

References

Images

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

Websites

[2] Baseball Ireland (2013) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2014&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[3] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2014) 2014 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20141219024651/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2014 [Accessed 19 June 2018]

Newspapers

[4] Anon. (2014) “Bittersweet for Hurricanes in Final”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 9, 2014.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tom Kelley and Adrian Kelly (Baseball Ireland) and Peter Mullen (Dublin Black Sox).

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Baseball Ireland A-League 2014

Baseball Ireland Logo [Reference: 1]

Final Standings 2014

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes	15	15	0	0	–	60
*Dublin Spartans	15	10	5	0	5.0	45
*Greystones Mariners	15	7	8	0	8.0	36
*Belfast NorthStars	15	6	9	0	9.0	33
Dublin Black Sox	15	3	9	3	14.0	18
Dublin Tigers	15	4	6	5	14.3	17

Baseball Ireland A-League 2014 [Reference: 3]

Playoff Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
06.092014	Dublin City Hurricanes	16	Dublin Spartans	6
06.09 2014	Greystones Mariners	3	Belfast NorthStars	1
	Semi-Final
13.092014	Dublin Spartans	7	Greystones Mariners	11
	A-League Final
20.092014	Dublin City Hurricanes	1	Greystones Mariners	3
20.09.2014	Greystones Mariners	8	Dublin City Hurricanes	4
	(Greystones Mariners win Series 2-0)

Baseball Ireland A-League 2014 [Reference: 2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
22.03.2014	Greystones Mariners	4	Dublin Tigers	1
22.03.2014	Dublin Spartans	8	Dublin Black Sox	0
	Week 2
29.03.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes	8	Greystones Mariners	6
	Week 3
05.04.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes	12	Dublin Black Sox	4
06.04.2014	Belfast North Stars	3	Dublin Tigers	6
06.04.2014	Belfast North Stars	12	Dublin Tigers	14
06.04.2014	Greystones Mariners	3	Dublin Spartans	8
	Week 4
13.04.2014	Dublin Tigers	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	13
13.04.2014	Dublin Tigers	13	Dublin Black Sox	3
	Week 5
26.04.2014	Greystones Mariners	3	Belfast North Stars	2
26.04.2014	Greystones Mariners	8	Belfast North Stars	12
27.04.2014	Dublin Spartans	17	Dublin Tigers	7
	Week 6
03.05.2014	Dublin Black Sox	3	Belfast North Stars	2
03.05.2014	Dublin Tigers	8	Belfast North Stars	15
03.05.2014	Dublin Spartans	12	Greystones Mariners	2
	Week 8
17.05.2014	Dublin Tigers	7	Dublin Spartans	10
17.05.2014	Dublin Tigers	9	Dublin Spartans	8
18.05.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes	11	Greystones Mariners	6
	Week 9
24.05.2014	Belfast North Stars	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	7
24.05.2014	Belfast North Stars	0	Dublin City Hurricanes	6
	Week 10
31.05.2014	Dublin Black Sox	4	Dublin Tigers	10
	Week 11
07.06.2014	Greystones Mariners	6	Dublin City Hurricanes	10
08.06.2014	Dublin Black Sox	0 #	Dublin Spartans	9
08.06.2014	Dublin Spartans	7	Dublin Black Sox	2
	Week 12
14.06.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes	7	Dublin Black Sox	0
	Mid-Week
18.06.2014	Dublin Tigers	0 #	Dublin Black Sox	7
	Week 13
21.06.2014	Greystones Mariners	0	Dublin Black Sox	3
22.06.2014	Dublin Spartans	3	Dublin City Hurricanes	11
	Week 14
29.06.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes	16	Dublin Tigers	1
	Mid-Week
02.07.2014	Dublin Spartans	12	Greystones Mariners	2
	Week 15
05.07.2014	Belfast North Stars	9	Dublin Black Sox	0 #
05.07.2014	Belfast North Stars	7	Dublin Black Sox	0
06.07.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes	8	Dublin Spartans	2
	Week 16
12.07.2014	Dublin Black Sox	0	Greystones Mariners	8
13.07.2014	Dublin Spartans	8	Belfast North Stars	5
	Mid-Week
23.07.2014	Dublin Tigers	0 #	Dublin City Hurricanes	7
	Week 17
26.07.2014	Dublin City Hurricanes	11	Belfast North Stars	1
	Mid-Week
06.08.2014	Greystones Mariners	7	Dublin Tigers	0 #
	Week 19
09.08.2014	Dublin Black Sox	0 #	Dublin City Hurricanes	9
09.08.2014	Dublin Tigers	0 #	Dublin Spartans	9
10.08.2014	Belfast North Stars	5	Greystones Mariners	15
	Week 20
17.08.2014	Belfast North Stars	11	Dublin Spartans	0
17.08.2014	Belfast North Stars	9	Dublin Spartans	4
17.08.2014	Dublin Tigers	0 #	Greystones Mariners	9
	Week 21
23.08.2014	Dublin Spartans	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	8
24.08.2014	Dublin Black Sox	1	Greystones Mariners	12

Baseball Ireland A-League 2014 [Reference: 2]

Report

It was a fairytale end for Greystones Mariners, in last place until the last month of the season, as they climbed above Dublin Black Sox and newcomers Dublin Tigers in the standings to make the playoffs, where they kept the momentum, beating first Belast North Stars 3-1, then shocking defending nine-times Chamions Dublin Spartans 11-7 in the Semi-Final before triumphing over the Dublin City Hurricanes, undefeated until then, 3-1 and 8-4 in the A League Final. Dublin City Hurricanes had yet again the disappointment of winning the A League Pennant with an unblemished 15-0 Regular Season record only to lose the Final. Thanks for the victory was handed to the defensive work of Gareth Donnelly, Tommy Hernandez and Jack Fairbairn and the big hits of Enrique Verea. It was the first time in 10 years that the title had not been won by the Dublin Spartans. In all there were six teams in the A League with newcomers Dublin Tigers, representing a Venezuelan company in Ireland replacing Munster Warriors, although they pulled out with five games left.

About Baseball and Baseball Ireland

References

Images

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

Websites

[2] Baseball Ireland (2013) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2014&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Internet Archive

Newspapers

[4] Anon. (2014) “Bittersweet for Hurricanes in Final”. Tallaght Echo. Thursday, October 9, 2014.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Kavanagh (Baseball Ireland) and Peter Mullen (Dublin Black Sox).

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Last Updated: 9 December 2020

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Baseball Ireland B-League 2013

Baseball Ireland Logo [Reference: 1]

Final Standings

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	18	14	4	0		60
*Belfast North Stars B	18	12	6	0		54
*Dublin Spartans B	18	12	6	0		54
*Dublin Black Sox B	18	10	8	0		48
Cavan Comets	18	9	9	0		45
Greystones Mariners B	18	5	13	0		33
West Clare Dolphins	18	1	15	2		17

Baseball Ireland B-League Standings 2013 [References: 3]

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
01.09.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	15	Belfast North Stars B	5
01.09.2013	Dublin Spartans B	3	Dublin Black Sox B	5
	Semi-Final
07.09.2013	Belfast North Stars B	8	Dublin Black Sox B
	Final (Best-of-3)
15.09.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	10	Belfast North Stars B	0
15.09.2013	Belfast North Stars B	12	Dublin City Hurricanes B	13
	Hurricanes B win Series 2-0

Baseball Ireland B-League Playoffs 2013 [References: 2]

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
24.03.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	7	Greystones Mariners B	6
	Week 2
30.03.2013	Dublin Spartans B	8	Dublin Black Sox B	9
	Week 3
06.04.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	4	Dublin City Hurricanes B	9
06.04.2013	Cavan Comets	19	West Clare Dolphins	6
07.04.2013	Belfast North Stars B	6	Dublin Spartans B	2
07.04.2013	Belfast North Stars B	13	Dublin Spartans B	3
	Week 4
13.04.2013	Greystones Mariners B	9	West Clare Dolphins	0 #
13.04.2013	Greystones Mariners B	9	West Clare Dolphins	0 #
13.04.2013	Cavan Comets	11	Dublin City Hurricanes B	25
13.04.2013	Cavan Comets	4	Dublin City Hurricanes B	17
13.04.2013	Dublin Spartans B	10	Belfast North Stars B	2
	Week 5
21.04.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	8	Belfast North Stars B	10
21.04.2013	Greystones Mariners B	7	Dublin Spartans B	16
	Week 6
28.04.2013	Dublin Spartans B	8	Dublin City Hurricanes B	5
	Week 7
04.05.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	2	Greystones Mariners B	6
04.05.2013	Cavan Comets	7	Belfast North Stars	14
	Week 8
11.05.2013	Dublin Spartans B	12	Greystones Mariners B	2
	Week 9
18.05.2013	Dublin Spartans B	5	Dublin Black Sox B	6
19.05.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11	Cavan Comets	1
	Week 10
25.05.2013	Greystones Mariners B	4	Dublin City Hurricanes B	18
25.05.2013	Dub,lin Spartans B	14	Cavan Comets	4
26.05.2013	Belfast North Stars B	11	Dublin Black Sox B	13
26.05.2013	Belfast North Stars B	17	Dublin Black Sox B	19
	Week 11
01.06.2013	Greystones Mariners B	10	Dublin Black Sox B	9
	Week 12
08.06.2013	Cavan Comets	19	Dublin Spartans B	32
08.06.2013	Cavan Comets	16	Dublin Spartans B	20
08.06.2013	West Clare Dolphins	10	Greystones Mariners B	9
	Week 13
15.06.2013	Belfast North Stars B	14	Dublin City Hurricanes B	4
15.06.2013	Cavan Comets	8	Dublin Black Sox B	10
16.06.2013	Greystones Mariners B	5	Dublin Spartans B	6
	Week 14
22.06.2013	Dublin Spartans B	14	West Clare Dolphins	6
22.06.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	19	West Clare Dolphins	1
	Week 15
29.06.2013	Greystones Mariners B	2	Belfast North Stars B	13
29.06.2013	Greystones Mariners B	8	Belfast North Stars B	5
29.06.2013	West Clare Dolphins	3	Dublin City Hurricanes B	20
29.06.2013	West Clare Dolphins	1	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11
30.06.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	0	Dublin Spartans B	14
	Week 16
06.07.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	11	Greystones Mariners B	8
06.07.2013	West Clare Dolphins	2	Belfast North Stars B	21
06.07.2013	West Clare Dolphins	2	Belfast North Stars B	24
07.07.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11	Dublin Spartans B	0
	Week 17
20.07.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	22	West Clare Dolphins	2
20.07.2013	Belfast North Stars B	11	West Clare Dolphins	2
20.07.2013	Cavan Comets	12	Greystones Mariners B	11
20.07.2013	Cavan Comets	19	Greystones Mariners B	4
	Week 18
27.07.2013	Belfast North Stars B	18	Cavan Comets	2
27.07.2013	Belfast North Stars B	12	Cavan Comets	16
27.07.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	6	Dublin Black Sox B	16
27.07.2013	West Clare Dolphins	25	Dublin Spartans B	27
27.07.2013	West Clare Dolphins	3	Dublin Spartans B	7
	Week 19
03.08.2013	Belfast North Stars B	14	Greystones Mariners B	0
03.08.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	11	Dublin City Hurricanes B	16
03.08.2013	West Clare Dolphins	12	Cavan Comets	15
03.08.2013	West Clare Dolphins	2	Cavan Comets	17
	Week 20
10.08.2013	Greystones Mariners B	4	Cavan Comets	17
10.08.2013	Dublin Spartans B	2	Dublin City Hurricanes B	13
	Week 21
17.08.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	4	Cavan Comets	9
17.08.2013	Dublin Black Sox B	15	Cavan Comets	10
17.08.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	17	Greystones Mariners B	1
	Week 22
24.08.2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	5	Belfast North Stars B	3
25.08.2013	West Clare Dolphins	1	Dublin Black Sox B	13
25.08.2013	West Clare Dolphins	0	Dublin Black Sox B	18

Baseball Ireland B-League Regulsr Season Results 2013 [References: 2]

Report

Dublin City Hurricanes B won both the Baseball Ireland B League Pennant and Playoff Championship in 2013. After going 14-4 in the Regular Season and finishing two games ahead of both the Belfast North Stars B and Dublin Spartans B, they defeated first the North Stars in the Playoffs and then swept the B-League Final Series 2-0, also against the North Stars after the Belfast team eliminated the Dublin Black Sox B in the Semi-Final. The Black Sox had finished in fourth on 11-7, just two games ahead of the much improved Cavan Comets (9-9) with the Greystones Mariners B (5-13) and West Clare Dolphins (1-15, 2 Forfeits) the other two teams in the B-League.

About Baseball and Baseball Ireland

References

Images

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

Websites

[2] Baseball Ireland (2013) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2013&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

Internet Archive

[3] Baseball Ireland – Wayback Machine Internet Archive (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20131015095707/http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2013 [Accessed 19 June 2018]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Tom Kelley and Adrian Kelly (Baseball Ireland) and Peter Mullen (Dublin Black Sox).

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 7 December 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct	PF	PA	Net Pts
1	Belfast Blitzers	9	1	0.900	449	47	402
2	Dublin Tornadoes	6	4	0.600	121	164	-43
3	Carrickfergus Cougars	4	6	0.400	99	126	-27
4	Coleraine Chieftains	1	9	0.100	58	234	-176
5	East Side Jets	1	9	0.100	10	284	-274

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