BBI B-League 2006

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
*Dublin Spartans B	9	9	0	0		36
*Dublin Black Sox B	9	4	5	0		21
Greystones Mariners B	7	2	4	1		11
Wolves	7	1	6	0		10

[19]

	B-League Final
2006	Dublin Spartans B	L	Dublin Black Sox B	W

BBI B-League 2007

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	9	6	3	0		27
*Greystones Mariners B	8	6	2	0		26
Dublin Spartans B	8	2	5	1		12
Dublin Black Sox B	7	1	6	0		10

[20]

	B-League Final
2007	Greystones Mariners B	11	Dublin City Hurricanes B	10

BBI B-League 2008

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	11	10	1	0		41
*Greystones Mariners B	11	9	2	0		38
Dublin Spartans B	10	5	2	3		19
Dublin Black Sox B	10	2	8	0		16
Cork Druids	10	1	7	2		8

[21]

	B-League Final
2008	Dublin City Hurricanes B	3	Greystones Mariners B	2

BBI B-League 2009

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
*Munster Warriors	12	12	0	0		48
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	12	8	4	0		36
Greystones Mariners B	11	5	4	2		22
Dublin Spartans B	10	1	9	0		13
Dublin Black Sox B	11	2	7	2		13

[22]

	B-League Final
2009	Munster Warriors		Dublin City Hurricanes B

BBI B-League 2010

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	10	9	1	0		37
Dublin Spartans B	10	7	3	0		31
*Greystones Mariners B	10	6	4	0		28
Cavan Comets	10	2	8	0		16
West Clare Dolphins	10	2	8	0		16
Dublin Black Sox B	10	4	3	3		16

[23]

	Final (Best-of-3)
2010	Dublin City Hurricanes B	10	Greystones Mariners B	19
2010	Greystones Mariners B	3	Dublin City Hurricanes B	18
2010	Dublin City Hurricanes B	7	Greystones Mariners B	6
	Hurricanes B won series 2-1

BBI B-League 2011

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Dublin City Hurricanes B	15	11	4	0		48
Dublin Black Sox B	15	11	4	0		48
Dublin Spartans B	15	10	5	0		45
Greystones Mariners B	15	9	6	0		42
Cavan Comets	15	3	12	0		24
West Clare Dolphins	15	1	14	0		18

[3]

	Playoffs
2011	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11	Dublin Black Sox B	12
2011	Dublin Spartans B	11	Greystones Mariners B	15
	Semi-Final
2011	Dublin City Hurricanes B	6	Greystones Mariners B	9
	Final (Best-of-3)
2011	Dublin Black Sox B	5	Greystones Mariners B	4
2011	Greystones Mariners B	7	Dublin Black Sox B	0
2011	Dublin Black Sox B	10	Greystones Mariners B	9
	Black Sox B win Series 2-1

BBI B-League 2012

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners B	15	12	3	0		51
Dublin City Hurricanes B	15	11	4	0		48
Dublin Black Sox B	15	10	4	1		43
Dublin Spartans B	15	7	8	0		36
Cavan Comets	15	3	12	0		24
West Clare Dolphins	15	1	12	2		18

[4]

	Playoffs
2012	Greystones Mariners B	12	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11
2012	Dublin Black Sox B	12	Dublin Spartans B	2
	Semi-Final
2012	Dublin City Hurricanes B	9	Dublin Black Sox B	2
	Final (Best-of-3)
2012	Greystones Mariners B	2	Dublin City Hurricanes B	1
2012	Dublin City Hurricanes B	14	Greystones Mariners B	10
2012	Greystones Mariners B	9	Dublin City Hurricanes B	5
	Greystones Mariners B win Series 2-1

BBI B-League 2013

	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

[5]

	Playoffs
2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	15	Belfast North Stars B	5
2013	Dublin Spartans B	3	Dublin Black Sox B	5
	Semi-Final
2013	Belfast North Stars B	8	Dublin Black Sox B
	Final (Best-of-3)
2013	Dublin City Hurricanes B	10	Belfast North Stars B	0
2013	Belfast North Stars B	12	Dublin City Hurricanes B	13
	Hurricanes B win Series 2-0

BBI 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

[6]

	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 NorthStars B	L
	Semi-Final
2014	Belfast NorthStars B	W	Cavan Comets	L
	Final (Best-of-3)
2014	Dublin City Hurricanes B	13	Belfast NorthStars B	1
2014	Belfast NorthStars B	1	Dublin City Hurricanes B	14
	Dublin City Hurricanes B won series 2-0

BBI B-League 2015

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Northern Division
*Belfast Hornets	19	16	1	2		–
*Belfast Buccaneers	19	11	8	0		4.0
*Cavan Comets	20	9	11	0		6.5
Belfast NorthStars	20	8	12	0		7.5
Ashbourne Giants	20	5	13	2		11.5
Southern Division
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	18	18	0	0		–
*Dublin Spartans B	18	8	9	1		10.5
*Greystones Mariners B	18	6	12	0		12.0
Dublin Black Sox B	18	4	12	2		15.0

[7][24]

	North Semi-Final
2015	Belfast Buccaneers	13	Cavan Comets	10
	North Final (Best-of-3)
2015	Belfast Hornets	13	Belfast Buccaneeers	7
2015	Belfast Buccaneers	6	Belfast Hornets	16
	Hornets won series 2-0
	South Semi-Final
2015	Dublin Spartans B	7	Greystones Mariners B	6
	South Final (Best-of-3)
2015	Dublin City Hurricanes B	8	Dublin Spartans B	11
2015	Dublin Spartans B	16	Dublin City Hurricanes B	15
2015	Spartans B won series 2-0
	B League Final(Single Game)
2015	Belfast Hornets	4	Dublin Spartans B	14

BBI B-League 2016

	P	W	L	FF	GB	Pts
Northern Division
*Belfast NorthStars	22	20	2	0	–	82
*Belfast Buccaneers	22	12	10	0	8.0	58
*Ashbourne Giants	22	10	12	0	10.0	52
Cavan Comets	22	4	18	0	16.0	34
Southern Division
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	18	14	4	0	–	60
*Greystones Mariners B	19	12	7	0	2.5	55
*Dublin Spartans B	15	9	6	0	3.5	42
West Clare Dolphins	16	2	14	0	11.0	22
Dublin Black Sox B	18	4	9	5	12.5	20

[8]

	North Semi-Final
2016	Belfast Buccaneers	5	Ashbourne Giants	16
	North Final (Best-of-3)
2016	Belfast NorthStars	8	Ashbourne Giants	3
2016	Ashbourne Giants	6	Belfast Northstars	2
2016	Belfast NorthStars	16	Ashbourne Giants	0
	NorthStars won series 2-1
	South Semi-Final
2016	Dublin Spartans B	17	Greystones Mariners B	3
	South Final (Best-of-3)
2016	Dublin City Hurricanes B	7	Dublin Spartans B	4
	B League Final (Best-of-3)
2016	Belfast Northstars	11	Dublin City Hurricanes B	1
2016	Dublin City Hurricanes B	14	Belfast Northstars	22
	Belfast Northstars win series 2-0

[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

BBI B-League 2017

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	Pts
Ashbourne Giants	18	13	5	0			0	57
Belfast North Stars	18	12	6	0			1	54
Belfast Buccaneers	18	11	7	0			2	51
Greystones Mariners B	18	11	7	0			2	51
Dublin City Hurricanes B	18	11	7	0			2	51
Cavan Comets	18	5	9	4			10	25
Dublin Spartans B	18	0	18	0			13	18

[9]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals		(Corkagh Park)
16.09.2017	Belfast North Stars	3	Belfast Buccaneers	1
16.09.2017	Belfast Buccaneers	6	Belfast North Stars	2
24.09.2017	Belfast North Stars ($)	3	Belfast Buccaneers	5
	Buccaneers won series 2-1
16.09.2017	Ashbourne Giants (&)	8	Dublin City Hurricanes B	5
16.09.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes B (&)	12	Ashbourne Giants	6
23.09.2017	Ashbourne Giants	15	Dublin City Hurricanes B	6
	Giants won series 2-1
	B League Final
30.09.2017	Ashbourne Giants (&)	10	Belfast Buccaneers	9
30.09.2017	Belfast Buccaneers (&)	2	Ashbourne Giants	0
08.10.2017	Ashbourne Giants ($)	8	Belfast Buccaneers	3
	Giants won series 2-1

[10]

BBI B-League 2018

	P	W	L	Frf	RF	RA	GB	Pts
Greystones Mariners B	18	15	3	0	274	130	0	63
Dublin City Hurricanes B	18	14	4	0	223	168	1	60
Belfast Buccaneers	18	11	7	0	215	200	4	51
Belfast North Stars	18	10	6	2	204	104	6.3	44
Ashbourne Giants B	18	6	12	0	185	258	9	36
Cavan Comets	18	3	15	0	114	280	12	27
Dublin Spartans B	18	4	10	4	128	212	13.6	22

Reference:
[25]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
15.09.18	Greystones Mariners B	14	Belfast NorthStars	7
15.09.18	Belfast NorthStars	6	Greystones Mariners B	13
	Mariners B won series 2-0
16.09.18	Dublin City Hurricanes B	9	Belfast Buccaneeers	1
16.09.18	Belfast Buccaneeers	6	Dublin City Hurricanes B	22
	Hurricanes B won series 2-0
	B-League Final
29.09.18	Greystones Mariners B	4	Dublin City Hurricanes B	5
29.09.18	Dublin City Hurricanes B	15	Greystones Mariners B	4
	Hurricanes B won series 2-0

Reference
[26][27]

BBI B League 2019

	P	W	L	W/O	RF	RA	GB	Pts
B-1 League
*Belfast North Stars	20	15	3	2	214	80	–	41
*Dublin City Hurricanes B	20	9	11	0	222	234	4.7	27
Ashbourne Giants U21	20	9	11	0	196	214	4.7	27
Dublin Spartans B	20	7	12	1	184	254	7.3	19
B-2 League
*Mariners B	20	15	5	0	247	136	–	45
*Belfast Buccaneers	19	10	9	0	175	175	4.5	30
Ashbourne Stags	20	9	11	0	145	180	6	27
Cavan Comets	19	5	10	4	109	249	12.2	7

Reference: [28]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals		Best of 3
14.09.2019	Mariners B	15	Dublin City Hurricanes B	11
14.09.2019	Dublin City Hurricanes B	9	Mariners B	4
21.09.2019	Mariners B	23	Dublin City Hurricanes B	19
	(Mariners B won series 2-1)
15.09.2019	Belfast North Stars	8	Belfast Buccaneers	1
15.09.2019	Belfast Buccaneers	10	Belfast North Stars	9
29.09.2019	Belfast North Stars	11	Belfast Buccaneers	9
	(North Stars won series 2-1)
	B League Final		Best of 3
29.09.2019	Mariners B	14	Belfast North Stars	4
05.10.2019	Belfast North Stars	10	Mariners B	9
05.10.2019	Mariners B	10	Belfast North Stars	8
	(Mariners B won series 2-1)

Points System 2006-2018: 4 Pts Win / 1 Pts Loss / -1 Pts Forfeit (W/O)

Points System 2019-2020: 3 Pts Win / 0 Pts Loss / -2 Pts Forfeit (W/O)

BBI B-League 2020

	P	W	L	D	RF	RA	RD	GB	Pts
B League North
*Ashbourne Giants U21	10	8	2	0	142	70	72	0	24
Belfast Buccaneers	10	5	5	0	91	83	8	3	15
Comets Baseball	9	4	5	0	100	101	-1	4	12
Dublin City Hurricanes B	9	0	9	0	57	157	-100	8	0
B League South
*Mariners Baseball B	10	9	1	0	165	62	103	0	27
Ashbourne Stags	10	9	1	0	117	74	33	0	27
Cork Cosmos	8	1	7	0	59	114	-55	7	3
Dublin Spartans B	8	1	7	0	47	129	-82	7	3

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	B League Final
26.09.2020	Mariners Baseball B	5	Ashbourne Giants U21	13

Report

The Baseball Ireland Irish Baseball League B-League was created in 2006 after the ten-team League was split halfway through the 2005 season into a Championship (Top Half) and Trophy (Bottom Half) sections.

The Trophy section became the B-League for 2006, with the teams made B Teams of the A League Teams.

The League in 2006 featured four teams – Dublin Spartans, Dublin Black Sox and Greystones Mariners B teams as well as the Wolves. The Spartans B won the League, going 9-0, but lost the B-League Final to the Black Sox B. [19]

In 2007, the Wolves were replaced by the Dublin City Hurricanes B Team, who won the League pennant only to lose to the Mariners B 11-10 in the Final, the second year running that the League Pennant winner had lost in the Final. [20]

The 2008 season saw the addition of the Cork Druids – the first team outside of the Dublin and Belfast Areas. They finished bottom of the League, which was again won by the Dublin City Hurricanes B, who won the Final against Greystones at this time of asking 3-2. [21]

In 2009, the Cork Druids were replaced by a combined Cork-Limerick team, the Munster Warriors, based in Limerick, who lit up the League in their debut season, winning the League Pennant with a Perfect 12-0 record. [22]

The Munster Warriors were promoted to the A-League for the 2010 season, and two new teams from the Irish Regions were added – the Cavan Comets from the Republic of Ireland part of Ulster and the West Clare Dolphins from Kilrush. The Hurricanes B won the Pennant and closed out the Final against the Greystones Mariners B in the third game of the best-of-three series. [23]

In 2011 the Dublin Black Sox B won their first title, with the Mariners B again the runners-up in a three-game series. The Hurricanes B had won the League Pennant but were unable to repeat. [3]

The 2012 season belonged to the Greystones Mariners B who won both the League Pennant and the Final – defeating Dublin City Hurricanes B 2-1 in the three-game series. [4]

The Belfast NorthStars added a B Team in 2013, and finished runners-up to the Hurricanes B in both the League Pennant and Final. [5]

Ashbourne Giants, formed out of a successful Little League Team in Co.Meath and the Dublin Tigers B – created by a Venezuelan Company operating in Ireland – entered the League in 2014, bringing the total number of teams up to an unprecedented 9 in the B-League. The Dublin City Hurricanes B proved the standout team, losing only one game all year, winning both the League Pennant and Final. [6]

The Dublin Tigers had pulled out of the League halfway through 2014, and West Clare Dolphins sat out the 2015 season, but the number of teams remained at 9 as the Belfast NorthStars split into three clubs – the NorthStars, Buccaneers and Hornets.

The League was split into a Northern and Southern Division with Belfast Hornets winning both the Northern Pennant and Final and the Hurricanes B winning the Southern Pennant, going a perfect 18-0 but losing to bogey team Dublin Spartans B in the Southern Final. The Dublin Spartans B won the B-League Final 15-4 in a single-game against the Hornets. [7][24]

The League remained at 9 teams for 2016 as the Hornets dropped out but the West Clare Dolphins returned. The Belfast NorthStars and Dublin City Hurricanes B both won their respective Division Pennants and Finals, before meeting in the B-League final, where the NorthStars swept the three-game series 2-0. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

The Dolphins dropped out of the League again in 2017, as did the Black Sox B, as the Ashbourne Giants investment in the International Baseball Centre – the first fully enclosed Baseball Diamond with seating in Ireland – paid off, with the team winning the League Pennant and defeated the Belfast Buccaneers 2-1 in the three-game Final. [9][10]

The Greystones Mariners B team won the League Title in 2018, posting a 15-3 Record [25] , but lost out to the Dublin City Hurricanes B in the Final, the Killer B’s completing an A & B League Final Double for the Hurricanes by sweeping the series 2-0 [26]

Mariners B won the 2019 Final 10-8 in the third game of a Best of 3 Series against Belfast North Stars. North Stars had taken it to a third game, by winning the second game 10-9, after a convincing 14-4 Mariners B win in the first game.

The 2020 season was shorrtened by half due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. Mariners B won the B-League South Conference and Ashbourne Giants U21 the B-League North Conference. The Giants U21 then defeated the Mariners B 13-5 in the B-League Final.

References

Websites

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

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

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

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

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

[7] Baseball Ireland (2015) Schedule [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?search_year=2015&search_team= [Accessed 21 September 2016]

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

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

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

[11] Belfast Times (2016) BASA Update – Northstars draw first blood [Internet] Available from: http://www.belfasttimes.co.uk/basa-update-northstars-draw-first-blood/ [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[12] 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]

[13] Belfast North Stars Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthstarsBB/posts/930378163734109 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[14] Belfast North Stars Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthstarsBB/posts/919785874793338 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[15] Belfast North Stars Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1308998669133659&id=111542168879321 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

[16] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2016) Facebook Post [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/dublinspartans/posts/1759331540982421 [Accessed 27 October 2016]

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

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

[25] Baseball Ireland (2017) Fixture & Results – League Tables [Internet] http://www.baseballireland.com/tables.php?search_year=2018 [Accessed 17 September 2018]

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

[27] Greystones Mariners Facebook Page (2018) Post September 16 2018: “The Mariners B advanced to the B League Finals yesterday after sweeping the Belfast Northstars 14-7 and 13-6 in a dramatic 9 inning game!” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/GreystonesMariners/posts/1799078143479706 [Accessed 1 October 2018]

Internet Archive

[19] 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]

[20] 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]

[21] 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]

[22] 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]

[23] 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]

[24] 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]

Websites

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

[29] Baseball Ireland (2019) B League Fixtures [Internet] Available from: http://www.baseballireland.com/schedule_new.php?league=B&search_year=2019 [Accessed 9 September 2019]

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

Websites

[31] Baseball Ireland (2020) B League [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/151694/ [Accessed 4 August 2020]

[32] Baseball Ireland (2020) Results [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/results/ [Accessed 28 August 2020][17 September 2020][Last Accessed 29 September 2020]

[33] Baseball Ireland (2020) League Standings as of 28 August 2020 / 14 September 2020 [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/irish-league-standings-as-of-28-august/ [Accessed 28 August 2020][17 September 2020][Last Accessed 29 September 2020]

Social Media

[34] Mariners Baseball (2020) Post, September 20, 2020:” A & B League Pennants belong to us .” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/MarinersBaseballClub/photos/a.645537192167146/3243650042355835/ [Accessed 29 September 2020]

[35] Dublin Live (2020) Champions! [Internet] Available from: https://i2-prod.dublinlive.ie/incoming/article19019676.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/3_5c43bc56-39cc-4110-a3af-43576a11ae00.jpg [Accessed 29 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland & Peter Mullin, Dublin Black Sox

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Last Updated: 14 January 2019

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BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2006

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
Dublin Spartans	15	12	3	0	–	51
Dublin Black Sox	14	10	4	0	2	44
Greystones Mariners	15	8	7	0	4	40
Dublin City Hurricanes	14	8	6	0	4	38
Twins	13	5	8	0	7	28
Belfast North Stars	13	1	11	1	11.5	14

[2]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	A-League Final
2006	Dublin Spartans	3	Dublin Black Sox	0
2006	Dublin Black Sox	8	Dublin Spartans	15

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2007

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes	15	11	4	0		48
*Dublin Spartans	15	12	0	3		45
*Dublin Black Sox	14	9	5	0		41
*Greystones Mariners	13	6	7	0		31
Belfast Northstars	15	5	7	4		22
Twins	15	0	13	2		11

[3]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
2007	Dublin City Hurricanes	2	Dublin Spartans	11
2007	Dublin Black Sox	3	Greystones Mariners	4
	Semi-Final
2007	Greystones Mariners	9	Dublin City Hurricanes	16
	A-League Final
2007	Dublin Spartans	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	6
2007	Dublin City Hurricanes	5	Dublin Spartans	7
2007	Dublin Spartans	2	Dublin City Hurricanes	1
	(Dublin Spartans win Series 2-1)

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2008

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
*Dublin Spartans	14	12	2	0	–	50
*Dublin City Hurricanes	14	10	5	0	2	45
*Dublin Black Sox	15	10	5	0	2	45
*Greystones Mariners	15	7	8	0	5	36
Indios	14	3	11	0	9	23
Belfast NorthStars	15	1	9	5	12.5	8

[4]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
2008	Dublin Spartans	1	Dublin City Hurricanes	2
2008	Dublin Black Sox	3	Greystones Mariners	6
	Semi-Final
2008	Dublin Spartans	5	Greystones Mariners	0
	A League Final
2008	Dublin City Hurricanes	2	Dublin Spartans	7
2008	Dublin Spartans	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	1
	(Dublin Spartans win series 2-0)

[19]

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2009

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
Dublin City Hurricanes	16	13	3	0	–	55
Dublin Spartans	16	10	6	0	3	46
Dublin Black Sox	16	10	6	0	3	46
Greystones Mariners	16	7	9	0	6	37
Belfast North Stars	16	0	13	3	14.5	10

[5]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
26.09.2009	Dublin Black Sox	W	Greystones Mariners	L
26.09.2009	Dublin City Hurricanes	W	Dublin Spartans	L
	Semi-Final
2009	Dublin Black Sox	0	Dublin Spartans	1
	A-League Final
2009	Dublin Spartans	W	Dublin Hurricanes	L

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2010

	P	W	L	Frf	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

[6]

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
	(Dublin Spartans won Best-of-3 series 2-0)

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2011

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
Dublin City Hurricanes	15	15	0	0		60
Dublin Spartans	15	10	5	0		45
Munster Warriors	15	7	8	0		36
Belfast North Stars	15	4	11	0		27
Dublin Black Sox	15	4	11	0		27
Greystones Mariners	15	2	13	0		23

[7][15]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
2011	Dublin City Hurricanes	3	Dublin Spartans	11
2011	Munster Warriors	3	Belfast North Stars	6
	Semi-Final
2011	Dublin City Hurricanes	5	Belfast North Stars	0
	A-League Final
2011	Dublin Spartans	3	Dublin City Hurricanes	2
2011	Dublin City Hurricanes	5	Dublin Spartans	2
2011	Dublin Spartans	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	2
	(Dublin Spartans win Series 2-1)

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2012

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
Dublin City Hurricanes	15	13	2	0		54
Munster Warriors	15	9	6	0		42
Dublin Spartans	15	9	6	0		42
Dublin Black Sox	15	7	8	0		36
Greystones Mariners	15	4	11	0		27
Belfast North Stars	15	3	11	1		22

Compiled from [8]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
2012	Dublin City Hurricanes	9	Munster Warriors	6
2012	Dublin Spartans	7	Dublin Black Sox	3
	Semi-Final
2012	Munster Warriors	2	Dublin Spartans	7
	A-League Final
2012	Dublin City Hurricanes	11	Dublin Spartans	5
2012	Dublin Spartans	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	3
2012	Dublin City Hurricanes	1	Dublin Spartans	9
	(Dublin Spartans win Series 2-1)

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2013

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
Dublin Spartans	15	11	4	0		48
Dublin Black Sox	15	9	6	0		42
Belfast North Stars	15	9	6	0		42
Dublin City Hurricanes	15	8	7	0		39
Greystones Mariners	15	5	10	0		30
Munster Warriors	15	3	8	4		16

[9]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Playoffs
2013	Dublin Spartans	1	Dublin Black Sox	2
2013	Belfast North Stars	4	Dublin City Hurricanes	9
	Semi-Final
2013	Dublin Spartans	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	4
	A-League Final
2013	Dublin Black Sox	3	Dublin Spartans	6
2013	Dublin Spartans	4	Dublin Black Sox	3
	(Dublin Spartans win Series 2-0)

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2014

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes	15	15	0	0		–
*Dublin Spartans	15	10	5	0		5.0
*Greystones Mariners	15	7	8	0		8.0
*Belfast NorthStars	15	6	9	0		9.0
Dublin Black Sox	15	3	9	3		13.5
Dublin Tigers	15	4	6	5		13.5

[10]

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

[20]

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2015

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes	18	18	0	0		–
*Dublin Spartans	18	9	8	1		9.5
*Greystones Mariners	18	8	10	0		10.0
Dublin Black Sox	18	1	14	3		18.5

[11][19]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
2015	Dublin Spartans	4	Greystones Mariners	6
	A-League Final
2015	Dublin City Hurricanes	10	Greystones Mariners	7
2015	Greystones Mariners	1	Dublin City Hurricanes	10
	(Dublin City Hurricanes won Series 2-0)

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2016

	P	W	L	Frf	GB	Pts
*Dublin City Hurricanes	17	16	1	0	–	65
*Dublin Spartans	17	8	9	0	8.0	41
*Greystones Mariners	17	7	10	0	9.0	38
Dublin Black Sox	15	2	11	2	13.0	17

[12]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
2016	Dublin Spartans	0	Greystones Mariners	1
2016	Greystones Mariners	13	Dublin Spartans	10
	(Greystones Mariners won series 2-0)
	A-League Final
2016	Dublin City Hurricanes	15	Greystones Mariners	5
2016	Greystones Mariners	3	Dublin City Hurricanes	11
	(Dublin City Hurricanes won Series 2-0)

[15][16][17][18]

BBI Irish Baseball League 2017

	P	W	L	FF	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

[13]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final
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
	(Greystones Mariners won series 2-1)
	A-League Final
24.09.2017	Dublin City Hurricanes	10	Greystones Mariners	2
24.09.2017	Greystones Mariners	5	Dublin City Hurricanes	7
	(Dublin City Hurricanes Won series 2-0)

[14]

BBI Irish Baseball League A-League 2018

	P	W	L	Frf	RF	RA	GB	Pts
Dublin City Hurricanes A	16	14	2	0	133	53	0	58
Dublin Spartans A	16	9	7	0	139	101	5	43
Greystones Mariners A	16	9	5	2	131	106	6.3	39
Ashbourne Giants A	16	4	11	1	68	142	10.6	26
Ulster Red Sox	16	4	9	3	53	128	12	22

Reference:
[21]

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Final		Corkagh Park
16.09.2018	Dublin Spartans	5	Greystones Mariners	14
16.09.2018	Greystones Mariners	11	Dublin Spartans	7
	Mariners won series 2-0
	A-League Final		Corkagh Park
30.09.2018	Dublin City Hurricanes	15	Greystones Mariners	5
30.09.2018	Greystones Mariners	15	Dublin City Hurricanes	21
	Hurricanes won series 2-0

Reference: [22]

Baseball Ireland A League 2019

	P	W	L	W/O	RF	RA	GB	Pts
**Mariners A	18	11	7	0	157	133	–	33
*Dublin City Hurricanes A	18	10	8	0	160	144	1	30
*Ashbourne Giants A	18	8	10	0	142	160	3	24
Dublin Spartans A	18	7	11	0	119	141	4	21

Reference: [23][Adjusted – RF-RA Compiled from Results] /

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Semi-Finals
15.09.2019	Dublin City Hurricanes A	13	Ashbourne Giants A	19
15.09.2019	Ashbourne Giants A		Dublin City Hurricanes A
22.09.2019	Ashbourne Giants A	1	Dublin City Hurricanes A	17
	(Hurricanes A won series)
	A League Finals
29.09.2019	Mariners A	4	Dublin City Hurricanes A	14
29.09.2019	Dublin City Hurricanes A	11	Mariners A	19
06.05.2019	Mariners A	6	Dublin City Hurricanes A	15
	(Hurricanes A won series 2-1)

Reference: [24]

Baseball Ireland A League 2020

	P	W	L	W/O	RF	RA	RD	GB	Pts
*Mariners Baseball	9	7	2	0	74	41	33	0	21
*Ashbourne Giants	9	6	3	0	79	70	9	0	18
Dublin Spartans	8	2	6	0	39	69	-30	4	6
Dublin City Hurricanes	8	2	5	1	50	62	-12	4.7	4

Points: 3Pts Win, 0 pts Loss, -2 Pts Walkover (#)

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Finals
27.09.2020	Mariners Baseball	13	Ashbourne Giants	15
27.09.2020	Ashbourne Giants	7	Mariners Baseball	15
	Mariners won Series*

*Mariners won series on basis of either having won League Pennant or Aggregate Runs (28-22)

** Qualify for A-League Final / * Qualify for Semi-Finals

References:

Report

The Irish Baseball League started in 1996. By 2006 there were enough teams to split the League into an A-League and B-League.

Dublin Spartans won the League Pennant in 2006 on a 12-3 record, and then defeated the Dublin Black Sox 3-0 and 15-8 to claim the A-League Title.

Dublin City Hurricanes would take the League Pennant in 2007, but fall short in the A-League Final, losing the series 2-1 to the Spartans, who would again win both the Pennant and A-League Final in 2008, with another victory over the Hurricanes.

In 2009, there would be more disappointment for the Hurricanes as for the second year in three they would win the League Pennant but lose the A-League Final to the Spartans. They following year the pattern would be repeated, with the Hurricanes again losing to the Spartans in the Final after winning the League Pennant.

For the third year in succession the Hurricanes would win the Pennant in 2011 only to lose the Final to the Spartans. This season would be specially bitter as they had gone a perfect 15-0 during the regular season.

The Spartans would win for the seventh time in a row in 2012, yet again after the Hurricanes had won the League Pennant. Following this disappointment the Hurricanes failed to win the Pennant in 2013 as the Spartans did the double. defeating the Black Sox in the Final.

In the 2014 season, the Spartans would fail to win the title after 8 in a row, as the Greystones Mariners came from nowhere with a winning run towards the end of the season to scrape into the playoffs and then defeat the Hurricanes in the Final. Yet again the Hurricanes experienced the bitter disappointment of losing a Final after a perfect 15-0 regular season.

A new dynasty would begin in 2015 as the Dublin City Hurricanes would make up for earlier disappointments by taking both the League Pennant and A-League Final, defeating the Greystones Mariners. They would repeat the feat in 2016, again beating the Mariners in the Final, and in 2017 would win the three-in-a-row over the Mariners. The Hurricanes defeated the Mariners in the Final for the fourth year in a row in 2018, after again taking the League Title.

Dublin City Hurricanes won the 2019 A League Final 2 games to 1 in the three game series with League Pennant winners Mariners. All three games were won by 9 or more runs, with Hurricanes winning the first 14-4, before Mariners levelled the series with a 19-11 victory. Hurricanes took the title with a 16-5 win in the deciding game.

The 2020 season was shortened by half due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic. Mariners and Ashbourne Giants qualified for the A League Final, with Mariners triumphing.

References

Sources

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

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

Websites

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

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

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

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

[15] 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]

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

[22] 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

[2] 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]

[3] 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]

[4] 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]

[5] 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]

[6] – 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]

[7] 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]

[9] 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]

[10] 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]

[11] 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

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

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

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

Websites

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

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

Images

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

Websites

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

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

[27] 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]

[28] Game Stream (2020) Irish Baseball League Giants A A Division Sunday, September 27, 11:30 A.M. [Internet] Available from: https://gc.com/game-5f6fa58384221d6d2e000001?fbclid=IwAR25JkwdKAAZ5acOkEJ-mNuOILwx4e5SMGh9fJSEOmdMhuseq5lz1eJoTMA [Accessed 29 September 2020]

[29] Game Stream (2020) Irish Baseball League Giants A A Division Sunday, September 27, 3:00 P.M. [Internet] Available from: https://gc.com/game-5f6fa58384221d6d49000002?fbclid=IwAR1JTCC_GhsCy2G_2E4r9-t4T4q17qfcpY7xDMqzF_go2kDccaz341DgGhw [Accessed 29 September 2020]

Images

[30] Mariners Baseball (2020) Post, September 27, 2020:”Ladies and Gents, your 2020 Irish Baseball A League Champions.” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/120261118_3267278249993014_3674259032910125761_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=E9nzqaomEJgAX_Um_1j&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=dd8ee6ccb75c80df61ed60780e6976fb&oe=5F9A94A4 [Accessed 29 September 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Peter Kavanagh (Baseball Ireland), Peter Mullen (Dublin Black Sox), Adrian Kelly (Cavan Comets), Dr. Jose A Santos (Belfast Buccaneers)

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