Category: Baseball

Dukes Baseball Ireland Team 1997

Factfile

Irish Baseball League Team 1997

Home Ground: O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Colours: Unknown.

All-Time Record: Unknown.

Honours: First Irish Baseball League Champions (1997)

History: One of the first teams in the Irish Basebal League, competing in the inaugural season in 1997, and becoming Champions. After the season it was decided to start over with all-new teams and an all-player draft, ending the Dukes career on a high.

Home Grounds: O’Malley Baseball Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22

Year-by-Year Record

YearLeagueRS W-L-TPts / PosPS W-L-TChampOther W-L-TChamp
1997IBL??-???? / 1st0-0-0IBL??-??-????
Dukes Baseball Ireland Team Record 1997 [Reference: 1-2]

References:

Sources

[1] O’Toole, Bernie (1997) “It’s a homerun for Irish baseball enthusiats as BERNIE O’TOOLE finds them batting in style | A minority sport” Evening Herald Thursday, June 19, 1997. pg. 22.

Websites

[2] Boston Irish (2008) Baseball in Ireland, really? The lowdown on Baseball in Ireland [Internet] Available from: http://irishbaseballseason.blogspot.com/2007/05/baseball-in-ireland-really-low-down-on.html [Accessed 29 July 2019]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Brian Connolly (Panthers), Peter Kavanagh, Baseball Ireland.

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Panthers Baseball Ireland Team 1998-2005

Panthers IBL Logo [Reference: 1]

Factfile

Irish Baseball League Team 1998-2005

Colours: Blue & Black

Home Ground: Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Honours: Irish Baseball League Champions 1998 and 2001. IBL Final Runners-Up 2003. IBL Trophy League Champions 2005. IBL Trophy Final Runner-Up 2005.

All-Time Record: Total (Wins-Losses): 53-37; Regular Season: 52-35; Post-Season: 1-2. Complete Record Unknown.

History: The Panthers were one of the first Irish Baseball League teams, formed from the restart of the League with an all-players draft in its second year. They were one of the most successful of the teams, winning the Irish Baseball League twice in 1998 and 2001, and reaching the Final in 2003. In 2005 they finished top of the 2nd Stage Trophy section of the IBL, which was for teamswhich finished in the bottom half of the 1st Stage, winning the League part but losing the Final in what was to be their last year. Played their Home games at O’Malley Fields, in Clondalkin, Dublin 22, which were the first purpose-built Baseball Fields in Ireland, built with $100,000 donated by Peter O’Malley, Irish Owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team.

Home Ground: O’Malley Fields, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.

Year-by-Year Record

YearLeagueRS W-LPts / PosPS W-L-TChampOther W-L-TChamp
1998IBL8-11st0-0-0IBL0-0-0None
1999IBL7-526 / 3rd0-0-0None0-0-0None
2000IBL??-???? / ??0-0-0None0-0-0None
2001IBL??-???? / 1st0-0-0IBL0-0-0None
2002IBL10-836 / 4th0-0-0None0-0-0None
2003IBL9-541 / 3rd1-1-0None0-0-0None
2004IBL10-844 / 6th0-0-0None0-0-0None
2005IBL Trophy8-838 / 1st0-1-0Trophy0-0-0None
Panthers Irish Baseball League Team Year-by-Year Record 1997-2005 [References: 2-11]

References

Images

[1] Panthers Baseball Club | ETeamz | Wayback Machine (2003) panthers3 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20030907212205im_/http://www.eteamz.com/panthers-irl/images/panthers3.gif [Accessed 25 August 2020]

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.

Sources

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

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

Internet Archive

[7] 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]

[8] 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]

[9] 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]

[10] 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]

[11] 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]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Brian Connolly (Panthers).

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Options Unlimited Junior Flag Football, Basketball and Baseball, Ballybrack and Loughlinstown 1986

Report

A new scheme, Options Unlimited, was launched in the Ballybrack and Loughlinstown areas of South Co. Dublin on 30 June 1986, by Dun Laoghaire VEC, which offered a wide variety of sports for up to 1,500 children, including Flag Football (a non-contact version of American Aootball, like Tag Rugby), Basketball and Baseball.

It was Co-Ordinated by Kelvin Troy, who played the 1985-86 season as a Professional American Import for Premier Milk Toppers Killester in the Irish Basketball Association Men’s National League. It operated from its base in Cedar Court, Ballybrack and was funded by the Department of Labour, and had a 14-strong team of workers. It was a pilot scheme and was to be extended if successful.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1994) “New sports scheme launched” Irish Press. Tuesday, July 1, 1983. pg. 16 [Internet] Available online at the Irish Newspaper Archive at: https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ which is a subscription service.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Mark.

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International Baseball in Ireland – US Navy Exhibition Match (1917) Re-enactment 2017

Result

DateHome TeamAway Team
100th AnniversaryVenue: Mardyke, UCC
25.07.2017Cork Rebel Alliance3UCC All Americans3
US Navy Baseball Match in Ireland 100th Anniversary Re-enactment – 25 July 2017 [Ref: 3]

Report

On the 100th Anniversary exactly of the US Navy’s Exhibition game in University College Cork, on exactly the same place, American Students studying at a Summer Camp in UCC, along with expats, re-enacted the match between the USS Melville and the USS Trippe (in Irish waters as part of the European Theater of Operations during WWI), which the USS Trippe won 7-6. [Ref: 1-2]

The US Students played a team made up of Irish Baseball players, including Baseball Ireland member Adrian Kelly, which was named the Cork Rebel Alliance, at the Mardyke, UCC on 25 July 2017. The Re-enactment finished a 3-3 tie after four innings, including 2 Home runs for the Cork Rebel Alliance. [Ref: 3]

UCC All Americans included Nicole Dehnel, Kristin Tocci, Alex Smith and Katie Wright. [Ref: 1] and the game raised money for Irish Charity, Guide Dogs for the Blind.

See: https://eirball.ie/2020/04/24/international-baseball-in-ireland-uss-trippe-7-uss-melville-6-1917/ for a report on the original match.

Baseball Ireland’s Adrian Kelly and Nicole Dehnel revreating the 1917 Baseball Picture. Pic: Eddie O’Hare [Ref: 4]

References

Newspapers

[1] O’Riordan, Sean (2017) “Famous Baseball game by US Sailors recreated in Cork” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/famous-baseball-game-by-us-sailors-recreated-in-cork-455663.html [Accessed 28 July 2017]

[2] Duncan, Mark (2017) “An Irishman’s Diary” The Irish Times. Wednesday, August 23, 2017.

Social Media

[3] Baseball Ireland Facebook (2017) Post , July 26, 2017:”” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/baseballireland/posts/1603009249743866 [Accessed 24 April 2020]

Images

[4] O’Hare, Eddie (2017) “Adrian Kelly of Baseball Ireland and Nicole Dehnel recreating the 1917 Baseball picture at the Cricket Grounds in Cork” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/remote/media.central.ie/media/images/m/MardykeBaseballMatchJul17A_large.jpg?width=648&s=ie-455663 [Accessed 28 July 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Roisin O’Callaghan, Sarah Jane Masterson, Lorna Rose Masterson and Sondra Maher (Marlay Softball Club).

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Major League Baseball in Ireland – Chicago White Stockings Tour of Ireland 1889

Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Game 1Venue: NICC, Belfast
03.1889All-America Club9Chicago White Stockings8
Game 2Venue: Landsdowne Rd, Dublin
27.03.1889Chicago White Stockings3All-America Club5
Major League Baseball in Ireland – Chicago White Stockings Tour 1889 [Ref: 1]

Report

Following on from the first Major League Tour of Ireland and Britain in 1874, a tour was organised by A.G. Spalding as part of a grander plan to bring American Professional Sports to the World.

Spalding’s Chicago White Stockings (now Chicago White Sox), of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (then the only Major League, as the American League would not be founded until 1901, and the National Football League, National Hockey League and National Basketball association until decades later), toured Ireland and Britain.

The Chicago team played the All-America Club in the grounds of the North of Ireland Cricket Club in Belfast, with the All-America team winning 9-8 thanks to a late 9th Inning rally.

In the return match, played at Landsdowne Road in Dublin, the White Stockings were leading 3-1 until another late 9th Inning rally, which saw the All-America Club score four runs in the Top of the Ninth.

Another facet of this tour was the decision of the English Rounders Association (Liverpool) and Welsh Rounders Association to adopt some of the rules of American Baseball, including two-handed batting (up until then batting was one-handed) and tagging a player out with the glove. The Rounders Associations changed their names to the English and Welsh Baseball Associations, to reflect the changes, although they kept the posts instead of adopting the bases as in Baseball. Welsh Baseball is still played as the traditional Celtic game of Wales (see: https://eirball.ie/welsh-baseball/ for more on this sport, which is popular in areas of Wales and Liverpool with a large Irish Working Class immigrant population).

References

Bibliography

[1] Chetwynd, Josh (2008) “Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History”. pg. 207. Published by McFarland and Company, Jefferson, North Carolina.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston and Hugh Mulcahy.

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Major League Baseball in Ireland – Boston Red Stockings v Philadelphia Athletics 1874

Results

DateHome TeamGamesAway TeamGames
Two-Game SeriesVenue: Dublin
24.08.1874Boston Red Stockings1Philadelphia Athletics1
Major League Baseball in Ireland – Boston Red Stockings v Philadelphia Athletics 1874 [Ref: 1]

Report

Naturally, given the links between America and Ireland, Britain and France, the three countries got the biggest promotion of Baseball in the late Nineteenth and early twentieth centuries when Professional Baseball clubs toured Europe.

The earliest known game of Baseball in Ireland occurred on 24 August 1874 in Dublin, when National League clubs, the Boston Red Stockings and Philadelphia Athletics (later Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics) finished off a 12-game tour of England by playing two matches in Dublin. The series finished one game apiece.

The teams also played a match against the All-Ireland Cricket team. Because of the large number of Irish-Americans playing Professional Baseball at the time, this leg of the trip was considered essential by Boston owner Harry Wright.

References

Bibliography

[1] Chetwynd, Josh (2008) “Baseball in Europe: A Country by Country History”. pg. 206. Published by McFarland and Company, Jefferson, North Carolina.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston and Hugh Mulcahy.

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Baseball Internationals in Ireland – America v Canada 1917

Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Game 1Venue: Dublin
27.10.1917America6Canada10
Game 2Venue: Belfast
31.10.1917Canada5America5
International Baseball in Ireland – America v Canada 1917 [Ref: 1]

Box-Score 31 October 1917

123456789ExtraTotal
Canada01102000105
America20010000205
Baseball International Belfast 31 October 1917 – Canada v America Box-Score [Ref: 1]

Teams 31 October 1917

PositionAmericaCanada
PitcherStanleyDoyle
CatcherVannaisLangdon
First BaseChapinLatimer
Second BaseLeoReid
Third BaseGreenEdmundsen
Centre FieldCouedBiglard
Right FieldVan DyneJohnson
Left FieldMcLeodLoskey
Short StopHumphreysMaddock
Baseball International in Ireland 1917 – Amercan and Canadian Team Line-Ups. [Ref: 1]

Report

Two International Baseball matches between America and Canada were played in Dublin and Belfast in late October 1917.

In the first encounter Canada won by 10 runs to 6, and the return match, in Belfast, finished 5-5.

Doyle for Canada, and Stanley for America were the Pitchers, who were described as excellent.

America went 2-0 up in the first innings, but Canada added one in the second, and levelled the match in the third. America took the lead again in the fourth with a well-obtained run, but Canada retook the lead in the fifth by adding two runs. There was no score from then until the ninth innings, when America obtained two. It looked like America was going to win when Canada’s first batter failed, but they managed to equalise in the end. One Extra inning failed to separate the sides, and it finished five runs each.

References

Newspapers

[1] Anon. (1917) “Baseball Match in Belfast: America v. Canada”. The Belfast News-Letter. Thursday, November 1, 1917. pg. 3.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston and Richard Mulcahy

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International Baseball in Ireland – USS Trippe 7 USS Melville 6 – 1917

Result

DateHome TeamAway Team
Exhibition MatchVenue: Mardyke, UCC
25.07.1917USS Trippe7USS Melville6
Baseball International Exhibition Match in Ireland 1917 [Ref: 1-2]

Report

A match, suggested by Admiral Sims, was played on the grounds of University College Cork, was played in aid of a wartime charity by two US Naval Vessels: USS Trippe and USS Melville. Despite being delayed by over a week due to rain, it attracted a large crowd, who witnessed USS Trippe win by 7 runs to 6.

Around 3,000 people attended, and the band of the 3rd battalion, the Leinster Regiment, played a selection of music, finishing with the US and British National Anthems.

A warm-up match had been played by USS McDougal and USS Wadsworth. The match raised £90 for the Cork War Workers Fund.

The Navy created a Baseball Diamond at Ringaskiddy, beside Ballybricken House, afterwards, and a Baseball bat from Ballybricken is in the Cobh Museuem.

A re-enactment took place at the Mardyke, UCC, exactly a century later, also in aid of charity (Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind) when a team of visiting US Students, attending a Summer Camp at UCC, along with a few expats, took on the ‘Cork Rebel Alliance’. the location was at the exact same place as the original match 100 years previously.

Milligan of USS Melville at bat in the Baseball match on 25 July 1917 [Ref: 3]

References

Newspapers

[1] O’Riordan, Sean (2017) “Famous Baseball game by US Sailors recreated in Cork” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/famous-baseball-game-by-us-sailors-recreated-in-cork-455663.html [Accessed 28 July 2017]

[2] Duncan, Mark (2017) “An Irishman’s Diary” The Irish Times. Wednesday, August 23, 2017.

Images

[3] Anon. (2017) “Milligan from the Melville team hits a mighty stroke playing in the baseball match against Trippe at the Mardyke on July 25, 1917.” Irish Examiner. Wednesday, July 26, 2017. [Internet] Available from: https://www.irishexaminer.com/remote/media.central.ie/media/images/z/zzzMardykeBaseballMatch1917A_large.jpg?width=648&s=ie-455663 [Accessed 28 July 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston.

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Baseball Amateur World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003

Result

DateHome TeamAway Team
World Series 1903
1903Lennons (Illinois)18Whytes (Indiana)1
Re-enactment 2003
06.2003Lennons3Whytes12
Baseball Ireland World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003 [Ref: 1]

Report

South Roscommon witnessed its first ever game of Baseball in June 2003, on the 100th Anniversary of the World Series of 1903 between the Lennons of Joliet, Illinois and the Whytes of Indiana. The Amateur World Series was won by the Lennons by a score of 18-1, a feat which was acknowledged by the baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York in 1963.

The re-enactment was played behind the Heritage Centre in Drum, Co. Roscommon, featuring family members of the original Whytes and Lennons teams, and didn’t go according to script, with the Whytes regaining some family pride with a 12-3 victory.

Tony Whyte was manager of both teams, and the large attendance were not put out by the Final score, enjoying the game and occasion, despite the Irish contingent not knowing the finer points of the rules like their American counterparts, who were large in numbers.

The Lennons were 1-0 up after the first innings, but the tactically superior Whytes were 9-1 up going into the fourth, but the Lennons were still hopeful of victory, and introduced two substitutesfrom the USA: Jonathan Burke from Boston and Brian Lennon from California. However, Mark Lennon’s impressive Home Run in the fourth was not enough as they were 12-3 down going into the closing stages, and failed to score in their final innings. [Ref: 1]

Baseball World Series (1903) Reenactment 2003 – Whytes and Lennons Line Up for Match [Ref: 1] Picture: P. Devanny

Teams

LennonsWhytes
Adrian Hughes LennonAdrian Millen
James LennonTom Seerey
Eamon LennonMark Whyte
Adrian LennonDarra Egan
Brian LennonOwen McManus
David LennonTony Whyte
Mark LennonEdward Egan
Alan Hughes LennonSeamus McManus
Pascal LennonScott Kahler
Cathal LennonRomy Currid
Robert Lennon
Sub: Jonathan Burke
Sub: Brian Lennon
Baseball Ireland World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003 teams [Ref: 1]

Officials

Chief UmpireEd Burke (USA)
CommentatorHarold Lynan Webber
Presenter of MedalsFr. Ray Milton
Baseball World Series (1903) Re-enactment 2003 Officials [Ref: 1]

References

Newspapers

[1] Coyne, Declan (2003) “Historic Baseball Game didn’t go according to script as the Whyte’s out-run the Lennons!” Roscommon Champion. Friday, June 27, 2003. pg. 29

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Frank Kingston.

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Ulster Open Baseball Championship 2015

Ulster Open Baseball Championship Trophy [Ref: 19]

Final Standings

PosTeamPWLTRFRA
1Dublin City Hurricanes $5400438
2Dublin Spartans53114615
3Baseball Scotland53112512
4Belfast Hornets $52201015
5Cavan Comets 5212927
6Belfast North Stars $51301628
7Liverpool Trojans $51211736
8Tonbridge Baseball Club 50412550
Ulster Baseball Championship Final Standings 2015 [Ref: Compiled from Results in 1-18]

Note: $ Match Results currently unknown.

Playoffs

DateHome TeamAway Team
Plate Semi-Finals
21.06.2015Cavan Comets6Liverpool Trojans6
21.06.2015Belfast North Stars8Tonbridge BC4
7-8 Place
21.06.2015Liverpool Trojans9Tonbridge BC8
5-6 Place
21.06.2015Cavan CometsWBelfast North StarsL
Semi-Finals
21.06.2015Dublin Spartans9Belfast Hornets2
21.06.2015Dublin City Hurricanes3Baseball Scotland1
3-4 Place
21.06.2015Belfast Hornets3Baseball Scotland4
Final
21.06.2015Dublin Spartans4Dublin City Hurricanes8
Ulster Baseball Championship Playoffs 2020 [Ref: 12-18]

Group Standings

PWLTRFRAGB
Group A
*Dublin Spartans3201335–
*Baseball Scotland32012060.0
+Belfast North Stars3020123
+Liverpool Trojans (Eng)3020222
Group B
*Dublin City Hurricanes3200323–
*Belfast Hornets310052
+Cavan Comets30111022
+Tonbridge Baseball Club (Eng)30211333
Ulster Baseball Championship Group Standings 2015 [Ref: Compiled from Results in: 1-11]

Note: * Qualify for Championship Semi-Finals; + Qualify for Plate Semi-Finals

Group Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Group A
20.06.2015Dublin Spartans15Liverpool Trojans0
20.06.2015Belfast North Stars0Baseball Scotland9
20.06.2015Belfast North StarsLiverpool Trojans
20.06.2015Dublin Spartans4Baseball Scotland4
20.06.2015Belfast North Stars1Dublin Spartans14
20.06.2015Baseball Scotland7Liverpool Trojans2
Group B
20.06.2015Dublin City Hurricanes13Cavan Comets1
20.06.2015Tonbridge Baseball Club2Belfast Hornets5
20.06.2015Tonbridge Baseball Club9Cavan Comets9
20.06.2015Dublin City HurricanesBelfast Hornets
20.06.2015Tonbridge Baseball Club2Dublin City Hurricanes19
20.06.2015Belfast HornetsWCavan CometsL
Ulster Baseball Championship Group Results 2015 [Ref: 1-11]

Venue: Hydebank Playing Fields, 19 Newtownbreda Rd, Castlereagh, Belfast BT8






Report





Dublin City Hurricanes won the second Ulster Baseball Championships, played at Hydebank Playing Fields, Castlereagh, near Belfast from the 20th to 21st June 2015. 





Two Belfast teams (the North Stars and Hornets), two Dublin teams (the Hurricanes and Spartans), Cavan Comets from Ulster (ROI), Baseball Scotland National Team, and two teams from England (Liverpool Trojans and Tonbridge Baseball Club) battled it out in two groups of 4 followed by semi-finals and Finals, with Dublin City Hurricanes defeating old enemy Dublin Spartans 8-4 in the Final.





Dublin City Hurricanes – Ulster Open Baseball Championships Winners 2015 [Ref: 21]





Paolo Barbero of the Dublin City Hurricanes won the Individual Award for Home Run King. Jeffrey Shiau (Dublin Spartans) was named MVP (Most Valuable Player).





Paolo Barbero – Home Run King Ulster Open Baseball Championships 2015 [Ref: 22]





Reference





Internet Archive





[1] Belfast Baseball | Internet Archive (2015) Ulster Baseball Championship 2015 [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20151109180643/http://belfastnorthstars.wix.com/northstars2 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[2] Belfast Baseball | Internet Archive (2015) Ulster Baseball Championship 2015 Schedule [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20151109180643/http://belfastnorthstars.wix.com/northstars2 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





Social Media





[3] Baseball Ireland Facebook (2015) Post to Page by Peadar O,Caomhanaigh, June 22, 2015:”Congratulations to Jose Angel Santos and Jon Carter and all the Belfast Northstars Baseball, Belfast Buccaneers Baseball Club and Belfast Hornets Baseball Club on a wonderful weekend at the Ulster Open Baseball Championship 2015.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/51106610873/permalink/10153352797790874/ [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[4] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Team Scotland end the day undefeated as we beat Liverpool 7 to 2.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847365682024119 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[5] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Team Scotland ends the game 4 to 4 to the Dublin Spartans. Spartans come back to tie it in the last inning.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847312685362752 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[6] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Team Scotland takes first game versus Belfast North Stars 9 to 0. Team manager Jason Derr throws a shutout and the team batted around in the top of the fifth scoring 8 to put the game away.” [Internet] Available from:https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847219225372098 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[7] Belfast Northstars Baseball Facebook (2015) Post, March 25, 2015:”Ulster Open Baseball Championship, weekend of June 20th-21st. Official team Line-ups,” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/NorthstarsBB/posts/651458121626116 [Accessed 27 March 2020]





[8] Dublin City Hurricanes Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Game 1: Hurricanes 13 Cavan 1″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DublinCityHurricanes/posts/888161297922339 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[9] Liverpool Trojans Facebook (2015) Post, June 19, 2015:”Trojans advance party in Belfast ahead of this weekend’s Ulster Baseball Championships .” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/liverpooltrojans/photos/a.222075011136165/999129550097370/?type=3&theater [Accessed 3 April 2020]





[10] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Tonbridge 9 – Cavan Comets 9″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/890880274306956 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[11] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 20, 2015:”Tonbridge 2-Belfast Bucs 5″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/890831087645208 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[12] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Team Scotland drop the game to the Dublin Hurricanes 3 to 1. Playing for 3rd place.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847803961980291 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[13] Baseball Scotland Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Team Scotland wins a nail biter against the Belfast Hornets. Final score 4 to 3 and take 3rd place in the Ulster Open.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/BaseballScotland/posts/847944721966215 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[14] Dublin Spartans Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post to Page by Alan Fox, June 21, 2015:”” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dublinspartans/permalink/10155772142010381/ [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[15] Liverpool Trojans Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Trojans Triumph on Day 2 of the Ulster Baseball Championships! “ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/liverpooltrojans/photos/a.222075011136165/1000386869971638/?type=3&theater[Accessed 3 April 2020]





[16] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Tonbridge 4 – Belfast North Stars 8″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/891285060933144 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[17] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Tonbridge 8 – Liverpool Trojans 9″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/photos/a.572380792823574/891369600924690/?type=3 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[18] Tonbridge Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Tonbridge 2 – Dublin Hurricanes 19″ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/tonbridgebaseball/posts/890948200966830 [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[18] Comets Baseball Facebook (2015) Post, June 21, 2015:”Great team performance by the Comets at the Ulster Baseball Open this weekend- winning 3 out of 5 games – beating Liverpool, the Belfast North Stars & Tonbridge (London) …” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/Cavan.Comets/posts/916346698406978 [Accessed 5 April 2020]





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[20] Ulster Open Baseball Championships (2015) Post to Page by Jon Carter, June 19, 2015:”The clock is ticking, less than 12 hours to go guy & gals! Really hope your all ready for this, it will be EPIC!!!” [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10527540_10153520892356454_8538585337183442953_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_sid=02d79f&_nc_ohc=SEM1N35kvC8AX9qzqU9&_nc_ht=scontent-dub4-1.xx&oh=2df60e14acebed902c61c21cf871bb54&oe=5EB00E54  [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[21] Dublin City Hurricanes Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 22, 2015:”Champions — in Belfast, United Kingdom.” [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DublinCityHurricanes/photos/a.804799506258519/889208441150958/?type=3&theater [Accessed 4 April 2020]





[22] Dublin City Hurricanes Baseball Club Facebook (2015) Post, June 23, 2015:”Paolo Barbero wins Home Run King award at Ulster Invitational at #Belfast“ [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/DublinCityHurricanes/photos/a.804799506258519/889751804429955/?type=3&theater [Accessed 4 April 2020]





Acknowledgements





Thanks to Brian Connolly, Panthers.





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