Tag: Baseball Ireland A-League

Baseball Ireland A League Results 2021

Baseball Ireland Logo [Resized][References: 1]

Standings

Baseball Ireland A League 2021

PosTeamWLTPctPFPANet PtsStreak
110500.6671156451L1
210500.6671257550W1
36900.40075134-59L1
441100.26777119-42W1

Regular Season Results

Baseball Ireland A League 2021

Match Day Week 1
(Week 1)
11 - 10

Dublin City Hurricanes vs Dublin Spartans

(Week 1)
1 - 6

Mariners Baseball vs Ashbourne Giants

Match Day Midweek 2
(Midweek 2)
6 - 3

Mariners Baseball vs Ashbourne Giants

Match Day Week 2
(Week 2)
13 - 3

Mariners Baseball vs Dublin City Hurricanes

(Week 2)
4 - 7

Dublin Spartans vs Ashbourne Giants

Match Day Week 3
(Week 3)
15 - 5

Ashbourne Giants vs Dublin City Hurricanes

(Week 3)
4 - 16

Dublin Spartans vs Mariners Baseball

Match Day Week 3A
(Week 3A)
11 - 7

Ashbourne Giants vs Dublin City Hurricanes

(Week 3A)
5 - 15

Dublin Spartans vs Mariners Baseball

Match Day Week 6
(Week 6)
12 - 2

Ashbourne Giants vs Dublin Spartans

Match Day Midweek 7
(Midweek 7)
6 - 5

Mariners Baseball vs Dublin Spartans

Match Day Week 7
(Week 7)
3 - 13

Dublin Spartans vs Mariners Baseball

(Week 7)
10 - 0

Ashbourne Giants vs Dublin City Hurricanes

Match Day Week 8
(Week 8)
11 - 1

Dublin Spartans vs Dublin City Hurricanes

Match Day Week 9
(Week 9)
2 - 3

Dublin City Hurricanes vs Dublin Spartans

(Week 9)
7 - 6

Dublin City Hurricanes vs Dublin Spartans

Match Day Week 9A
(Week 9A)
1 - 3

Mariners Baseball vs Ashbourne Giants

Match Day Week 10
(Week 10)
1 - 6

Dublin Spartans vs Ashbourne Giants

(Week 10)
11 - 3

Mariners Baseball vs Dublin City Hurricanes

Match Day Week 10A
(Week 10A)
6 - 3

Dublin Spartans vs Ashbourne Giants

(Week 10A)
6 - 9

Mariners Baseball vs Dublin City Hurricanes

Match Day Week 10B
(Week 10B)
8 - 6

Dublin City Hurricanes vs Ashbourne Giants

Match Day Week 11
(Week 11)
13 - 3

Ashbourne Giants vs Dublin Spartans

(Week 11)
6 - 14

Dublin City Hurricanes vs Mariners Baseball

Match Day Week 11A
(Week 11A)
5 - 4

Dublin City Hurricanes vs Mariners Baseball

Match Day Week 12
(Week 12)
5 - 8

Ashbourne Giants vs Dublin City Hurricanes

(Week 12)
5 - 7

Dublin Spartans vs Mariners Baseball

Match Day Week 13
(Week 13)
10 - 4

Ashbourne Giants vs Mariners Baseball

(Week 13)
9 - 0

Dublin Spartans vs Dublin City Hurricanes

Match Day Week 13A
(Week 13A)
5 - 8

Ashbourne Giants vs Mariners Baseball

Season Report

By the end of June 2021 in the Baseball Ireland A League Ashbourne Giants and Mariners Baseball (Shankill-Greystones) were out in front on identical 4-1 records, each teams only loss coming against each other. Dublin City Hurricanes had managed one victory versus Dublin Spartans, leaving them on 1-3 and the Spartans winless on 0-4 as the two old masters of the game in Ireland found themselves outplayed by the Leinster Regional Teams Ashbourne (Co. Meath) and Mariners Baseball (based in both Greystones, Co. Wicklow and Shankill, Co. Dun Laoighaire-Rathdown/ Co. Dublin).

Ashbourne Giants and Mariners Baseball were still locked together in first place on 6-1 records by the August Bank Holiday Weekend after victories over the Spartans (twice for the Mariners and once for Ashbourne) and the Hurricanes (once for Ashbourne). Dublin Spartans got their first victory of the season with an 11-1 win in Corkagh Park versus eternal rivals Dublin City Hurricanes, leaving both teams on one win apiece.

By the beginning of September the A League was complete and Ashbourne Giants took the A League Pennant thanks to a 3-2 decision on Tiebreaker Rule 2 – Head to Head. Both the Giants and rivals Mariners Baseball had finished 10-5 at the top of the Standings with Dublin City Hurricanes putting together a late run to finish in third on 6-9, defeating both Ashbourne Giants and Mariners Baseball twice. Dublin Spartans made a late run of their own, winning against Ashbourne and their firece rivals Hurricanes, but it was the Hurricanes who made the third playoff spot.

HOME VENUES

TeamHome Field
Ashbourne GiantsInternational Baseball Centre, Ashbourne, Co. Meath
Dublin City HurricanesFields of Dreams, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 / Co. South Dublin
Dublin SpartansFields of Dreams, Corkagh Park, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 / Co. South Dublin
Mariners BaseballShanganagh Park, Shankill, Co. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown / Co. Dublin.
[References: 2]

ABOUT BASEBALL IRELAND A LEAGUE 2021 SEASON

The 2021 Baseball Ireland A League season shall be the 15th of the A League since it spilt into two Leagues (A and B) in 2007, and the 24th in total since the Irish Baseball League was founded in 1997 (there were earlier attempts at starting an Irish Baseball League from the 1960s onwards – see the International Baseball page on Eirball for more details as well as Josh Chetwynd’s book “Baseball in Europe”. The same four teams as in 2020 shall be playing a 15 game schedule each (each team playing the other 5 times), with the top 3 making the playoffs.

REFERENCES / FURTHER READING

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 (2020) A League [Internet] Available from: https://baseballireland.ie/league/157853/  [Accessed 24 July 2021][Last Accessed 5 September 2021]

Logo References

[3] Dublin City Hurricanes (2018) Ashbourne-Giants-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.10.11 (1) [Internet] Available from: http://www.dublinhurricanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Ashbourne-Giants-WhatsApp-Image-2021-06-25-at-15.10.11.jpeg [Accessed 20 July 2021]

[4] 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]

[5] Dublin Spartans Facebook Page (2018) Dublin Spartans Logo [Internet] Available from: https://scontent-dub4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-1/p200x200/12472700_1694851807430395_1309963740216936694_n.png?_nc_cat=110&oh=7c98365b37e8084eb781a5c420a31619&oe=5C517A8C [Accessed 6 October 2018]

[6] Mariners Baseball (2021) Profile Picture, April 7 2021 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/MarinersBaseballClub/photos/a.152658488121688/3793642710689896/ [Accessed 19 June 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Adrian Kelly, Tom Kelley, Dr. Jose A. Santos, Rav Mphande, Jason Wiebe and Sean Mitchell (Baseball Ireland, Dublin City Hurricanes, Comets Baseball, Ashbourne Giants, Ashbourne Titans).

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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

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Last Updated: 1 August 2021

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Baseball Ireland Car Sticker Logo

Baseball Ireland A-League 2014

Baseball Ireland Logo [Reference: 1]

Final Standings 2014

 PWLFrfGBPts
*Dublin City Hurricanes15150060
*Dublin Spartans1510505.045
*Greystones Mariners157808.036
*Belfast NorthStars156909.033
Dublin Black Sox1539314.018
Dublin Tigers1546514.317
Baseball Ireland A-League 2014 [Reference: 3]

Playoff Results

DateHome Team Away Team 
 Playoffs   
 06.092014Dublin City Hurricanes16Dublin Spartans6
06.09 2014Greystones Mariners3Belfast NorthStars1
 Semi-Final   
 13.092014Dublin Spartans7Greystones Mariners11
 A-League Final   
 20.092014Dublin City Hurricanes1Greystones Mariners3
 20.09.2014Greystones Mariners8Dublin City Hurricanes4
 (Greystones Mariners win Series 2-0)
Baseball Ireland A-League 2014 [Reference: 2]

Regular Season Results

DateHome TeamAway Team
Week 1
22.03.2014Greystones Mariners4Dublin Tigers1
22.03.2014Dublin Spartans8Dublin Black Sox0
Week 2
29.03.2014Dublin City Hurricanes8Greystones Mariners6
Week 3
05.04.2014Dublin City Hurricanes12Dublin Black Sox4
06.04.2014Belfast North Stars3Dublin Tigers6
06.04.2014Belfast North Stars12Dublin Tigers14
06.04.2014Greystones Mariners3Dublin Spartans8
Week 4
13.04.2014Dublin Tigers4Dublin City Hurricanes13
13.04.2014Dublin Tigers13Dublin Black Sox3
Week 5
26.04.2014Greystones Mariners3Belfast North Stars2
26.04.2014Greystones Mariners8Belfast North Stars12
27.04.2014Dublin Spartans17Dublin Tigers7
Week 6
03.05.2014Dublin Black Sox3Belfast North Stars2
03.05.2014Dublin Tigers8Belfast North Stars15
03.05.2014Dublin Spartans12Greystones Mariners2
Week 8
17.05.2014Dublin Tigers7Dublin Spartans10
17.05.2014Dublin Tigers9Dublin Spartans8
18.05.2014Dublin City Hurricanes11Greystones Mariners6
Week 9
24.05.2014Belfast North Stars4Dublin City Hurricanes7
24.05.2014Belfast North Stars0Dublin City Hurricanes6
Week 10
31.05.2014Dublin Black Sox4Dublin Tigers10
Week 11
07.06.2014Greystones Mariners6Dublin City Hurricanes10
08.06.2014Dublin Black Sox0 #Dublin Spartans9
08.06.2014Dublin Spartans7Dublin Black Sox2
Week 12
14.06.2014Dublin City Hurricanes7Dublin Black Sox0
Mid-Week
18.06.2014Dublin Tigers0 #Dublin Black Sox7
Week 13
21.06.2014Greystones Mariners0Dublin Black Sox3
22.06.2014Dublin Spartans3Dublin City Hurricanes11
Week 14
29.06.2014Dublin City Hurricanes16Dublin Tigers1
Mid-Week
02.07.2014Dublin Spartans12Greystones Mariners2
Week 15
05.07.2014Belfast North Stars9Dublin Black Sox0 #
05.07.2014Belfast North Stars7Dublin Black Sox0
06.07.2014Dublin City Hurricanes8Dublin Spartans2
Week 16
12.07.2014Dublin Black Sox0Greystones Mariners8
13.07.2014Dublin Spartans8Belfast North Stars5
Mid-Week
23.07.2014Dublin Tigers0 #Dublin City Hurricanes7
Week 17
26.07.2014Dublin City Hurricanes11Belfast North Stars1
Mid-Week
06.08.2014Greystones Mariners7Dublin Tigers0 #
Week 19
09.08.2014Dublin Black Sox0 #Dublin City Hurricanes9
09.08.2014Dublin Tigers0 #Dublin Spartans9
10.08.2014Belfast North Stars5Greystones Mariners15
Week 20
17.08.2014Belfast North Stars11Dublin Spartans0
17.08.2014Belfast North Stars9Dublin Spartans4
17.08.2014Dublin Tigers0 #Greystones Mariners9
Week 21
23.08.2014Dublin Spartans5Dublin City Hurricanes8
24.08.2014Dublin Black Sox1Greystones Mariners12
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

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 Peter Kavanagh (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: 9 December 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

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