Baseball in Ireland

Baseball in Ireland

Baseball Ireland is the governing body of baseball in Ireland (covering both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland).Although the existence of baseball in Ireland is not widely known, the game has been played there since the early 1990s. What began with a few friends playing pickup games on soccer and rugby fields in Dublin and Greystones, soon grew into a small league.

Ireland played its first game in international competition in 1996 against the Czech Republic, losing by a score of 23-2. Since then Ireland has gone on to win a bronze in 2004 in Germany and a silver in Belgium in 2006 at the European Pool B Baseball Championships. Ireland's national team, although only ten years old, has won at least one game in every tournament it has entered including 1996, in Hull, UK.

In the years since, baseball has spread throughout Ireland. The game is current played in Dublin, Greystones, Belfast, Cork and Kerry. Youth baseball is also played in Portstewart and Portrush in Northern Ireland.

The Irish National Baseball Team won its first bronze medal at the 2004 European Championships in Germany. In August 2006, the Irish National Baseball Team won the silver medal at the European Championships held in Antwerp, Begium
The Emerald Diamond, a documentary film released in 2006, chronicled the history of baseball in Ireland and the Irish National Baseball Team.

The Irish National Baseball Team

The Irish National Baseball Team has been in existence since 1996 and has taken part in several major baseball tournaments and tours.

Irish Baseball League

The Irish Baseball League was founded in 1997. Participating teams come from Dublin, Belfast and Greystones.

External links

* [http://www.BaseballIreland.com Baseball Ireland Official website]
* [http://www.belfastbaseball.com Belfast Baseball Association]
* [http://www.IrishBaseballMovie.com The Emerald Diamond]
* [http://irishbaseballseason.blogspot.com Irish National Team pitcher Cormac Eklof's blog]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/Ireland_born.shtml Register of Irish-born Major League Baseball players]


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