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Baseball Ireland A-League weekend wrap up May 19th-20th (IrishCentral)

Tue, 22 May 2012 03:45:06 PDT

The weekend just past saw a full slate of league games in the Irish baseball league Beautiful Corcaigh Park, the home of Irish Baseball, saw the 2011 Champion Dublin Spartans host the Greystones Mariners The Mariners banged out an impressive 10 hits on their way to a very respectable 5-2 win over the Spartans veteran side The Spartans are now on a surprising 4 game losing streak, whilst the Mariners announced they will be pushing for the playoffs this season, sitting on a nice 3-2 record after 5 games READ MORE

The Emerald Diamond: The story of Baseball in Ireland: Video (IrishCentral)

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:45:16 PST

John Fitzgerald, the director of the award winning documentary 'The Emerald Diamond' has created a shorter version of the movie, designed to give first time viewers a taste of the piece, and a quick look at the recent history of baseball in Ireland The Emerald Diamond, in its original format, is a 90-minute documentary about the Irish National Baseball Team, Baseball in Ireland on the whole, and a look into the history and the future of the game therein The film's budget of $70,000 was financed on credit cards by the first-time filmmaker, and recieved universal critical acclaimThe film debuted to a sold out crowd in New York on February 25, 2006 and has been seen in dozens of theaters across the United States since then READ MORE

Minutes silence planned for September 11 Rugby World Cup between United States and Ireland (IrishCentral)

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 03:33:27 PDT

By: SEAN O'SHEA

The silence will honor the dead from the 2001 terror attacks and will be held before the United States' opening World Cup match against Ireland, IRB president Bernard Lapasset told the Irish Examiner this week.

Original Babe Ruth baseball bat for sale in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:44:38 PDT

By: CATHAL DERVAN

Legendary baseball star Babe Ruth’s bat is up for auction at the end of the month.

European Baseball Championship qualifying tournament 2011: Time to get back to a single location tournament. (IrishCentral)

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:30:20 PDT

This morning, as Major League Baseball gears up for the home stretch, European baseball is embroiled in a qualification tournament for the second tier nations across the continent The tournament is split amongst several countries, with Ireland playing its section in Barcelona, Spain The tournament is a qualifier for the ‘Pool A’ tournament where all the European big guns take part, including the likes of Italy and the NetherlandsAt this stage you may be saying to yourself, ‘’Wait, there’s baseball in Europe?’’ Well, there certainly is READ MORE

World Baseball Classic expanding: And Ireland has beaten some of the competition! (IrishCentral)

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 11:30:19 PDT

The World Baseball Classic of 2013 will be just that little bit more colorful It will also include, for the first time, International teams that the Irish National baseball team has played (and indeed beaten!)Yes, in case you didn’t know already, Ireland does have an International baseball team, and it has participated admirably in European competitions since 1996 Ireland came fourth in the European Pool B Championships in Germany in 2004 and then came second in the European Pool B Championships held in Belgium in 2008 READ MORE

Ireland used to produce baseball players (IrishCentral)

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:15:05 PDT

It's not quite as tough as missing Thanksgiving, but Opening Day in Ireland is pretty flat experience It's not as if there's a great buzz in the neighborhood or even in the papers or on TV or anywhere really Today is just March 31 in Ireland, but it's a special day in AmericaAt least those few of us who care can watch the games thanks to digital television and broadband READ MORE

Baseball meets the green fields of Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 04:34:43 PST

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Baseball may be America's National Pastime, but the Irish have been playing baseball for over a decade. "The Emerald Diamond" is an award-winning documentary that tells the story of Ireland's new found obsession with the game.

Ron Wotus versus Baseball Ireland (IrishCentral)

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:00:19 PDT

With the San Francisco Giants forcing their way into both the World Series and the hearts of baseball fans everywhere, their bench coach, Ron Wotus, is attracting interest from a number of clubs to manage them next season Not better time than now to look at Ron's 2000 visit to Ireland, where he spent a weekend coaching Irish baseball players in the finer points of the gameThe weekend Baseball Ireland drank from the knowledge cup of the Giants bench coach and he drank from the dirty glasses of the bars in Temple Bar, DublinIn January 2000 Baseball Ireland held a 'winter clinic' in Dublin designed to help new players learn the game, and to help get established players ready for the 2000 season, which was to include the 2000 European Championships in CroatiaThe clinic was conducted by Rick Stein of Major League Baseball International and then Irish National Team coach, and Ron Wotus, both then and now the bench coach of the San Francisco Giants READ MORE

Baseball catching on in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:45:44 PDT

By: DANIEL O'CARROLL

Reading through comments on my articles from last week, I noticed one reader asking me to write about Irish baseball.

Major League Baseball defaces Ireland's national flag (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:00:06 PST

I'm not sure if you noticed or not, but baseball's spring training got going the other day That means a new baseball season is only a few weeks away, thank goodnessHowever, before we get to Opening Day StPatrick's Day will be here READ MORE

MLB is making me mad (IrishCentral)

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:18:20 PDT

By: John Fay

I've been a subscriber to MLB's Gameday Audio package for a number of years and I've often raved about how great a service MLB Gameday Audio is.