by baseballunited | Dec 21, 2020 | Content, Irish Baseball History, Regular Content
An Irishman has been credited with the first no-hitter in American League history, 119 years after the fact! Earlier this month, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), Retrosheet, and Major League Baseball announced that Cleveland Blues southpaw Pete...
by baseballunited | Dec 11, 2020 | Featured Content (Front Page Banner), Irish Baseball History
Moments after delivering a special Thanksgiving Day message to members of the Irish American Baseball Society, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States expressed interest in seeing a Major League Baseball game played in Dublin. “I understand Croke Park is big...
by baseballunited | Dec 9, 2020 | Content, Featured Content (Front Page Banner), News, Regular Content
Florida Atlantic Head Baseball Coach John McCormack has joined the Irish American Baseball Society. Coach McCormack, who is a member of the FAU Athletics Hall of Fame and was named the 2010 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, has a lifetime record of 411-249-2....
by baseballunited | Nov 27, 2020 | Content, Irish Baseball History, News, Regular Content, Video Library
When we last heard from Gary Tully, he had just imported baseball equipment from the United States. Soon, momentum was building! Gary Tully Interview, Part 4: Blitzes and Building Momentum
by Patrick J. Mahoney | Nov 27, 2020 | Content, Featured Content (Front Page Banner), Irish Baseball History, News, Regular Content
In tracking early Irish interest in the game of baseball, I was drawn to the efforts of Irish-American Fenians to make the game a staple at organizational picnics and gatherings. This early association is perhaps unsurprising, given the strong representation of Irish...