During the next two weeks we are going to look at a few Baseball and Softball Leagues in Europe, we were not covering during the 2009 season.
The Spartans won the Irish League championship for the fourth straight year, sweeping the best-of-three finals against the Hurricanes7-1 and 8-3. The Hurricanes were ranked first after the regular season with a 13-3 record. The Spartans and Black Sox were tied for second with ten wins in 16 games.
Playoffs:
(page playoff format)
1st vs. 2nd:
Hurricanes – Spartans 4-5 (Spartans advanced to finals)
3rd vs. 4th:
Black Sox – Mariners 5-7
Semi-Final:
Hurricanes – Mariners 5-4 (Hurricanes advanced to finals)
Finals:
(best-of-three)
Hurricanes – Spartans 1-7
Hurricanes – Spartans 3-8 (Spartans win series 2-0)
Regular Season Standings:
- Hurricanes 13-3
- Spartans 10-6*
- Black Sox 10-6*
- Mariners 7-9
- Northstars 0-13
* Spartans won 2nd place playoff 1-0 against Black Sox