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The Irish Wolfhounds Baseball Club
The Irish Wolfhounds Baseball Club is the world's first all-Irish baseball club. The club was formed to demonstrate that Ireland has enough available talent to reach the World Baseball Classic (WBC).

The Wolfhounds adopted their team name in honor of the Irish Wolfhound, which is generally considered Ireland's national dog breed and a national symbol of the country.

History
Founded in 2023, the Irish Wolfhounds Baseball Club is a project of the Irish American Baseball Society (IABS), a non-profit organization that supports youth baseball programs in Ireland and operates the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame in the United States.

The team employs a rotating roster of available players with college or professional baseball experience who either have or qualify to obtain Irish citizenship, making them eligible to represent Ireland in the Olympics and the WBC.

NYPD’s NY Finest Baseball Club
The Wolfhounds made their debut at Clover Stadium on June 17, 2023, against NYPD's NY Finest Baseball Club, with the Wolfhounds winning by a score of 9-1.

The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Dermot Fitzpatrick, Ireland’s Vice Consul, followed by a pep talk from Ireland’s Consul General Helena Nolan.

The team was led by Donegal Fergus, who coached the 2018 Irish National Team to a gold medal at the European Baseball C-Pool Qualifying Tournament, and who now serves as the head coach of Loyola Marymount’s baseball team.

New York State Court Officer Blue Sox
On July 15, 2023, the Irish Wolfhounds Baseball Club defeated the New York State Court Officer Blue Sox by a score of 9-0 at Staten Island University Hospital Community Park, home of the Staten Island Ferry Hawks.

For this game, the Wolfhounds coaching staff was led by Vin Malzahn, who served as an assistant coach on the gold-medal-winning 2017 Under-18 Irish National Team.

Mazahn was assisted by two former Major League Baseball players — Shane Spencer, a former New York Yankees outfielder, and Rob Delaney, a former relief pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays, as well as James Lally, a former pitcher for St. John’s University, and former Princeton pitcher Keelan Smithers.

The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Vicki McDermott from the Irish Consulate in New York City.