LSA 2nd Division 1996

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	Pts
East
*Fumballers	14	11	3	0			0	36
*Axemen	14	10	4	0			1	34
Thunderbirds	14	7	7	0			4	28
– Temple Devils	14	6	7	1			5.5	25
Central
*Thirteen Three	14	9	5	0			0	32
Braves	14	8	6	0			1	30
Butts	14	7	7	0			2	28
– Dublin Celts	14	6	8	0			3	26
West
*Cloughran Celts	14	9	5	0			0	32
Troops	14	7	7	0			2	28
– Jammy Dodgers	14	2	11	1			7.5	17
– Gators	14	2	1	11			12.5	7

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Relegation Playoffs
1996	Temple Devils	23	Jammy Dodgers	17
1996	Dublin Celts	7	Gators	0 #
	Semi-Finals
1996	Fumballers	9	Cloghran Celts	5
1996	Axemen	17	Thirteen Three	15 ei
	Championship
1996	Fumballers	11	Axemen	2

LSA 2nd Division 1997

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	Pts
East
*Butts	11	9	2	0			0	29
*Flyers	11	9	2	0			0	29
Kegs	11	4	7	0			5	19
– Troops	11	4	6	1			5.5	18
Central
*Hookers	11	10	1	0			0	31
Thirteen Three	11	6	5	0			4	23
Coolmine Celts	11	5	4	2			6	19
– Thunderbirds	11	1	10	0			9	13
West
*Reindeer Bucks	11	8	3	0			0	27
Temple Devils	11	5	5	1			3.5	20
Fuzzy Ducks	11	5	5	1			3.5	20
– Cougars	11	0	0	11			13.5	0

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Demotional Playoffs
1997	Troops	27	Thunderbirds	10
1997	Cougars		Demoted
	Divisional Semi-Finals
1997	Hookers	8	Reindeer Bucks	12
1997	Flyers	6	Butts	5
	2nd Division Final
1997	Reindeer Bucks	7	Flyers	0 #

LSA 2nd Division 1998

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	PCF	Pts
Primary Conference
+Loan Homers Barney	5	5	0	0			0	2	17
+Kegs 1	5	4	1	0			1.5	1	14
Blazzers	5	3	2	0			1.5	3	14
Jammy Dodgers	5	2	3	0			2.5	3	12
Axemen	5	1	3	1			5	1	7
Troops	5	0	4	1			5.5	2	6
Secondary Conference
K2	5	4	1	0			0	1	14
Thirteen Three	4	3	1	0			0	3	13
Hookers	5	3	2	0			0.5	2	13
Butts	4	2	1	1			1.5	3	10
– Temple Devils	5	1	4	0			2.5	2	9
– Fuzzy Ducks	5	1	2	2			4	1	6
1st Half East
^Blazzers	5	4	1	0			0		13
^Loan Homers Barney	5	3	2	0			1		11
^Kegs 1	5	3	2	0			1		11
Thirteen Three	5	3	2	0			1		11
Hookers	5	2	2	1			2.5		8
Fuzzy Ducks	5	0	5	0			4		5
1st Half West
^Jammy Dodgers	5	5	0	0			0		15
^Troops	5	4	1	0			1		13
^Axemen	5	2	3	0			3		9
Butts	5	2	2	1			3.5		8
Temple Devils	5	1	4	0			4		7
K2	5	1	3	1			4.5		6

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Relegation Playoffs
1998	Hookers	W	Beachers	L
1998	Butts	0 #	Thunderbirds	7
	Promotion Playoffs
1998	Blazzers	W	Fat Cats	L
1998	Jammy Dodgers	L	Reindeer Bucks	W

Butts retained place in 2nd Division as Thunderbirds declined promotion.

After First Half the top 3 teams in each section played in the Primary Conference and the bottom 3 played in the secondary conference. r – Automatic Relegation. rp – Relegation Playoff.

LSA 2nd Division 1999

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	PCF	Pts
Primary Conference
+Strike 4 Renegades	7	6	1	0			0	1	33
+Millionaires Club	7	5	2	0			0.5	2	32
Marlay Martyrs B	7	4	3	0			1.5	3	29
Slammers	7	4	3	0			1.5	3	29
Hookers	7	5	2	0			1.5	0	29
Oddsox Gold	7	2	4	1			4.5	2	20
Thirteen Three	7	1	6	0			5.5	0	17
K2	7	1	2	4			8	0	9
Secondary Conference
Oracle Orbits	7	7	0	0			0	2	37
Beachers	7	5	2	0			1.5	3	32
Mockingbirds	7	5	2	0			1.5	3	32
Temple Devils	7	4	3	0			3.5	1	27
Shutout 7	7	3	4	0			4.5	1	24
Hookers Too	7	3	3	1			4.5	2	23
– Fuzzy Ducks	7	1	4	2			8	0	13
– Microsoft MASH	7	0	3	4			11	0	4
1st Half East
^Marlay Martyrs B	7	6	1	0			0		32
^Millionaires Club	7	5	2	0			1		29
^K2	7	5	2	0			1		29
^Hookers	7	5	2	0			1		29
Mockingbirds	7	4	3	0			2		26
Hookers Too	7	2	4	1			4.5		18
Shutout 7	7	1	6	0			5		17
Fuzzy Ducks	7	0	5	2			7.5		10
1st Half West
^Slammers	7	6	1	0			0		32
^Oddsox Gold	7	5	2	0			1		29
^Strike 4 Renegades	7	5	2	0			1		29
^Thirteen Three	7	4	3	0			2		26
Beachers	7	3	4	0			3		23
Oracle Orbits	7	3	4	0			3		23
Temple Devils	7	2	4	1			4.5		18
Microsoft MASH	7	0	6	1			6.5		12

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Relegation Playoffs
1999	Shutout 7	L	Usual Suspects	W
1999	Hookers Too	11	Coolmine Bearcats	17
	Promotion Playoffs
1999	Marlay Martyrs B	12	Jammy Dodgers	13
1999	Slammers	12	Big Al’s Flyers	6

After First Half the top 4 teams in each section played in the Primary Conference and the bottom 4 played in the secondary conference / R – Relegation Playoff / P – Promotion Playoff.

Note: * Qualify for Playoffs / + Qualify for Promotion Playoffs with teams from Bottom of Division 1 / ^ Qualify for 2nd Half Primary Conference / – To Relegation Playoffs.

References

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Websites

[2] Oddsox – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2000) Past Seasons – 1996-1997-1998-1999 – 2nd Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20001204203200/http://www.oddsox.ie [Accessed 25 December 2017]

Images

[1] GeoCities – Dublin Bay Packers (1999) Irish Baseball and Softball Federation Logo[Internet] Available from: http://www.geocities.ws/dbpackers/images/ibsf_logo_99.jpg [Accessed 17 August 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Austin Purton and Ciaran Columb, Marlay Martyrs.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 15 January 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.

LSA 1st Division 1996

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	Pts
East
*Wild Turkey Warriors	14	10	4	0			0	34
Oddsox Green	14	6	6	2			5	24
– Flyers	14	4	10	0			6	22
– Ten AM	14	1	10	3			10.5	13
Central
*Dodder Dynamoes	14	10	4	0			0	34
Batpak	14	10	3	1			0.5	33
Oddsox Blue	14	4	10	0			6	22
– Fat Cats	14	3	10	1			7.5	19
West
*Marlay Martyrs	14	14	0	0			0	42
Oddsox Red	14	10	4	0			4	34
Avid Angels	14	7	7	0			7	28
– Blazzers	14	5	9	0			9	24

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Relegation Playoffs
1996	Blazzers	4	Ten AM	7
1996	Flyers	5	Fat Cats	9
	Semi-Finals
1996	Marlay Martyrs	7	Oddsox Red	6
1996	Wild Turkey Warriors	2	Dodder Dynamoes	15
	Championship
1996	Marlay Martyrs	25	Dodder Dynamoes	3

LSA 1st Division 1997

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	Pts
East
*Batpak	11	10	1	0			0	31
*Marlay Martyrs	11	9	2	0			1	29
– Oddsox Blue	11	3	7	1			7.5	16
– Axemen	11	0	11	0			10	11
Central
*Dodder Dynamoes	11	8	3	0			0	27
*Angels 1	11	8	3	0			0	27
Fatcats	11	6	5	0			2	23
– Fumballers Blue	11	4	6	1			4.5	18
West
*Oddsox Red	11	8	3	0			0	27
Oddsox Green	11	6	5	0			2	23
Warriors	11	3	8	0			5	17
– Blazzers	11	1	10	0			7	13

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Demotional Playoffs
1997	Oddsox Blue	32	Blazzers	10
1997	Fumballers Blue	7	Axemen	0 #
	Playoff
1997	Dodder Dynamoes	7	Angels 1	4
	Divisional Semi-Finals
1997	Oddsox Red	2	Marlay Martyrs	8
1997	Batpak	12	Dodder Dynamoes	7
	1st Division Final
1997	Marlay Martyrs	6	Batpak	11

LSA 1st Division 1998

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	PCF	Pts
Primary Conference
**Marlay Martyrs	4	4	0	0			0	3	15
Oddsox Green	4	3	1	0			1.5	2	12
Batpak	5	2	3	0			1.5	3	12
Oddsox Red	4	2	2	0			3	1	9
Dodder Dynamoes	4	1	3	0			4	1	7
Angels 1	3	0	3	0			5	2	5
Secondary Conference
Warriors	5	4	1	0			0	3	16
Oddsox Blue	5	4	1	0			0	3	16
– Reindeer Bucks	5	3	2	0			2	1	12
– Fat Cats	5	3	1	1			2	2	12
= Flyers	5	1	4	0			3.5	2	9
= Fumballers Blue	5	0	5	0			5	1	6
1st Half East
+Batpak	5	4	1	0			0		13
+Angels	5	3	2	0			1		11
+Oddsox Red	5	3	2	0			1		11
Warriors	5	3	2	0			1		11
Fat Cats	5	2	3	0			2		9
Reindeer Bucks	5	0	5	0			4		5
1st Half West
+Marlay Martyrs A	5	5	0	0			0		15
+Oddsox Green	5	4	1	0			1		13
+Dodder Dynamoes	5	3	2	0			2		11
Oddsox Blue	5	2	2	1			3.5		8
Flyers	5	1	4	0			4		7
Fumballers Blue	5	0	5	0			5		5

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Relegation Playoffs
13.09.1998	Fat Cats	L	Blazzers	W
13.09.1998	Reindeer Bucks	W	Jammy Dodgers	L

After First Half the top 3 teams in each section played in the Primary Conference and the bottom 3 played in the secondary conference. r – Automatic Relegation. rp – Relegation Playoff.

LSA 1st Division 1999

	P	W	L	FF	RF	RA	GB	PCF	Pts
Primary
**Marlay Martyrs A	7	7	0	0			0	3	38
Los Banditos	7	6	1	0			2	2	34
Dodder Dynamoes	7	5	2	0			3.5	2	31
Oddsox Blue	7	4	3	0			4.5	3	29
Oddsox Red	7	3	3	1			8	1	22
Oddsox Green	7	2	5	0			9	0	20
Warriors	7	1	6	0			10	1	18
++Diamond Dogs	7	0	7	0			12	0	14
Secondary
++Batpak	7	6	1	0			0	3	35
AIB Loan Homers Barney	7	4	3	0			2	3	29
Blazzers	7	4	3	0			2.5	2	28
Kiely’s Kegs	7	4	3	0			2.5	2	28
rp – Big Al’s Flyers	7	4	3	0			2.5	1	27
rp – Jammy Dodgers	7	4	3	0			3	0	26
=Troops	7	2	4	1			5.5	0	18
=Underpant Gnomes	7	0	4	3			8.5	1	9
Stage 1 East
+Marlay Martyrs A	7	7	0	0			0		35
+Dodder Dynamoes	7	6	1	0			1		32
+Warriors	7	5	2	0			2		29
+Diamond Dogs	7	4	3	0			3		26
Batpak	7	3	4	0			4		23
Kiely’s Kegs	7	2	5	0			5		20
Underpant Gnomes	7	1	6	0			6		17
Jammy Dodgers	7	0	7	0			7		14
Stage 1 West
+Oddsox Blue	7	6	1	0			0		32
+Los Banditos	7	5	2	0			1		29
+Oddsox Red	7	5	2	0			1		29
+Oddsox Green	7	5	2	0			1		29
Loan Homers Barney	7	3	4	0			3		23
Blazzers	7	2	5	0			4		20
Big Al’s Flyers	7	1	6	0			5		17
Troops	7	1	6	0			5		17

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Relegation Playoffs
1999	Big Al’s Flyers	6	Slammers	12
1999	Jammy Dodgers	13	Marlay Martyrs B	12
	Premier 1/2 Playoff
1999	Diamond Dogs	20	Batpak	2

Note:

** Champions / * Qualify for Playoffs / ++ Playoff for place in Premier 1 Division 2000 / + Qualify for 2nd Half Primary Conference / – To Relegation Playoff / = Relegated.

Report

The Irish Softball Association was formed in 1989 and started the Leinster Softball League the following year. By 1996 the league had grown to 5 Divisions or Levels and 60 teams.

The 1st Division was the top Division and where some of the oldest teams in Ireland fought it out, including the original team Dodder Dynamoes, Marlay Martyrs and Oddsox. Each Division was divided into East, Central and West Conferences with Inter-Conference play and end-of-season playoffs to decide the title.

All of the teams in this period were based in Dublin, with the Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, based Martyrs beating Dodder Dynamoes 25-3 in the 1996 Final. The 1997 Final saw BatPak, based in the Northside defeat Marlay Martyrs 11-6 to win the Championship.

For the 1998 season the League was divided into an East and West Section with the Top Half of each Section qualifying for the second-half Primary Conference and the bottom half playing in the Secondary Conference. Marlay Martyrs A would win the title back that season, with Oddsox in second. A Similar format was followed for the 1999 season with the number of teams expanded to 16. Marlay Martyrs A would again be the Champions finishing 3 points ahead of Dodder Dynamoes.

Following the 1999 season the league was re-organised with the Primary Conference and Secondary Conference making up two Separate Divisions: Premier 1 & Premier 2, with the lower divisions renamed Senior, Junior and Minor.

References

Websites

[2] Oddsox – Wayback Machine Web Archive (2000) Past Seasons – 1996-1997-1998-1999 – 1st Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20001204203200/http://www.oddsox.ie [Accessed 25 December 2017]