Sean Delahunty (Lindenhurst) and Dillon Cleary (Sag Harbor) have been selected to represent Ireland in the 2020 European Championship Tournament.
The event will take place in Italy from July 13-19 and it will serve as a qualifying tournament for the 2021 World Cup. The Irish National Team will be managed by Jay Murphy and he will be assisted by Vinnie Malzahn, Eric Helmrich, Gary O’Connor and Tommy Murphy.
Delahunty had the following to say about being selected,
“I first heard about the Irish National Team in September and from then on I trained all the time and threw and hit at least twice a week preparing for the tryout. I attended the multi-day tryout in Elmsford, NY and I got the call this past weekend that I made the roster. I am extremely proud of this because I have Irish roots and I will be going to play against some of the best young European baseball players in the world.”
Below is the roster for the team:
- Luke Padian
- Sean Scanlon
- Tim Quinn
- Brendan Mahood
- Tommy Kelly
- Garrett Greco
- Patrick Mitchell
- Matthew Dutton
- Feidhlim Deering
- Dillon Cleary
- Sean McAdams
- Brendan Kenneally
- Mike O’Hanlon
- Greg Shaw
- Patrick Benn
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- Sean Delahunty
