Baseball chiefs touch base with plans for game in Ireland

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL is to undertake a viability study about playing competitive games in Ireland.

Baseball chiefs touch base with plans for game in Ireland

The sport’s governing body is discussing a plan to move regular-season games to Europe in the next two to three years with Ireland amongst the countries which will be assessed.

“We do plan to play in Europe over the next number of years,” Paul Archey, a senior vice president of Major League Baseball International, said. “We are at a very early stage in the procedure and we have no specific plans. But we are looking at a lot of different countries and yes, it is fair to say Ireland will be one of the countries which will be assessed by us in time.

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