The Limerick Hurlers Baseball Club

The 2009 Classic League Baseball Season is officially underway and the new-look Limerick Hurlers have started the 154-game campaign strong, taking down the Athens Bobkittens twice in a row.  First overall pick Barry Bonds has already made his presence known, belting a homer in his first game of the season while new addition Mark McGwire and Yogi Berra both connected for big blasts.  Berra hopes to have a much better season then he did last season, his first with Limerick.  "Last year I did not make my impact felt and I let the team down.  Now I feel like I don't have to be the leader of this team.  There is a locker-room full of leaders and they won't let his team fail."  The Hurlers have also had much better pitching to start the season, something that has been their downfall in the past.  The additions from the draft as well as a couple trades brought in some good arms and have paid dividends already.  Last year at this time, the Hurlers were just the opposite of their current record.  After finishing up their 3-game set with Athens tomorrow, the Hurlers head to Limerick for their Home Opener, hosting the Kelso Hilanders.  Hippo Vaughn will make the first start at Guinness Park with Limerick Mayor Luckey Haskins throwing out the first pitch.  Hurlers manager Jimmy Dugan isn't ready to start the playoffs yet though.  "We're only two games in.  Lot of teams start 2-0.  We're one of them.  We're not going to go 154-0 so we're gonna fight and claw and scratch all season to make sure we are one of the four teams that do get to go to that second round.  Anything less will be failure."