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New England Collegiate Baseball League
NECBL NewLogoLoRes.png
SportBaseball
Founded1993
MottoKeep your eye
on the dream
No. of teams13
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Martha's Vineyard Sharks (1)
Most titlesNewport Gulls (6)
Official websitewww.necbl.com

The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 13-team collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule during June and July, with a playoff in early August. Like the Cape Cod Baseball League and other amateur leagues, the NECBL is a showcase for top college-level players, giving professional baseball scouts a chance to see prospective pros playing against each other. Along with the Cape Cod Baseball League, Northwoods League, and Coastal Plain League, it is considered one of the top summer leagues in the country and is a part of the National Alliance of College Summer Baseball. In 2019, the Collegiate Summer Baseball Register ranked the NECBL as the 2nd best collegiate summer baseball league, behind only the Cape Cod League.[1][2][3]

Founded in 1993, the NECBL began its direction under George Foster, former Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets All-Star and Major League Baseball home run leader, and Emmy Award-winning television producer/director Joseph Consentino. Play started in 1994 and today the NECBL has become a fourteen-team league that plays in all six New England states.[4] It recruits players attending U.S. colleges from New England, the other 44 states, and foreign countries, provided that they come from NCAA-sanctioned colleges or universities, are in good academic standing, have completed at least one year of athletic eligibility, and have at least one year of eligibility remaining.

The NECBL's current commissioner is Sean McGrath, former general manager of the North Adams SteepleCats. McGrath replaced Mario Tiani, who retired following the 2012 season.

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Collegiate summer baseball

Collegiate summer baseball

Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in the United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate from early June to early August. In contrast to college baseball, which allow aluminum or other composite baseball bats, players in these leagues use only wooden bats, hence the common nickname of these leagues as "wood-bat leagues". Collegiate summer leagues allow college baseball players the ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions.

National Collegiate Athletic Association

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. The organization is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. Formed in 1876 and 1901 respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903. They remained legally separate entities until 2000, when they merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. It is considered one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Cape Cod Baseball League

Cape Cod Baseball League

The Cape Cod Baseball League is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over one thousand former players who have gone on to play in the major leagues.

Coastal Plain League

Coastal Plain League

The Coastal Plain League (CPL) is a wood-bat collegiate summer baseball league, featuring college players recruited from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from the Class D level Coastal League which operated in the area from 1937 to 1952.

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

The National Alliance of College Summer Baseball consists of 12 summer baseball leagues sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

George Foster (baseball)

George Foster (baseball)

George Arthur Foster is an American former professional baseball player and scout. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1969 through 1986, most notably as an integral member of the Cincinnati Reds, with whom he won two World Series championships, in 1975 and 1976. He also played for the San Francisco Giants, New York Mets and the Chicago White Sox.

Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

The Cincinnati Reds are an American professional baseball team based in Cincinnati. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division and were a charter member of the American Association in 1881 before joining the NL in 1890. Founded in 1881, the Cincinnati Reds are the oldest, continuous, same city, sports organization in all of American Sports.

New York Mets

New York Mets

The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the American League's (AL) New York Yankees. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. The team's colors evoke the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants.

Joseph Consentino

Joseph Consentino

Joseph Consentino was an Italian American director/producer, a father of 2, and a grandfather of 3. He was most famous for the TV Show Big Blue Marble and for co-founding the New England Collegiate Baseball League with former Major League Baseball All-Star George Foster in 1993. The NECBL is a collegiate summer baseball league.

New England

New England

New England is a region comprising six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city, as well as the capital of Massachusetts. Greater Boston is the largest metropolitan area, with nearly a third of New England's population; this area includes Worcester, Massachusetts, Manchester, New Hampshire, and Providence, Rhode Island.

North Adams SteepleCats

North Adams SteepleCats

The North Adams SteepleCats are a Collegiate summer baseball team based in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays its home games at Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams.

League structure

The NECBL became a 13-team league in 2013 with the addition of teams in Rhode Island (Ocean State Waves), Massachusetts (Plymouth Pilgrims) and New York (Saratoga Brigade) (the league's first team to operate outside New England), but reverted to 12 teams after the Brigade folded. On October 30, 2015, the league announced that the Upper Valley Nighthawks would begin play in 2016 in Hartford, Vermont, bringing the league back to 13 teams.[5] The Plymouth Pilgrims ceased operations after the 2018 season[6] but were replaced by the Martha's Vineyard Sharks, a former member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). The New Bedford BaySox ceased after the 2019 season, replaced by the Bristol Blues, who also moved from the FCBL.[7] The North Shore Navigators returned to the league in 2021 after nine years in the FCBL.[8]

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Ocean State Waves

Ocean State Waves

The Ocean State Waves are a collegiate summer baseball team based in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays its home games at Old Mountain Field in South Kingstown.

Plymouth Pilgrims (NECBL)

Plymouth Pilgrims (NECBL)

The Plymouth Pilgrims were a collegiate summer baseball team based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), played its home games at Forges Field in Plymouth.

Upper Valley Nighthawks

Upper Valley Nighthawks

The Upper Valley Nighthawks are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Hartford, Vermont. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), plays their home games at the Maxfield Sports Complex. The team began play in 2016 under the direction of the Crane Family. The Cranes previously created and operated the Laconia Muskrats in the NECBL.

Hartford (village), Vermont

Hartford (village), Vermont

Hartford is one of five unincorporated villages in the town of Hartford, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is also referred to as Hartford Village. For the 2020 census it was listed as a census-designated place, with a population of 754, out of 10,686 in the entire town of Hartford.

Futures Collegiate Baseball League

Futures Collegiate Baseball League

The Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) is an eight-team collegiate summer baseball league. It has four franchises in Massachusetts, two in Connecticut, and one each in New Hampshire and Vermont.

Bristol Blues

Bristol Blues

The Bristol Blues are a summer collegiate baseball team based in Bristol, Connecticut. It is a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), a wood-bat league with a 44-game regular season that has six franchises in Massachusetts and two each in New Hampshire and Connecticut. The team's home games are played at Muzzy Field in Bristol.

Teams

Current teams

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New England Collegiate Baseball League
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
Coastal
Martha's Vineyard Sharks 2010[a] Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts The Shark Tank ^2,000[9]
Mystic Schooners[b] 1994 Norwich, Connecticut Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium 6,270
Newport Gulls 1999 Newport, Rhode Island Cardines Field 3,250
North Shore Navigators 2008[c] Lynn, Massachusetts Fraser Field 3,804
Ocean State Waves 2013 South Kingstown, Rhode Island Old Mountain Field ^2,000[10]
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
North
Keene Swamp Bats 1997 Keene, New Hampshire Alumni Field 4,800
Sanford Mainers 2002 Sanford, Maine Goodall Park 950
Upper Valley Nighthawks 2016 Hartford, Vermont Maxfield Sports Complex 1,500[11]
Vermont Mountaineers 2003 Montpelier, Vermont Montpelier Recreation Field 1,200
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
West
Bristol Blues 2015[d] Bristol, Connecticut Muzzy Field 4,900
Danbury Westerners 1995 Danbury, Connecticut Rogers Park ^2,500[12]
North Adams SteepleCats 2002 North Adams, Massachusetts Joe Wolfe Field 1,800
Valley Blue Sox 2001 Holyoke, Massachusetts Mackenzie Stadium 4,100
  • A caret (^) denotes an approximate capacity, including lawn seating.
  1. ^ The Sharks played in the FCBL from 2010–2018.
  2. ^ The Schooners are the only surviving charter franchise.
  3. ^ The Navigators played in the FCBL from 2012–2020.
  4. ^ The Blues played in the FCBL from 2015–2019.

Relocated or renamed teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Years History
Waterbury White Sox Waterbury, Connecticut Municipal Stadium 6,000
1994
Became the Waterbury Barons
Eastern Tides Willimantic, Connecticut Eastern Baseball Stadium 1,500 1994–2001 Became the Thread City Tides
Thread City Tides Willimantic, Connecticut Eastern Baseball Stadium 1,500 2002–2003 Became the Berkshire Dukes
Berkshire Dukes Hinsdale, Massachusetts Dan Duquette Sports Academy[13]
2004
Became the Pittsfield Dukes
Pittsfield Dukes Pittsfield, Massachusetts Wahconah Park 4,500 2005–2008 Became the Pittsfield American Defenders
Pittsfield American Defenders Pittsfield, Massachusetts Wahconah Park 4,500
2009
Became the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club
Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club Bristol, Connecticut Muzzy Field 4,900
2010
Became the Mystic Schooners
Middletown Giants Middletown, Connecticut Palmer Field 3,500 1994–2003 Became the Holyoke Giants
Holyoke Giants Holyoke, Massachusetts Mackenzie Stadium 4,100 2004–2007 Became the North Shore Navigators
Rhode Island Reds West Warwick, Rhode Island McCarthy Field 2,500 1996–2000 Became the Riverpoint Royals
Torrington Twisters Torrington, Connecticut Fuessenich Park 1,500 1997–2008 Became the New Bedford Bay Sox
Rhode Island Gulls Cranston, Rhode Island Cranston Stadium 4,500 1998–2000 Became the Newport Gulls.
Mill City All-Americans Lowell, Massachusetts Stoklosa Alumni Field 4,000 2000–2006 Renamed the Lowell All-Americans
Lowell All-Americans Lowell, Massachusetts Stoklosa Alumni Field 4,000 2007–2010 Became the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide
Manchester Silkworms Manchester, Connecticut Northwest Park 2000–2009 Became the Laconia Muskrats
Laconia Muskrats Laconia, New Hampshire Robbie Mills Field 1,200 2010-2015 Became the Winnipesaukee Muskrats
Concord Quarry Dogs Concord, New Hampshire Warren H. Doane Diamond 1,200 2001–2007 Became the Holyoke Blue Sox, now the Valley Blue Sox

Defunct teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Years
Fairfield Stallions Fairfield, Connecticut Alumni Baseball Diamond 1,000 1994
Bristol Nighthawks Bristol, Connecticut Muzzy Field 4,900 1994–1995
Waterbury Barons Waterbury, Connecticut Municipal Stadium 6,000 1994–1996
Central Mass Collegians Leominster, Massachusetts Doyle Field 6,200 1995–1999
Riverpoint Royals West Warwick, Rhode Island McCarthy Field 2,500 1996–2004
Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide Old Orchard Beach, Maine The Ball Park 6,000 2000–2011
Saratoga Brigade Saratoga Springs, New York East Side Recreation 2013
Plymouth Pilgrims Plymouth, Massachusetts Forges Field 2013-2018
New Bedford Bay Sox New Bedford, Massachusetts Paul Walsh Field 1997–2019
Winnipesaukee Muskrats Laconia, New Hampshire Robbie Mills Field 1,200 2010-2022

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Martha's Vineyard Sharks

Martha's Vineyard Sharks

The Martha's Vineyard Sharks is a collegiate summer baseball team based on Martha's Vineyard. It was a charter member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), a wood-bat league comprising 7 teams from New Hampshire to western Connecticut. They played in the futures league from 2010 to 2018 before switching to the New England Collegiate Baseball League, where they began playing in the league in 2019. In 2019 the Sharks posted the best regular season record in the league and won best of 3 series with Newport Gulls to win Southern Division. Ultimately losing 2-0 in the Championship versus Keene Swampbats. The team’s mascot is a likely reference to the film Jaws, which was shot on Martha's Vineyard and made it a popular tourist destination.

Mystic Schooners

Mystic Schooners

The Mystic Schooners are a collegiate summer baseball team that operates in the Mystic, Connecticut region. The franchise is one of the two oldest franchises in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

Newport Gulls

Newport Gulls

The Newport Gulls are a wooden-bat, collegiate summer baseball team based in Newport, Rhode Island. The Newport Gulls Baseball Club is a member of both the New England Collegiate Baseball League and the NECBL's Coastal Division. Since 2001, the Gulls have played at Cardines Field.

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport, Rhode Island

Newport is an American seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Providence, 20 miles (32 km) south of Fall River, Massachusetts, 74 miles (119 km) south of Boston, and 180 miles (290 km) northeast of New York City. It is known as a New England summer resort and is famous for its historic mansions and its rich sailing history.

Cardines Field

Cardines Field

Cardines Field is a baseball stadium located at 20 America’s Cup Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. It is believed to be one of the oldest ballparks in the United States and has been called "a small urban gem of a ballpark". The field serves as a buffer between the residential and commercial sections of an older part of Newport. The oddly shaped outfield fence and dimensions are created by the close proximity of residential housing, while the spectator side of the park is contained by America's Cup Avenue and West Marlborough Street. Originally called Basin Field, references to the field can be found as early as 1893. At that time, the property was used by local railroads as a drainage and supply basin for steam engines. Complaints from neighbors about the stagnant water and mosquitoes prompted the drainage of the basin area, permitting baseball to be played. A local historical debate continues as to whether baseball was played prior to 1900, making Cardines one of the oldest existing ballparks in the country, or if play didn't begin until 1908, the earliest documented proof of stadium construction.

North Shore Navigators

North Shore Navigators

The North Shore Navigators are a wooden-bat, collegiate summer baseball team based in Lynn, Massachusetts, playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). The team plays home games at Fraser Field in Lynn. The team is owned by Old School Sports Group, LLC.

Lynn, Massachusetts

Lynn, Massachusetts

Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts, United States, and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, 3.7 miles (6.0 km) north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core.

Fraser Field

Fraser Field

Fraser Field is a baseball park in Lynn, Massachusetts that has played host to many minor-league baseball teams over the years.

Keene Swamp Bats

Keene Swamp Bats

The Keene Swamp Bats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Alumni Field. In the NECBL, they are consistently one of the top teams and have reached the league playoffs in 18 of the past 21 seasons. The team also has one of the largest fan bases in the league. Since 2002, they have led the NECBL in attendance three times and have finished outside the top two teams in attendance only once. This attendance is facilitated by Alumni Field's having the largest official capacity of any NECBL ballpark.

Keene, New Hampshire

Keene, New Hampshire

Keene is the only city in and the seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,047 at the 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 census.

Alumni Field (Keene)

Alumni Field (Keene)

Alumni Field is a baseball field located in Keene, New Hampshire, United States. The field, located on Arch Street, was constructed in 1948 and has served as the home of the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League since the 1997 NECBL season. The field is part of the athletic facilities at Keene High School and is owned by the Alumni Association. The football, soccer, and track & field teams of Keene High School also use the facility. It holds a capacity of approximately 4,100 fans.

Goodall Park

Goodall Park

Goodall Park is a baseball venue in Sanford, Maine, United States, which is home to the Sanford Mainers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The park opened in 1915. It has a seating capacity of 950 spectators.

Season structure

In the 2021 season, the league was divided into two seven-team divisions, the North Division and the South Division. During the regular season, teams played 44 regular-season games, solely against division opponents, because of COVID-19 travel concerns. Scheduled doubleheaders were seven-inning games.

The top four teams from each division qualified for the eight-team playoff bracket, in which teams played best-of-three series to determine the champion.

For 2022, the NECBL went to three divisions, with a single pair of games against each out-of-division team.

Past champions

Total NECBL Fay Vincent Cup Records
Franchise Titles Last Title Appearances
Newport Gulls 6 2014 11
Keene Swamp Bats 5 2019 7
North Shore Navigators 4 2010 4
Middletown Giants 3 1999 3
Vermont Mountaineers 3 2015 5
Central Mass Collegians 2 1996 2
Mystic Schooners 2 2016 3
Sanford Mainers 2 2008 4
Valley Blue Sox 2 2018 2
Danbury Westerners 1 2021 5
Martha's Vineyard Sharks 1 2022 2
New Bedford Bay Sox 0 4
Ocean State Waves 0 2
Bristol Nighthawks 0 1
Winnipesaukee Muskrats 0 1
Waterbury Barons 0 1
Riverpoint Royals 0 0
Fairfield Stallions 0 0
North Adams SteepleCats 0 0
Plymouth Pilgrims 0 0
Saratoga Brigade 0 0
Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide 0 0
Upper Valley Nighthawks 0 0

In the NECBL's history, the most successful team is the Newport Gulls, with six league championships and eleven championship series appearances (including one championship appearance as the Cranston, Rhode Island-based Rhode Island Gulls). The Keene Swamp Bats are next with five league titles and the North Shore Navigators have four.[14]

Year Winning Team Series Losing Team
1994 Eastern Tides
3–2
Bristol Nighthawks
1995 Central Mass Collegians
2–0
Waterbury Barons
1996 Central Mass Collegians
2–1
Danbury Westerners
1997 Middletown Giants
2–1
Torrington Twisters
1998 Middletown Giants
3–1
Torrington Twisters
1999 Middletown Giants
3–1
Danbury Westerners
2000 Keene Swamp Bats
2–1
Rhode Island Gulls
2001 Newport Gulls
2–1
Keene Swamp Bats
2002 Newport Gulls
2–0
Keene Swamp Bats
2003 Keene Swamp Bats
2–0
Torrington Twisters
2004 Sanford Mainers
2–1
Newport Gulls
2005 Newport Gulls
2–0
Vermont Mountaineers
2006 Vermont Mountaineers
2–0
Torrington Twisters
2007 Vermont Mountaineers
2–0
Newport Gulls
2008 Sanford Mainers
2–0
Newport Gulls
2009 Newport Gulls
2–1
Vermont Mountaineers
2010 North Shore Navigators
2–1
Danbury Westerners
2011 Keene Swamp Bats
2–0
Laconia Muskrats
2012 Newport Gulls
2–0
Danbury Westerners
2013 Keene Swamp Bats
2–1
Newport Gulls
2014 Newport Gulls
2–0
Sanford Mainers
2015 Vermont Mountaineers
2-1
Mystic Schooners
2016 Mystic Schooners
2-0
Sanford Mainers
2017 Valley Blue Sox
2-0
Ocean State Waves
2018 Valley Blue Sox
2-0
Ocean State Waves
2019 Keene Swamp Bats
2-0
Martha's Vineyard Sharks
2020 None (season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)[15]
2021 Danbury Westerners 2-0 North Shore Navigators
2022 Martha's Vineyard Sharks 2-0 Vermont Mountaineers

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Newport Gulls

Newport Gulls

The Newport Gulls are a wooden-bat, collegiate summer baseball team based in Newport, Rhode Island. The Newport Gulls Baseball Club is a member of both the New England Collegiate Baseball League and the NECBL's Coastal Division. Since 2001, the Gulls have played at Cardines Field.

Keene Swamp Bats

Keene Swamp Bats

The Keene Swamp Bats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Alumni Field. In the NECBL, they are consistently one of the top teams and have reached the league playoffs in 18 of the past 21 seasons. The team also has one of the largest fan bases in the league. Since 2002, they have led the NECBL in attendance three times and have finished outside the top two teams in attendance only once. This attendance is facilitated by Alumni Field's having the largest official capacity of any NECBL ballpark.

North Shore Navigators

North Shore Navigators

The North Shore Navigators are a wooden-bat, collegiate summer baseball team based in Lynn, Massachusetts, playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). The team plays home games at Fraser Field in Lynn. The team is owned by Old School Sports Group, LLC.

Central Mass Collegians

Central Mass Collegians

The Central Mass Collegians were a summer collegiate baseball team located in Leominster, Massachusetts playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league operating in the northeastern United States region of New England. The team played from 1995 to 1999 and won back-to-back NECBL Championships in 1995 and 1996.

Mystic Schooners

Mystic Schooners

The Mystic Schooners are a collegiate summer baseball team that operates in the Mystic, Connecticut region. The franchise is one of the two oldest franchises in the New England Collegiate Baseball League.

Danbury Westerners

Danbury Westerners

The Danbury Westerners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Danbury, Connecticut. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Rogers Park. The team played its inaugural season in 1995. The Danbury Westerners are the oldest active team in the NECBL. The Westerners compete in the Southern Division in the NECBL.

Martha's Vineyard Sharks

Martha's Vineyard Sharks

The Martha's Vineyard Sharks is a collegiate summer baseball team based on Martha's Vineyard. It was a charter member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), a wood-bat league comprising 7 teams from New Hampshire to western Connecticut. They played in the futures league from 2010 to 2018 before switching to the New England Collegiate Baseball League, where they began playing in the league in 2019. In 2019 the Sharks posted the best regular season record in the league and won best of 3 series with Newport Gulls to win Southern Division. Ultimately losing 2-0 in the Championship versus Keene Swampbats. The team’s mascot is a likely reference to the film Jaws, which was shot on Martha's Vineyard and made it a popular tourist destination.

New Bedford Bay Sox

New Bedford Bay Sox

The New Bedford Bay Sox were a baseball team that played in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the New England region of the United States. The team was located in New Bedford, Massachusetts, and called Paul Walsh Field its home ballpark for eleven seasons.

Ocean State Waves

Ocean State Waves

The Ocean State Waves are a collegiate summer baseball team based in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays its home games at Old Mountain Field in South Kingstown.

North Adams SteepleCats

North Adams SteepleCats

The North Adams SteepleCats are a Collegiate summer baseball team based in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays its home games at Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams.

Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide

Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide

The Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide was a collegiate summer baseball team based in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. It was a member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), a wood-bat league with a 56-game regular season comprising 10 teams from New Hampshire to western Connecticut. The team played its home games at The Ball Park.

Cranston, Rhode Island

Cranston, Rhode Island

Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The official population of the city in the 2020 United States Census was 82,934, making it the second largest in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island is located in Cranston. Cranston is a part of the Providence metropolitan area.

All-Star Game

The All-Star Game usually takes place from mid- to late July. Prior to the game a Home Run Derby is held and, since the 2007 All-Star Game, a Special Skill Competition for Most Accurate Arm and Fastest Runner.

Year Winning Team Score Venue Host Team Attendance MVP[16]
1994 Bristol Nighthawks 6-0[17] Muzzy Field Bristol Nighthawks
1995 Matt Zawalich, Waterbury Barons
1996 Dana Forsberg, Central Mass Collegians
1997 Keith Surkont, Rhode Island Reds
1998 Fuessenich Park Torrington Twisters Clarke Caudill, Middletown Giants
1999 Mark Malaska, Danbury Westerners
2000 Alumni Field Keene Swamp Bats Jon Watterson, Keene Swamp Bats
Cy Hess, Eastern Tides
2001 National Division 9-4[18] Northwest Park Manchester Silkworms 776 Joe Apotheke, Danbury Westerners
2002 National Division 4-3[19] Eastern Baseball Stadium Thread City Tides 1,000 Rocky Baker, Keene Swamp Bats
2003 Northern Division 6-0[20] Warren H. Doane Diamond at Memorial Field Concord Quarry Dogs 1,326 Josh DiScipio, Concord Quarry Dogs
2004 Southern Division 7-4[21] Montpelier Recreation Field Vermont Mountaineers 4,127 P.J. Antoniato, Manchester Silkworms
2005 Southern Division 7-2[22] Cardines Field Newport Gulls 2,856 Chris Cates, North Adams SteepleCats
2006 Northern Division 6-2[23] Alumni Field Keene Swamp Bats 3,183 Cheyne Hurst, Keene Swamp Bats
2007 Southern Division 8-0[24] Joe Wolfe Field North Adams SteepleCats 4,210 Ozzie Borrell, North Adams SteepleCats[1]
2008 Southern Division 5-2[25] Fuessenich Park Torrington Twisters 2,314 Mike Melillo, Newport Gulls
2009 West Division 6-5 Mackenzie Stadium Holyoke Blue Sox 4,906[26] Jake Rosenbeck, Holyoke Blue Sox
2010 East Division 12-0 Cardines Field Newport Gulls 2,852 Jason Banos, North Shore Navigators
2011 East Division 3-1 Fraser Field North Shore Navigators 2,112 Jack Reinheimer, Newport Gulls
2012 West Division 11-6 Montpelier Recreation Field Vermont Mountaineers 2,106 Johnny Mishu, Vermont Mountaineers
2013 East Division 2-1 Robbie Mills Field Laconia Muskrats 1,012 Joe Torres, Laconia Muskrats
2014 North All-Stars 4-3 Mackenzie Stadium Holyoke Blue Sox 2671 Jared Mederos, Keene Swamp Bats
2015 N/A (game cancelled due to rain)[27] N/A Goodall Park Sanford Mariners N/A N/A
2016 Tie 8-8[28] Cardines Field Newport Gulls 3116 Jordan Howard (Keene Swamp Bats) and Darrien Ragains (New Bedford)[29]
2017 Tie 5-5[30] Joe Wolfe Field North Adams Steeple Cats 2316 Colby Maiola, Sanford Mainers
2018 South All-Stars 4-3[31] MacKenzie Stadium Holyoke Blue Sox Randy Taveras, Danbury Westerners[32]
2019 N/A (rained out mid game)[33] 1-0 Montpelier Recreation Field Vermont Mountaineers N/A

Home Run Derby winners

Year Winner[16][34] Team
1997 Steven Wright Torrington Twisters
1998 Gil Barkman Keene Swamp Bats
1999 Jeff Keppinger Keene Swamp Bats
2000 Val Majewski Eastern Tides
2001 Mike Bohlander Newport Gulls
2002 Mike Wagner North Adams SteepleCats
2003 Kyle Keen Keene Swamp Bats
2004 Doug Hehner Manchester Silkworms
2005 John Fitzpatrick Manchester Silkworms
2006 Matt Sutton Concord Quarry Dogs
2007 Kyle Bellows Holyoke Giants
2008 Michael Olt Danbury Westerners
2009 Jacob Rogers Keene Swamp Bats
2010 Ben Klafczynski Keene Swamp Bats
2011 N/A N/A
2012 Danny Collins Winnipesaukee Muskrats
2013 Nate LaPointe Sanford Mainers
2014 Blaise Salter Newport Gulls
2015 Tim Lynch Ocean State Waves
2016 Gabe Snyder Newport Gulls
2017 Robert Boselli III Keene Swamp Bats
2018 Lorenzo Hampton Keene Swamp Bats
2019 Terry Bowen Mystic Schooners

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Muzzy Field

Muzzy Field

Muzzy Field is a stadium in Bristol, Connecticut adjacent to Rockwell Park. It has been in use since 1912 for both baseball and football. The brick-faced grandstand, with a capacity of 4,900 people, was built in 1939. It features a ring of tall pine trees that line the outside of the outfield wall and the grandstand.

Fuessenich Park

Fuessenich Park

Fuessenich Park is a baseball field located in downtown Torrington, Connecticut, United States, with a capacity of 1,500 fans. It has twice been home to summer collegiate baseball league teams during their tenures in the city.

North Shore Navigators

North Shore Navigators

The North Shore Navigators are a wooden-bat, collegiate summer baseball team based in Lynn, Massachusetts, playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). The team plays home games at Fraser Field in Lynn. The team is owned by Old School Sports Group, LLC.

Mark Malaska

Mark Malaska

Dennis Mark Malaska is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2003 and the Boston Red Sox in 2004 in Major League Baseball. Malaska grew up on the south side of Youngstown, Ohio. He attended Cardinal Mooney High School where he earned three varsity letters in both baseball and basketball, earned All-Steel Valley honors in both sports, and was later inducted into the school's athletic Hall of Fame. Malaska was offered several athletic scholarships in both sports as well as several academic scholarships, but chose to continue his baseball career at The University of Akron.

Danbury Westerners

Danbury Westerners

The Danbury Westerners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Danbury, Connecticut. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Rogers Park. The team played its inaugural season in 1995. The Danbury Westerners are the oldest active team in the NECBL. The Westerners compete in the Southern Division in the NECBL.

Alumni Field (Keene)

Alumni Field (Keene)

Alumni Field is a baseball field located in Keene, New Hampshire, United States. The field, located on Arch Street, was constructed in 1948 and has served as the home of the Keene Swamp Bats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League since the 1997 NECBL season. The field is part of the athletic facilities at Keene High School and is owned by the Alumni Association. The football, soccer, and track & field teams of Keene High School also use the facility. It holds a capacity of approximately 4,100 fans.

Keene Swamp Bats

Keene Swamp Bats

The Keene Swamp Bats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Alumni Field. In the NECBL, they are consistently one of the top teams and have reached the league playoffs in 18 of the past 21 seasons. The team also has one of the largest fan bases in the league. Since 2002, they have led the NECBL in attendance three times and have finished outside the top two teams in attendance only once. This attendance is facilitated by Alumni Field's having the largest official capacity of any NECBL ballpark.

Northwest Park (Manchester)

Northwest Park (Manchester)

Northwest Park (Manchester) is a baseball field located in the northeastern part of Manchester, Connecticut, United States. The field is the former home of the Manchester Silkworms of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. It played host to the Silkworms between 2000 and 2009. The field's location places Union Pond behind a stand of trees located past the outfield.

Manchester Silkworms

Manchester Silkworms

The Manchester Silkworms were a collegiate summer baseball team located in Manchester, Connecticut playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the northeastern United States region of New England. The team, an expansion franchise formed in 1999 which began play for the 2000 season, was based out of Northwest Park. In October, 2009 a new ownership group announced they would be moving the team to Laconia, New Hampshire, becoming the Laconia Muskrats.

Eastern Baseball Stadium

Eastern Baseball Stadium

Eastern Baseball Stadium is a baseball stadium located on the campus of Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic, Connecticut, United States.

Warren H. Doane Diamond

Warren H. Doane Diamond

Warren H. Doane Diamond at Memorial Field is a stadium located in Concord, New Hampshire. The field is named after former Concord High School and amateur baseball coach, Warren Doane. It has a capacity of about 2,000 fans, and as of 2018 is the home of the New Hampshire Wild minor league baseball team.

Montpelier Recreation Field

Montpelier Recreation Field

Montpelier Recreation Field is a baseball venue located in Montpelier, Vermont, United States and is the home field of the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The field has served as home of the Mountaineers since 2003.

Notable alumni

The following former NECBL players have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.[35] Former NECBL players have reached the major league rosters of all thirty MLB teams, the thirtieth team being the Philadelphia Phillies when, in September 2015, Brian Bogusevic debuted with the team.[36]

(past and present)
Name Position NECBL Team MLB Debut Team MLB Debut Year
Joe Nathan P Fairfield Stallions San Francisco Giants 1999
Chad Paronto P Middletown Giants Cleveland Indians 2000
Scott Chiasson P Eastern Tides Chicago Cubs 2000
Alfredo Amézaga SS Keene Swamp Bats Pittsburgh Pirates 2002
Earl Snyder 1B/OF Danbury Westerners/Middletown Giants Cleveland Indians 2002
Mike Smith P Middletown Giants Toronto Blue Jays 2002
Mark Malaska P/OF Danbury Westerners Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2003
Matt White P Danbury Westerners Boston Red Sox 2003
Pete Zoccolillo OF Danbury Westerners Milwaukee Brewers 2003
Jason Szuminski P Newport Gulls San Diego Padres 2004
Jeff Keppinger 2B Keene Swamp Bats New York Mets 2004
Val Majewski OF Eastern Tides Baltimore Orioles 2004
Craig Breslow P Middletown Giants San Diego Padres 2005
Keith Reed OF Rhode Island Reds Baltimore Orioles 2005
Tim Stauffer P Keene Swamp Bats San Diego Padres 2005
Jason Bergmann P Danbury Westerners Washington Nationals 2005
Chris Denorfia OF Manchester Silkworms Cincinnati Reds 2005
Charlton Jimerson CF Torrington Twisters Houston Astros 2005
Doug Clark LF Middletown Giants San Francisco Giants 2005
Andre Ethier OF Keene Swamp Bats Los Angeles Dodgers 2006
Kurt Birkins P Torrington Twisters Baltimore Orioles 2006
Sean Green P Torrington Twisters Seattle Mariners 2006
Zach Jackson P Manchester Silkworms Milwaukee Brewers 2006
Jeff Fulchino P Keene Swamp Bats Florida Marlins 2006
Chris Iannetta C Newport Gulls Colorado Rockies 2006
Brian Wilson P Keene Swamp Bats San Francisco Giants 2006
Jonah Bayliss P Manchester Silkworms Pittsburgh Pirates 2006
Brian Slocum P Danbury Westerners Cleveland Indians 2006
Rajai Davis CF Middletown Giants Pittsburgh Pirates 2006
Mike Rabelo C Torrington Twisters Detroit Tigers 2006
Joe Smith P North Adams SteepleCats New York Mets 2007
Andy LaRoche IF Keene Swamp Bats Los Angeles Dodgers 2007
Matt DeSalvo P Danbury Westerners New York Yankees 2007
Kevin Slowey P Sanford Mainers Minnesota Twins 2007
Andy Sonnanstine P Sanford Mainers Tampa Bay Devil Rays 2007
Matt Tupman C Concord Quarry Dogs/Mill City All-Americans Kansas City Royals 2008
Matt Joyce OF Danbury Westerners Detroit Tigers 2008
Bobby Wilson C North Adams SteepleCats Los Angeles Angels 2008
Chris Lambert P Concord Quarry Dogs Detroit Tigers 2008
Mike Ekstrom P North Adams SteepleCats San Diego Padres 2008
Luke Carlin C Keene Swamp Bats Arizona Diamondbacks 2008
Jesse Carlson P Middletown Giants Toronto Blue Jays 2008
Bryan LaHair 1B Keene Swamp Bats Seattle Mariners 2008
Jason Motte P Sanford Mainers St. Louis Cardinals 2008
Mike Parisi P Middletown Giants/ Torrington Twisters St. Louis Cardinals 2008
Mitchell Boggs P Newport Gulls St. Louis Cardinals 2008
Jeff Baisley 3B Danbury Westerners Oakland Athletics 2008
Bobby Korecky P Torrington Twisters Minnesota Twins 2008
Ryan Hanigan C Lowell All-Americans Cincinnati Reds 2008
Joe Martinez P Danbury Westerners San Francisco Giants 2009
Andrew Bailey P Lowell All-Americans Oakland Athletics 2009
Jack Egbert P Danbury Westerners Chicago White Sox 2009
Jarrett Hoffpauir 2B Danbury Westerners St. Louis Cardinals 2009
Reid Gorecki RF Manchester Silkworms Atlanta Braves 2009
Jason Berken P Keene Swamp Bats Baltimore Orioles 2009
Dusty Hughes P Danbury Westerners Kansas City Royals 2009
Brian Bogusevic P Danbury Westerners Houston Astros 2010
Rob Delaney P Pittsfield / Vermont Mountaineers Minnesota Twins 2010
Jeff Frazier OF Danbury Westerners Tampa Bay Rays 2010
Cole Gillespie OF North Adams SteepleCats Arizona Diamondbacks 2010
Frank Herrmann P Berkshire Dukes Cleveland Indians 2010
Adam Ottavino P Danbury Westerners St. Louis Cardinals 2010
Stephen Strasburg P Torrington Twisters Washington Nationals 2010
David Carpenter P Vermont Mountaineers Houston Astros 2011
Blake Davis SS North Adams SteepleCats Baltimore Orioles 2011
Graham Godfrey P Manchester Silkworms Oakland Athletics 2011
Ryan Lavarnway C Manchester Silkworms Boston Red Sox 2011
Steve Lombardozzi Jr. 2B Holyoke Blue Sox Washington Nationals 2011
Darin Mastroianni CF Vermont Mountaineers Toronto Blue Jays 2011
Andy Parrino 2B Manchester Silkworms San Diego Padres 2011
Evan Scribner P North Adams SteepleCats San Diego Padres 2011
Adam Wilk P Newport Gulls Detroit Tigers 2011
Matt Adams 1B Pittsfield Dukes St. Louis Cardinals 2012
Scott Barnes P Holyoke Giants Cleveland Indians 2012
Jeff Beliveau P Newport Gulls Chicago Cubs 2012
Christian Friedrich P Vermont Mountaineers Colorado Rockies 2012
Blake Lalli C Vermont Mountaineers Chicago Cubs 2012
Matt McBride LF Holyoke Giants Colorado Rockies 2012
Mike Olt 3B Danbury Westerners Texas Rangers 2012
Dan Otero P Newport Gulls San Francisco Giants 2012
A. J. Pollock CF Vermont Mountaineers Arizona Diamondbacks 2012
Steve Geltz RHP Concord/Torrington Los Angeles Angels 2012
Tom Koehler RHP Keene Swamp Bats Florida Marlins 2012
Josh Fields RHP Keene Swamp Bats Houston Astros 2013
Michael Roth LHP Sanford Mainers Los Angeles Angels 2013
Chris Colabello 1B Lowell All-Americans Minnesota Twins 2013
Alex Wood LHP Keene Swamp Bats Atlanta Brave 2013
Ryan Reid RHP Sanford Mainers Pittsburgh Pirates 2013
Juan Perez OF Holyoke Blue Sox San Francisco Giants 2013
Josh Zeid RHP Torrington Twisters Houston Astros 2013
Andrew Albers LHP Torrington Twisters Minnesota Twins 2013
Kevin Chapman LHP North Shore Navigators Houston Astros 2013
Nick Christiani RHP Manchester Silkworms Cincinnati Reds 2013
Matt den Dekker OF Keene Swamp Bats New York Mets 2013
Mike Belfiore LHP Pittsfield Dukes Baltimore Orioles 2013
Nick Martinez RHP Vermont Mountaineers Texas Rangers 2014
Greg Garcia INF Newport Gulls St. Louis Cardinals 2014
Alex Hassan OF Pittsfield Dukes Boston Red 2014
Nick Greenwood LHP Vermont Mountaineers St. Louis Cardinals 2014
Adam Duvall 3B Sanford Mainers San Francisco Giants 2014
Ben Paulsen 1B Keene Swamp Bats Colorado Rockies 2014
Billy Burns CF Danbury Westerners Oakland Athletics 2014
Chris Taylor SS Newport Gulls Seattle Mariners 2014
Chris Domingue RF Newport Gulls San Francisco Giants 2014
Jason Rogers 3B Laconia Muskrats Milwaukee Brewers 2014
Eric Jokisch LHP Torrington Twisters Chicago Cubs 2014
Eric Goeddel RHP New Bedford Bay Sox New York Mets 2014
Micah Johnson 2B Vermont Mountaineers Chicago White Sox 2015
Sean Gilmartin LHP North Shore Navigators New York Mets 2015
Taylor Featherston 2B New Bedford Bay Sox Los Angeles Angels 2015
Adam Conley LHP Keene Swamp Bats Miami Marlins 2015
Josh Smith RHP Torrington Twisters Cincinnati Red 2015
Cody Stanley C North Adams SteepleCats St. Louis Cardinals 2015
Guido Knudson RHP North Adams SteepleCats Detroit Tigers 2015
Tom Murphy C Holyoke Blue Sox Colorado Rockies 2015
Matt Duffy INF Vermont Mountaineers Houston Astros 2015
Matt Buschmann RHP Keene Swamp Bats Arizona Diamondbacks 2016
Cody Ege LHP Vermont Mountaineers Miami Marlins 2016
Pat Light RHP Newport Gulls Boston Red Sox 2016
Andrew Triggs RHP New Bedford/Torrington Oakland Athletics 2016
Matt Carasiti RHP Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club Colorado Rockies 2016
Mike Hauschild RHP Danbury Westerners Texas Rangers 2017

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. Formed in 1876 and 1901 respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903. They remained legally separate entities until 2000, when they merged into a single organization led by the Commissioner of Baseball. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. It is considered one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Joe Nathan

Joe Nathan

Joseph Michael Nathan is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs. Nathan started out his baseball career as a shortstop in high school and in college for Stony Brook, but converted to a pitcher after being drafted by the Giants. He worked his way through the minor leagues, alternating between spots in the rotation and the bullpen.

1999 San Francisco Giants season

1999 San Francisco Giants season

The 1999 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 117th season in Major League Baseball, their 42nd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 40th and final season at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in second place in the National League West with an 86–76 record, 14 games behind the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Chad Paronto

Chad Paronto

Chad Michael Paronto is an American former Major League Baseball player. Paronto attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst before being drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the eighth round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft. Paronto's best pitches include a 90–94 mph fastball and a heavy sinker which he uses mainly with men on base.

2000 Cleveland Indians season

2000 Cleveland Indians season

The 2000 Cleveland Indians season was the 100th season for the franchise, within the American Major League Baseball organization. For the season two new players were signed; Chris Coste and Mark Whiten. The results of the season consisted of 90 wins and 72 losses.

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located on Chicago's North Side. The Cubs are one of two major league teams based in Chicago; the other, the Chicago White Sox, is a member of the American League (AL) Central division. The Cubs, first known as the White Stockings, were a founding member of the NL in 1876, becoming the Chicago Cubs in 1903.

2000 Chicago Cubs season

2000 Chicago Cubs season

The 2000 Chicago Cubs season was the 129th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 125th in the National League and the 85th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished sixth and last in the National League Central with a record of 65–97.

Alfredo Amézaga

Alfredo Amézaga

Alfredo Amézaga Delgado is a Mexican former professional baseball player and was a coach for the AA Mississippi Braves. In his career, he played 265 games in the outfield, 115 games at shortstop, 71 games at third base, 60 games at second base and 6 games at first base. The only positions he did not play were pitcher and catcher. Amézaga is current a first base coach for the Detroit Tigers.

Keene Swamp Bats

Keene Swamp Bats

The Keene Swamp Bats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Keene, New Hampshire. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Alumni Field. In the NECBL, they are consistently one of the top teams and have reached the league playoffs in 18 of the past 21 seasons. The team also has one of the largest fan bases in the league. Since 2002, they have led the NECBL in attendance three times and have finished outside the top two teams in attendance only once. This attendance is facilitated by Alumni Field's having the largest official capacity of any NECBL ballpark.

2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season

2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 2002 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 121st season of the franchise; the 116th in the National League. This was their second season at PNC Park. The Pirates finished fourth in the National League Central with a record of 72–89.

Earl Snyder

Earl Snyder

Earl Clifford Snyder is a former Major League Baseball player who played in the Major Leagues for the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. In his short time in the majors, Snyder played first base, third base, and designated hitter, but in the minors, he played third, first, outfield, shortstop, two games at designated hitter, and one game at second base.

Danbury Westerners

Danbury Westerners

The Danbury Westerners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Danbury, Connecticut. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Rogers Park. The team played its inaugural season in 1995. The Danbury Westerners are the oldest active team in the NECBL. The Westerners compete in the Southern Division in the NECBL.

Media

All NECBL games are broadcast online through the NECBL Broadcast Network from Blueframe, with Pointstreak providing live stats for all games.[37]

On May 14, 2010, the league signed an agreement with Pointstreak. Pointstreak provides "real-time scoring, official statistics, and administration services" to the NECBL. A highlight of Pointstreak's services is Game Live, a real-time statistics feature providing play-by-play for every NECBL game.[38]

In 2020, the league announced that Blueframe would provide the official streaming service for the league.

Source: "New England Collegiate Baseball League", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 20th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Collegiate_Baseball_League.

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