New England Collegiate Baseball League

New England Collegiate Baseball League
New England Collegiate Baseball League
Current season or competition:
2011 NECBL season
NECBL NewLogoLoRes.png
Sport Baseball
Founded 1993
Motto Keep your eye
on the dream
No. of teams 12
Country(ies)  United States
Most recent champion(s) Keene Swamp Bats (3)
Most titles Newport Gulls (4)
North Shore Navigators (4)
Official website www.necbl.com

The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1993 and sanctioned by the NCAA and Major League Baseball. Each NECBL team plays an eight-week, 42-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. It is considered one of the top summer leagues in the country.[1]

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 strong twelve-team league that plays in all six New England states. 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.[2]

Contents

Current Franchises

Mainers
Muskrats
Swamp Bats

(see individual team websites below)

New England Collegiate Baseball League
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
East Laconia Muskrats 2000 Laconia, New Hampshire Robbie Mills Field 1,200
New Bedford Bay Sox 1997 New Bedford, Massachusetts Paul Walsh Field
Newport Gulls 1999 Newport, Rhode Island Cardines Field 3,250
North Shore Navigators* 1994 Lynn, Massachusetts Fraser Field 3,804
Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide 2000 Old Orchard Beach, Maine The Ball Park 6,000
Sanford Mainers 2002 Sanford, Maine Goodall Park 950
Division Team Founded City Stadium Capacity
West Danbury Westerners 1995 Danbury, Connecticut Rogers Park
Holyoke Blue Sox 2001 Holyoke, Massachusetts Mackenzie Stadium 4,100
Keene Swamp Bats 1997 Keene, New Hampshire Alumni Field 4,800
Mystic Schooners* 1994 Groton, Connecticut Fitch Senior High School
North Adams SteepleCats 2002 North Adams, Massachusetts Joe Wolfe Field 1,800
Vermont Mountaineers 2003 Montpelier, Vermont Montpelier Recreation Field 1,200
  • An asterisk (*) denotes a charter franchise of the league

Former Teams

Relocated or Renamed Teams

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

Defunct Teams

Team City Stadium Capacity Years
Fairfield Stallions Fairfield, CT Alumni Baseball Diamond 1,000 1994
Bristol Nighthawks Bristol, CT Muzzy Field 4,900 1994-1995
Waterbury Barons Waterbury, CT Municipal Stadium 6,000 1994-1996
Central Mass Collegians Leominster, MA Doyle Field 6,200 1995-1999
Riverpoint Royals West Warwick, RI McCarthy Field 2,500 1996-2004

Season Structure

For the current season, the league is divided into two six-team divisions, the East Division and the West Division. During the regular season, teams play in-division opponents a total of six times, three games at home and three away. Teams play out-of-division opponents twice, one game at home and one away. These games make up the 42 game regular season schedule. The top four teams from each division qualify for the playoffs. In the division semifinal round the first seeds play the fourth seeds and the second seeds play the third seeds, respectively, in best-of-three series. The winners of the division semifinals advance to the division finals, where they play a best-of-three series against their fellow division finalist. The division champions advance to the NECBL championship series, where they face each other in a best-of-three series to decide the NECBL champion.

Past Champions

Total NECBL Fay Vincent Cup Records
Franchise Titles Last Title Appearances
North Shore Navigators 4 2010 4
Newport Gulls 4 2009 8
Keene Swamp Bats 3 2011 5
Sanford Mainers 2 2008 2
Vermont Mountaineers 2 2007 4
Central Mass Collegians 2 1996 2
Mystic Schooners 1 1994 1
New Bedford Bay Sox 0 4
Danbury Westerners 0 3
Laconia Muskrats 0 1
Waterbury Barons 0 1
Bristol Nighthawks 0 1
Holyoke Blue Sox 0 0
Riverpoint Royals 0 0
Fairfield Stallions 0 0
North Adams SteepleCats 0 0
Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide 0 0

In the NECBL's eighteen year history, the all-time winningest teams are the Newport Gulls and the North Shore Navigators, with four NECBL titles each. Four franchises have won two titles, the Keene Swamp Bats, the Sanford Mainers, the Vermont Mountaineers, and the defunct Central Mass Collegians. The Mystic Schooners have captured one title, when the team was known as the Eastern Tides in the league's inaugural 1994 season.[4]

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
 Newport 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

Notable alumni

The following former NECBL players have gone on to play in Major League Baseball.[5] Former NECBL players have reached the major league rosters of 28 of 30 MLB teams.

Major League Baseball alumni of the New England Collegiate Baseball Leaguev · d · e
(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 Amezaga 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
David Parrish C Torrington Twisters New York Yankees 2004
Jeff Keppinger 2B Keene Swamp Bats New York Mets 2004
Val Majewski OF Eastern Tides Baltimore Orioles 2004
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 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 Cincinnti Reds 2008
Ben Copeland OF Manchester Silkworms Oakland Athletics 2009
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 Hermann P Berkshire Dukes Cleveland Indians 2010
Adam Ottavino P Danbury Westerners St. Louis Cardinals 2010
Stephen Strasburg P Torrington Twisters Washington Nationals 2010
Evan Scribner P North Adams SteeplCats San Diego Padres 2011
David Carpenter P Vermont Mountaineers Houston Astros 2011
Darin Mastroianni CF Vermont Mountaineers Toronto Blue Jays 2011

Media

All NECBL games are broadcast online through the NECBL Broadcast Network, with Teamline providing both audio, for all games, and video, for select games.[6]

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.[7]

See also

External links

Team Websites

Notes

  1. ^ Rogers, Kendall (July 20, 2007). "Kendall's Mailbag: Ducks in a row". Rivals.com College Baseball. Archived from the original on 06-08-2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5zIHCNjGX. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
  2. ^ http://www.necbl.com/about.htm NECBL League Info Page, URL accessed December 20, 2008
  3. ^ Berkshire Dukes Box Score, c. 2004 URL accessed June 5, 2009
  4. ^ NECBL Record Book at necbl.com, URL accessed July 22, 2009
  5. ^ http://www.necbl.com/alumni.htm NECBL alumni archive, URL accessed August 2, 2009
  6. ^ NECBL Broadcast Network at necbl.com, URL accessed June 4, 2010. Archived 06-04-10
  7. ^ NECBL Signs Agreement with Pointstreak at necbl.com, URL accessed June 4, 2010. Archived 06-04-10
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Annual events: Playoffs · NECBL Championship · All-Star Game
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