Atlantic Baseball Confederation

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Founded in 2002, the Atlantic Baseball Confederation Collegiate League is an eight-team Summer Collegiate Baseball league which operates teams located throughout New Jersey.

The ABC is a player development league and seeks to provide a venue for college players who wish to develop their skills to enter the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft to play baseball in an environment of increased competition. All Atlantic Baseball Confederation athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility. Each team is operated in a similar manner to a professional minor league team, providing players an opportunity to play under the same conditions using wooden bats, minor league specification baseballs, experiencing overnight road trips and playing nightly before fans in a stadium.

Many players have played in the ABCCL and gone on to sign professional contracts.

[edit] Atlantic Baseball Confederation teams

• Toms River Black Sox
• Ocean Giants
• Protocall Starz
• Wall Angels
• Middletown Monarchs
• Freehold Clippers
• Manchester Yankees
• Jersey Shore Tides

[edit] Players who have signed professional contracts

(adapted from the ABCCL website

• Brockton Rox (2007): Lee Rubin, Mary Washington College (Cougars)
• Boston Red Sox (2006): Ryan Kalish, University of Virginia (Monarchs)
• Mesa Miners (2005): Tony Harvot, University of Texas-Tyler (Cougars)
• Colorado Rockies (2005): Jimmy Freeman, Washington State University (Tides)
• Oakland Athletics (2005): Nick Pulos, University of Pennsylvania (Tides)
• Can-Am Grays (2005): Mike Weckenman, Temple University (Tides)
• Mesa Miners (2005): Cole Cicatelli, Stony Brook University (Monarchs)
• Long Beach Armada (2005): Ryan Claypool, Stony Brook University (Monarchs)
• Houston Astros (2004): David Kady, Seton Hall (Cougars)
• Evansville Otters (2004): Dave Mischo, Stony Brook (Monarchs)
• Evansville Otters (2004): Donald Langdon, Kutztown University (Mets)