New Bern River Rats

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Location: New Bern, NC
League: Coastal Plain League
Stadium: Boykin Field

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The New Bern River Rats are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League. The River Rats play their home games in Boykin Field in New Bern, NC. Founded in 2005, the River Rats are like every other summer college baseball team, in that they are dedicated and designed to provide minor league-style competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The New Bern River Rats operate in the model a Minor League team: playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. The River Rats actively recruit players, and have hosted collegiate athletes from throughout the United States. Like all other summer collegiate players, River Rats athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.