New England Collegiate Baseball League

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The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) is a 12-team Summer Collegiate Baseball league founded in 1993. It is 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.

The league was founded by former MLB player George Foster and television producer Joseph Consentino. The league started play in 1994 and today the NECBL has become a strong twelve-team league that plays in all six New England states. Players are recruited from NCAA colleges or universities who are in good academic standing, have completed at least one year of athletic eligibility, and have at least one year of eligibility remaining.

[edit] Teams

[edit] Northern Division

• North Shore Navigators (Lynn, MA)
• Holyoke Blue Sox (Holyoke, MA)
• Keene Swamp Bats (Keene, NH)
• Lowell All-Americans (Lowell, MA)
• Sanford Mainers (Sanford, ME)
• Vermont Mountaineers (Montpelier, VT)

[edit] Southern Division

• Danbury Westerners (Danbury, CT)
• Manchester Silkworms (Manchester, CT)
• Newport Gulls (Newport, RI)
• North Adams SteepleCats (North Adams, MA)
• Pittsfield Dukes (Pittsfield, MA)
• Torrington Twisters (Torrington, CT)