2008 NECBL season Regular season Dates June 6 – July 31 Playoffs Start date August 1 Quarterfinal 1 Keene over North Shore Quarterfinal 2 Pittsfield over North Adams Quarterfinal 3 Sanford over Vermont Quarterfinal 4 Newport over Manchester Semifinal 1 Newport over Pittsfield Semifinal 2 Sanford over Keene NECBL Championship Series Date August 9–10 Site Goodall Park , Cardines Field Champions Sanford
The 2008 NECBL season was the 15th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League , a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. The league's Holyoke, Massachusetts franchise, the Holyoke Giants moved to Lynn, Massachusetts and became the North Shore Navigators . Also, the league's Concord, New Hampshire franchise, the Concord Quarry Dogs , moved to Holyoke and became the Holyoke Blue Sox .[1]
In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Keene defeated North Shore 2-0 (1-0,10-7), Pittsfield defeated North Adams 2-0 (4-3,7-2), Sanford defeated Vermont 2-1 (3-5,5-1,1-0), and Newport defeated Manchester 2-0 (9-2,9-3). In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated Pittsfield 2-0 (13-5,6-3) and Sanford defeated Keene 2-0 (15-4,6-5). In game 1 of the championship series, Sanford defeated Newport 6-5. In game 2, Sanford defeated Newport 4-1 to win the NECBL championship.[2]
Regular season standings [ edit ] Northern Division [ edit ] Southern Division [ edit ] League leaders [ edit ]
Category
Player
Team
Stat
Avg
Anthony D'Alfonso
Sanford
.426
H
Nicholas Pecora
Lowell
59
R
John Malloy
North Adams
36
RBI
Alex Gregory
Newport
40
2B
Matt Adams
Pittsfield
16
3B
Sean McNaughton
North Shore
7
HR
Kyle Conley
Newport
8
TB
Sean McNaughton
North Shore
91
SB
Adam Dimino
Holyoke
21
K
Tim Boyce
North Adams
65
[3]
League awards [ edit ]
Award
Player
NECBL team
Most Valuable Player
Matt Adams
Pittsfield
Top Pro Prospect
Dan Mahoney
Newport
Batting Champion
Mike Tamsin
Newport
10th Player Award
Nicholas Pecora
Lowell
Defensive Player of the Year
Corey Hunt
Sanford
Top Pitcher
Tim Boyce
North Adams
Top Relief Pitcher
Zach Anderson
Pittsfield
Sportsmanship Award
Brad Pippa
Danbury
Rookie of the Year
Chase Reid
Newport
Most Improved Player
Alejandro Balsinde
Vermont
Manager of the Year
Mike Marron
Pittsfield
Umpire of the Year
Bruce James
[4]
Attendance [ edit ]
Rnk
Team
Year Total
Game Average
Rnk Change¿
Total Att Change
Game Avg Change
1
Newport Gulls
44,123
2,101
+0
-1,898
+91
2
Keene Swamp Bats
36,975
1,760
+0
-1,684
-80
3
Vermont Mountaineers
32,806
1,720
+0
+911
+202
4
North Adams SteepleCats
26,624
1,124
+1
+3,593
+28
5
Holyoke Blue Sox †
22,429
1,068
+5
+13,562
+665
6
Pittsfield Dukes
17,828
891
-2
-11,127
-487
7
Torrington Twisters
17,866
850
+1
-2,516
-169
8
North Shore Navigators ‡
11,211
560
+1
+1,200
+84
9
Sanford Mainers
11,513
548
-2
-238
-11
10
Manchester Silkworms
8,872
422
-2
-2,120
-127
11
Danbury Westerners
5,697
284
+0
-1,682
-84
12
Lowell All-Americans
2,496
118
+0
-1,377
-58
TOTAL
NECBL
235,440
953
—
-3,030
-3
[5]
¿ Comparisons in relation to 2007 NECBL season .
† Holyoke Blue Sox attendance figure comparisons in relation to 2007 Concord Quarry Dogs.
‡ North Shore Navigators attendance figure comparisons in relation to 2007 Holyoke Giants. External links [ edit ]
↑ http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.std Archived 2008-08-02 at the Wayback Machine NECBL standings archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008↑ http://www.necbl.com/2008playoffstats/confstat.HTM Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008↑ http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.lgt Archived 2008-08-02 at the Wayback Machine NECBL leaders archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008↑ "Welcome to the NECBL" . Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-12-20 .↑ "NECBL" . Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-08-06 .
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