2006 NECBL season

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2006 NECBL season
Regular season
DatesJune 8 – August 1
Playoffs
Start dateAugust 2
Quarterfinal 1Vermont over Holyoke
Quarterfinal 2Sanford over Keene
Quarterfinal 3Torrington over North Adams
Quarterfinal 4Newport over Manchester
Semifinal 1Vermont over Sanford
Semifinal 2Torrington over Newport
NECBL Championship Series
DateAugust 9–10
Site Recreation Field, Fuessenich Park
ChampionsVermont
←  2005 NECBL seasons 2007  →

The 2006 NECBL season was the 13th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league's Lowell, Massachusetts franchise, the Mill City All-Americans, was renamed and became the Lowell All-Americans. [1]

Contents

In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Vermont defeated Holyoke 2-0(2-0,5-1), Sanford defeated Keene 2-0(3-1,14-4), Torrington defeated North Adams(3-0,7-2), and Newport Defeated Manchester 2-1(5-8,7-1,5-4). In the semifinal rounds, Vermont defeated Sanford 2-1(2-1,5-6,3-2) and Torrington defeated Newport 2-0(1-0,3-1). In game 1 of the championship round, Vermont defeated Torrington 4-3. In game 2, Vermont defeated Torrington 4-1 to win the NECBL championship. [2]

Regular season standings

Key to colors in standings
Top four of each division advanced to 2006 NECBL playoffs

Northern Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.GB
Vermont Mountaineers 2715.6430
Sanford Mainers 2616.6191
Keene Swamp Bats 2220.5245
Holyoke Giants 1725.40510
Lowell All-Americans 1626.38111
Concord Quarry Dogs 1427.34112.5

Southern Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.GB
Newport Gulls 3210.7620
North Adams SteepleCats 2517.5957
Torrington Twisters 2318.5608.5
Manchester Silkworms 2120.51210.5
Danbury Westerners 1427.34117.5
Pittsfield Dukes 1329.31019

League leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
AvgJim MurphyNewport.358
ERABobby HernandezLowell1.41
HGil ZayasManchester56
RMatt BouchardNewport29
RBIJim MurphyNewport40
2BDevery van de KeereNorth Adams16
3BDamon OlintoLowell4
HRChris DominguezNewport11
TBJim MurphyNewport94
SBCheyne HurstKeene22
KJoe EspositoVermont61

[3]

League awards

AwardPlayerNECBL team
Most Valuable PlayerJim MurphyNewport
Top Pro ProspectAndres PerezTorrington
Offensive Player of the YearJim MurphyNewport
10th Player AwardMatt KarlKeene
Defensive Player of the YearCurt SmithVermont
Top PitcherJay MontiHolyoke
Top Relief PitcherMark MurrayVermont
Sportsmanship AwardRobbie MinorVermont
Rookie of the YearChris FriedrichVermont
Most Improved PlayerRandy GressPittsfield
Manager of the YearMike CoombsNewport
Umpire of the YearDan Collins

[4]

Attendance

RnkTeamYear TotalGame AverageRnk Change¿Total Att ChangeGame Avg Change
1 Newport Gulls 42,4242,020+2+8,665+333
2 Vermont Mountaineers 36,8521,754+0-899+47
3 Keene Swamp Bats 33,8611,693-2-3,501+6
4 Pittsfield Dukes 27,4001,304+0-5,052-241
5 Torrington Twisters 24,6161,172+1+4,636+221
6 North Adams SteepleCats 22,9951,095-1-3,235-154
7 Sanford Mainers 12,889613+0-1,803-86
8 Concord Quarry Dogs 10,578503+2+658+31
9 Manchester Silkworms 8,030422-1-2,642-86
10 Holyoke Giants 8,371398-1-1,678-80
11 Danbury Westerners 6,056302+0+455+22
12 Lowell All-Americans†2,947140+0+282+14
TOTALNECBL237,019956—-3,934-4

[5]

Media

The 2006 NECBL season was notable as it was the first in which the entire league began live, video broadcasts of all games via Teamline. The Newport Gulls, as defending champions, had the first-ever live video webcast of a game on Opening Day, June 8, 2006. The Gulls walked off to win, 2-1, in 10 innings versus the Pittsfield Dukes. [6] Under new team Director of Broadcast Operations Nicholas Lima, the Gulls broadcast team pioneered the first regular, multi-camera broadcast in league history, going on to win the Rhode Island PEG Award for Best Sports Program for their coverage of the June 8 game. Following the success of the Gulls multi-camera broadcasts, other teams would attempt to emulate the Gulls' production, including the Manchester Silkworms, Torrington Twisters and Keene Swamp Bats, as it became known for being the best in the NECBL. [7] [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2006webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.std Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine NECBL standings archive, URL accessed December 17, 2008
  2. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2006playoffstats/confstat.HTM Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 19, 2008
  3. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2006webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.lgt Archived 2007-07-02 at the Wayback Machine NECBL leaders archive, URL accessed December 19, 2008
  4. ↑ "2006 Awards". Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2008-12-20. NECBL awards archive, URL accessed December 19, 2008
  5. ↑ "New England Collegiate Baseball League". Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2008-12-27. NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008
  6. ↑ http://necbl.com/necbl_historical/2006webstats/608pdng.htm NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed January 7, 2013
  7. ↑ http://pointstreaksites.com/view/newportgulls/news-media/live-game-video Newport Gulls team website, URL accessed January 7, 2013
  8. ↑ They bring you the Newport Gulls by Christopher Parish, August 6, 2006

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