2008 NECBL season

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2008 NECBL season
Regular season
DatesJune 6 – July 31
Playoffs
Start dateAugust 1
Quarterfinal 1Keene over North Shore
Quarterfinal 2Pittsfield over North Adams
Quarterfinal 3Sanford over Vermont
Quarterfinal 4Newport over Manchester
Semifinal 1Newport over Pittsfield
Semifinal 2Sanford over Keene
NECBL Championship Series
DateAugust 9–10
Site Goodall Park, Cardines Field
ChampionsSanford
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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]

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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

Key to colors in standings
Top four of each division advanced to 2008 NECBL playoffs

Northern Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.GB
Sanford Mainers 2814.6670
North Shore Navigators 2616.6192
Keene Swamp Bats 2417.5853.5
Vermont Mountaineers 2318.5614.5
Holyoke Blue Sox 2022.4768
Lowell All-Americans 1626.38112

Southern Division

TeamWinsLossesWin Pct.GB
Newport Gulls 2616.6190
Pittsfield Dukes 2418.5712
North Adams SteepleCats 2022.4766
Manchester Silkworms 1625.3909.5
Torrington Twisters 1427.34111.5
Danbury Westerners 1329.31013

League leaders

CategoryPlayerTeamStat
AvgAnthony D'AlfonsoSanford.426
HNicholas PecoraLowell59
RJohn MalloyNorth Adams36
RBIAlex GregoryNewport40
2BMatt AdamsPittsfield16
3BSean McNaughtonNorth Shore7
HRKyle ConleyNewport8
TBSean McNaughtonNorth Shore91
SBAdam DiminoHolyoke21
KTim BoyceNorth Adams65

[3]

League awards

AwardPlayerNECBL team
Most Valuable PlayerMatt AdamsPittsfield
Top Pro ProspectDan MahoneyNewport
Batting ChampionMike TamsinNewport
10th Player AwardNicholas PecoraLowell
Defensive Player of the YearCorey HuntSanford
Top PitcherTim BoyceNorth Adams
Top Relief PitcherZach AndersonPittsfield
Sportsmanship AwardBrad PippaDanbury
Rookie of the YearChase ReidNewport
Most Improved PlayerAlejandro BalsindeVermont
Manager of the YearMike MarronPittsfield
Umpire of the YearBruce James

[4]

Attendance

RnkTeamYear TotalGame AverageRnk Change¿Total Att ChangeGame Avg Change
1 Newport Gulls 44,1232,101+0-1,898+91
2 Keene Swamp Bats 36,9751,760+0-1,684-80
3 Vermont Mountaineers 32,8061,720+0+911+202
4 North Adams SteepleCats 26,6241,124+1+3,593+28
5 Holyoke Blue Sox†22,4291,068+5+13,562+665
6 Pittsfield Dukes 17,828891-2-11,127-487
7 Torrington Twisters 17,866850+1-2,516-169
8 North Shore Navigators‡11,211560+1+1,200+84
9 Sanford Mainers 11,513548-2-238-11
10 Manchester Silkworms 8,872422-2-2,120-127
11 Danbury Westerners 5,697284+0-1,682-84
12 Lowell All-Americans 2,496118+0-1,377-58
TOTALNECBL235,440953—-3,030-3

[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ http://www.necbl.com/2008playoffstats/confstat.HTM Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ "Welcome to the NECBL". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-12-20. NECBL awards archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008
  5. ↑ "NECBL". Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-08-06. NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008

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