2008 NECBL season

{{Infobox league season
|name=2008 NECBL season
|image=
|caption=
|comment=
|season_start=June 6
|season_end=July 31
|playoffs_start=August 1
|cup_title1=Quarterfinal 1
|cup_date1=
|cup_champ1=Keene over North Shore
|cup_title2=Quarterfinal 2
|cup_date2=
|cup_champ2=Pittsfield over North Adams
|cup_title3=Quarterfinal 3
|cup_date3=
|cup_champ3=Sanford over Vermont
|cup_title4=Quarterfinal 4
|cup_date4=
|cup_champ4=Newport over Manchester
|cup_title5=Semifinal 1
|cup_date5=
|cup_champ5=Newport over Pittsfield
|cup_title6=Semifinal 2
|cup_date6=
|cup_champ6=Sanford over Keene
|champion_title=NECBL Championship Series
|champion_date=August 9-10
|champion_site=[[Goodall Park]], [[Cardines Field]]
|champion=Sanford
|seasons_title=NECBL seasons
|prev=[[2007 NECBL season|2007]]
|next=[[2009 NECBL season|2009]]
}}

The '''2008 NECBL season''' was the fifteenth season of the [[New England Collegiate Baseball League]], a [[wooden bat league|wood bat]] collegiate summer [[baseball]] league. The league's [[Holyoke, Massachusetts]] franchise, the [[North Shore Navigators|Holyoke Giants]] moved to [[Lynn, Massachusetts]] and became the [[North Shore Navigators]]. Also, the league's [[Concord, New Hampshire]] franchise, the [[Holyoke Blue Sox|Concord Quarry Dogs]], moved to Holyoke and became the [[Holyoke Blue Sox]].<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.std NECBL standings archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008</ref>

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.<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2008playoffstats/confstat.HTM NECBL playoff archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008</ref>

==Regular Season Standings==
===Northern Division===
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Rnk
!Team
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.
!GB
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Sanford Mainers]]
|28
|14
|.667
|0
|-
|'''2'''
|[[North Shore Navigators]]
|26
|16
|.619
|2
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Keene Swamp Bats]]
|24
|17
|.585
|3.5
|-
|'''4'''
|[[Vermont Mountaineers]]
|23
|18
|.561
|4.5
|-
|'''5'''
|[[Holyoke Blue Sox]]
|20
|22
|.476
|8
|-
|'''6'''
|[[Lowell All-Americans]]
|16
|26
|.381
|12
|-
|}
===Southern Division===
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Rnk
!Team
!Wins
!Losses
!Win Pct.
!GB
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Newport Gulls]]
|26
|16
|.619
|0
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Pittsfield American Defenders|Pittsfield Dukes]]
|24
|18
|.571
|2
|-
|'''3'''
|[[North Adams SteepleCats]]
|20
|22
|.476
|6
|-
|'''4'''
|[[Manchester Silkworms]]
|16
|25
|.390
|9.5
|-
|'''5'''
|[[New Bedford Bay Sox|Torrington Twisters]]
|14
|27
|.341
|11.5
|-
|'''6'''
|[[Danbury Westerners]]
|13
|29
|.310
|13
|}

==League Leaders==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0
!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
|}
<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/lgsumm.htm#form.lgt NECBL leaders archive, URL accessed December 20, 2008</ref>

==League Awards==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!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
|
|}
<ref>http://www.necbl.com/awards2008.htm NECBL awards achive, URL accessed December 20, 2008</ref>

==Attendance==
{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0"
!Rnk
!Team
!Year Total
!Game Average
|-
|'''1'''
|[[Newport Gulls]]
|44,123
|2,101
|-
|'''2'''
|[[Keene Swamp Bats]]
|36,975
|1,760
|-
|'''3'''
|[[Vermont Mountaineers]]
|32,806
|1,720
|-
|'''4'''
|[[North Adams SteepleCats]]
|26,624
|1,124
|-
|'''5'''
|[[Holyoke Blue Sox]]
|22,429
|1,068
|-
|'''6'''
|[[Pittsfield American Defenders|Pittsfield Dukes]]
|17,828
|891
|-
|'''7'''
|[[New Bedford Bay Sox|Torrington Twisters]]
|17,866
|850
|-
|'''8'''
|[[North Shore Navigators]]
|11,211
|560
|-
|'''9'''
|[[Sanford Mainers]]
|11,513
|548
|-
|'''10'''
|[[Manchester Silkworms]]
|8,872
|422
|-
|'''11'''
|[[Danbury Westerners]]
|5,697
|284
|-
|'''12'''
|[[Lowell All-Americans]]
|2,496
|118
|-
|'''TOTAL'''
|'''NECBL'''
|'''235,440'''
|'''953'''
|}
<ref>http://www.necbl.com/2008webstats/confstat.HTM NECBL team statistics archive, URL accessed December 27, 2008</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.necbl.com NECBL website]

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

{{NECBL seasons}}

[[Category:New England Collegiate Baseball League]]