2000 NECBL season

2000 NECBL season
2000 NECBL season
Regular season
Duration	June 4 – August 6
Playoffs
Start date	August 7
Semifinal 1	Rhode Island over Mill City
Semifinal 2	Keene over Middletown
NECBL Championship Series
Site	Alumni Field, McCarthy Field
Champions	Keene over Rhode Island

The 2000 NECBL season was the seventh season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league added a franchise in Manchester, Connecticut, the Manchester Silkworms, along with a franchise in Lowell, Massachusetts, the Mill City All-Americans. The league lost its Leominster, Massachusetts franchise, the Central Mass Collegians and its West Warwick, Rhode Island franchise, the Rhode Island Reds.

In the semifinal playoff rounds, Rhode Island defeated Mill City 2-1, and Keene defeated Middletown 2-1. In the championship round, Keene defeated Rhode Island 2-1 to win the franchise's first NECBL championship.^[1]

Regular season standings[]

Team	Wins	Losses	Win Pct.	GB
Keene Swamp Bats	27	15	.643	0
Mill City All-Americans	25	16	.610	1.5
Rhode Island Gulls	24	18	.571	3
Middletown Giants	22	20	.524	5
Danbury Westerners	21	20	.512	5.5
Torrington Twisters	20	22	.476	7
Eastern Tides	14	25	.359	11.5
Manchester Silkworms	12	29	.293	14.5

League awards[]

Award	Player	NECBL team	Collegiate team
Most Valuable Player	Kevin Wissner	Middletown	University of Connecticut
Top Pro Prospect	Steve Guthrie	Danbury	Palomar Community College
10th Player Award	Jason Boice	Middletown	Georgetown
Defensive Player of the Year	Raphael Lara	Rhode Island	Miami Dade Community College
Top Pitcher	Dan August	Keene	University of Tampa
Top Relief Pitcher	Eric Johnson	Keene	University of Maine

External links[]

NECBL website

Notes[]

^ http://www.necbl.com/pdf/2000.pdf^{[permanent dead link]} NECBL archive, URL accessed November 26, 2008

[1] ttp://www.necbl.com/pdf/2000.pdf^{[permanent dead link]} NECBL archive, URL accessed November 26, 2008

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