Duration June 6 – July 31 Quarterfinal 3 Sanford over Vermont People also search for 2005 NECBL season | Quarterfinal 1 Keene over North Shore Start date 2008 | |
Quarterfinal 2 Pittsfield over North Adams Quarterfinal 4 Newport over Manchester Semifinal 1 Newport over Pittsfield Sites Goodall Park, Cardines Field | ||
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.
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.