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Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League

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Sport
  
Baseball

No. of teams
  
5

Founded
  
1977

Country
  
Canada

Most recentchampion(s)
  
Dartmouth Moosehead Dry

Most titles
  
Dartmouth Moosehead Dry (19)

The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League is an amateur baseball league located in Nova Scotia. The league is the highest level of amateur baseball in the province, it is for players 18 and over. The league champion traditionally represents Nova Scotia at the following year's Canadian Senior Baseball Championships (the Nationals are in August while league playoffs are in September). An exception was in 2005 when the league sent an all-star team to the Nationals.

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Teams

  • The league started interleague play against the New Brunswick Senior Baseball League in 2006.

    • Former teams

  • Bible Hill Blacksox
  • Charlottetown (PE)
  • Fredericton Schooners (NB)
  • Louisdale
  • Moncton Mets (NB)
  • Morell (PE)
  • New Waterford
  • Sydney Mines Ramblers
  • Liverpool
  • Sackville Chiefs
  • St. Peter's Royals
  • Summerside (PE)
  • Yarmouth Gateways

    • Notable players

  • Richie Walcott, of the Sydney Sooners, played professional hockey for 10 seasons, including in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League.
  • Fredericton's Matt Stairs was NSSBL MVP in 1987 and 1988. He was also tied for the league lead in saves, with Dartmouth Moosehead Drys rookie Brian Davidge, in 87.

    • Single season records

  • A no hitter was thrown on July 29, 2014 by Halifax's Brandon Mackinnon against the Kentville Wildcats. The previous no hitter thrown in the league was thrown by Halifax's Mark Haverstock vs. The now defunct Sackville Chiefs in 2005.

    • References

    Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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