2017 NECBL season

The 2017 NECBL season was the 24th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. The same thirteen teams from 2016 returned for the 2017 season, and the divisional alignment remained the same. The playoff format for this season was slightly altered, reducing the number of teams that make it from eight to six.[1] This meant a bracket structure where the top seed in each division earned a first-round bye, with the second and third-seeded teams battling in a one-game "Wild Card" matchup.[1] Another change for the 2017 campaign was moving the All-Star Game farther back in the summer, to July 30, more than a week later than prior seasons.[1]

2017 NECBL season
Regular season
DurationJune 6th – August 1st
Playoffs
Start dateAugust 3rd
NECBL Championship Series
NECBL seasons

The NECBL All-Star Game's 23rd edition[2] was played on July 30 at Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams, Massachusetts, home of the North Adams SteepleCats. The Northern and Southern Division teams battled to a 5-5 tie.[3]

Regular Season Standings

Northern Division
Team Wins Losses PCT GB
Upper Valley Nighthawks 29 15 .659 -
Valley Blue Sox 26 18 .591 3
Keene Swamp Bats 20 24 .455 9
Winnipesaukee Muskrats 18 25 .419 10.5
North Adams SteepleCats 18 26 .408 11
Vermont Mountaineers 18 26 .409 11
Sanford Mainers 17 27 .386 12

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Southern Division
Team Wins Losses PCT GB
Ocean State Waves 31 12 .705 -
Mystic Schooners 27 17 .614 4
Plymouth Pilgrims 25 19 .568 6
Newport Gulls 20 22 .476 10
Danbury Westerners 18 25 .419 12.5
New Bedford Bay Sox 17 27 .386 14

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Team vs. Team Grid
Team vs. DAN vs. KEE vs. MYS vs. NB vs. NEW vs. NA vs. OS vs. PLY vs. SAN vs. UV vs. VAL vs. VER vs. WIN Overall Record
DAN -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
KEE 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
MYS 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
NB 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
NEW 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
NA 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
OS 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
PLY 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
SAN 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
UV 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
VAL 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0 0-0
VER 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0 0-0
WIN 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -- 0-0

All-star game

The NECBL's 2017 All-Star Game was hosted by the Northern Division's North Adams SteepleCats at Joe Wolfe Field in North Adams, Massachusetts on July 30.

Playoffs

The top three teams in each division qualify for the postseason. The No. 2 seed will play the No. 3 seed in a playoff game, with the winner advancing to play the No. 1 seed in the best-of-three Division Finals. The two Division Finals winners then play each other for the NECBL Championship.

  Divisional Semifinal (Playoff)     Divisional Finals     NECBL Championship
                           
  Northern Division     1  
  2        
  3        
     
  Southern Division     1    
  2      
  3  

See also

References
  1. Weinreb, Josh. "NECBL Changes Playoff Format". Valley News.
  2. "NECBL Annual Awards | New England Collegiate Baseball League". www.necbl.com. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  3. "North, South Battle to 5-5 Tie in Star-Studded 2017 NECBL All-Star Game | New England Collegiate Baseball League". www.necbl.com. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. http://www.necbl.com/view/necbl
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