Coastal Plain League
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| Coastal Plain League | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Baseball |
| Founded | 1997 |
| No. of teams | 14 |
| Country(ies) |  United States |
| Most recent champion(s) |
Thomasville Hi-Toms |
| Official website | www.coastalplain.com |
The Coastal Plain League (CPL) is a collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The old CPL competed from 1937 to 1941, and then, like most of baseball’s other minor leagues, suspended operations due to World War II. It would later return in 1946 and continue to operate through 1952. The CPL returned in 1997 to fill a void in summer baseball. With many summer leagues in operation at the time, there wasn’t really one located in the southeastern U.S.
League President Pete Bock first got the idea in the early 1990’s when his son, Jeff, a star pitcher for Barton College, was spending his summers playing in the Shenandoah Valley League. After making several long trips to see his son play, Bock, a long-time minor league sports executive, began wishing there was a summer league closer to home. A few years later, he put his ideas into action and the new Coastal Plain League was formed.
Now, heading into its twelfth season, the CPL features 14 teams across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. The latest addition to the league is the Forest City Owls, which will start play in 2008.
The league is one of three members of the Summer Collegiate Baseball Association (SCBA), an association of NCAA-sanctioned summer baseball leagues.
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| Coastal Plain League | ||||
| North Division | South Division | West Division | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edenton Steamers | Outer Banks Daredevils | Peninsula Pilots | Petersburg Generals | Columbia Blowfish | Fayetteville Swampdogs | Florence Red Wolves | Wilmington Sharks | Wilson Tobs | Asheboro Copperheads | Forest City Owls | Gastonia Grizzlies | Martinsville Mustangs | Thomasville Hi-Toms | ||
