Manchester Silkworms
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| Manchester Silkworms Founded in 2000 Manchester, Connecticut |
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| General Manager: Ed Slegeski | |||
| Manager: Al Levya | |||
| Media: Journal Inquirer | |||
| Website: www.manchestersilkworms.org | |||
The Manchester Silkworms are a baseball team located in Manchester, Connecticut playing in the NECBL. The team plays at the Northwest Park.
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[edit] History
[edit] Silkworm name
In 1838, the Cheney Family started what became the world's largest silk mill, and by the 1920's developed a utopian industrial community. The intact mill buildings, owner houses and worker houses are now a National Historic Landmark District. The mill buildings have undergone restoration and conversion to housing in the recent past. [1]
Hence, the name Silkworms.
[edit] NECBL
The New England Collegiate Baseball League is summer collegiate baseball. The NECBL is sanctioned by the NCAA and partially funded by Major League Baseball. As a charter member of the prestigious National Alliance of Collegiate Summer Baseball (NACSB), the NECBL is one of the most talented and competitive leagues in the country.
Founded in 1993, the NECBL began its direction under former Cincinnati Reds and New York Mets All-Star and Major League home run leader George Foster and Emmy Award-winning television producer/director Joseph Consentino. Today the NECBL has become a strong thirteen team league that plays in six New England states and recruits players attending U.S colleges from New England, the other forty-four States and foreign countries. The NECBL is one of eight NCAA sanctioned wooden bat leagues that play each year from Oregon to Cape Cod.
The League starts its summer season in early June and plays an eight week 42 game per team schedule. The League Championship is determined by a playoff in early August. Each year our top players are scouted and selected in the MLB Draft.
[edit] Mike Lord
The Silkworms hired former Middletown/Holyoke Giants play-by-play announcer Mike Lord for the 2008 season. He is known for his malaprops and funny play-by-play commentary. His debut broadcast will be June 8th, 2008.
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