2002 NECBL season
| 2002 NECBL season | ||||
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| Regular season | ||||
| Duration | June 8 – August 1 | |||
| Playoffs | ||||
| Start date | August 2 | |||
| Quarterfinal 1 | Danbury over Middletown | |||
| Quarterfinal 2 | Newport over North Adams | |||
| Quarterfinal 3 | Keene over Torrington | |||
| Quarterfinal 4 | Mill City over Concord | |||
| Semifinal 1 | Newport over Danbury | |||
| Semifinal 2 | Keene over Mill City | |||
| NECBL Championship Series | ||||
| Date | August 9–10 | |||
| Site | Alumni Field, Cardines Field | |||
| Champions | Newport | |||
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The 2002 NECBL season was the ninth season in the history of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The league expanded to twelve franchises with the addition of the North Adams SteepleCats of North Adams, Massachusetts and the Sanford Mainers of Sanford, Maine, the league's first franchise in the New England state of Maine. Also, the league's Willimantic, Connecticut franchise changed its name from the Eastern Tides to the Thread City Tides Tides.
In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Danbury defeated Middletown 2–0, Newport defeated North Adams 2–1, Keene defeated Torrington 2–1, and Mill City defeated Concord 2–1. In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated Danbury 2–0, and Keene defeated Lowell 2–1, setting up a championship series between the Newport Gulls and the Keene Swamp Bats. In game 1, Newport defeated Keene 8–4, and in game 2, Newport defeated Keene 3–2 to win the NECBL championship.
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