2008 NECBL season
| 2008 NECBL season | ||||
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| Regular season | ||||
| Duration | June 6 – July 31 | |||
| Playoffs | ||||
| Start date | August 1 | |||
| Quarterfinal 1 | Keene over North Shore | |||
| Quarterfinal 2 | Pittsfield over North Adams | |||
| Quarterfinal 3 | Sanford over Vermont | |||
| Quarterfinal 4 | Newport over Manchester | |||
| Semifinal 1 | Newport over Pittsfield | |||
| Semifinal 2 | Sanford over Keene | |||
| NECBL Championship Series | ||||
| Date | August 9–10 | |||
| Site | Goodall Park, Cardines Field | |||
| Champions | Sanford | |||
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The 2008 NECBL season was the 15th season of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. The league's Holyoke, Massachusetts franchise, the Holyoke Giants moved to Lynn, Massachusetts and became the North Shore Navigators. Also, the league's Concord, New Hampshire franchise, the Concord Quarry Dogs, moved to Holyoke and became the Holyoke Blue Sox.
In the quarterfinal playoff rounds, Keene defeated North Shore 2-0 (1-0,10-7), Pittsfield defeated North Adams 2-0 (4-3,7-2), Sanford defeated Vermont 2-1 (3-5,5-1,1-0), and Newport defeated Manchester 2-0 (9-2,9-3). In the semifinal rounds, Newport defeated Pittsfield 2-0 (13-5,6-3) and Sanford defeated Keene 2-0 (15-4,6-5). In game 1 of the championship series, Sanford defeated Newport 6-5. In game 2, Sanford defeated Newport 4-1 to win the NECBL championship.
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