Brockton Rox
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| League | FCBL (East Division) | ||||
| Location | Brockton, MA (2002–present) | ||||
| Ballpark | Campanelli Stadium | ||||
| Year founded | 2002 | ||||
| League championships | 1 Can-Am (2003) | ||||
| Division championships | 1 Can-Am (2003) | ||||
| Former league(s) |
Can-Am League (2005–2011) Northeast League (2003–2004) Northern League (2002) |
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| Colors | Navy blue, red, silver, white |
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| Mascot | K-O the Kangaroo | ||||
| Ownership | Chris English | ||||
| Manager | Bryan Stark (Navy, Harvard) | ||||
| Website | brocktonrox.com | ||||
The Brockton Rox are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Formerly a professional baseball franchise, the Rox were a member of the independent Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, from the 2003 through 2011 seasons. The Rox play their home games at Campanelli Stadium. The team's name is a derivative of the nearby Boston Red Sox of the American League and a tribute to the boxers Rocky Marciano and Marvelous Marvin Hagler, both from Brockton.
In 2012, the Rox announced that they were going to join the Futures Collegiate Baseball League and leave the Can-Am League but would retain its rights to rejoin the league for 2013. As of October 2015, the Rox have not decided to return to professional baseball.
The Rox began play in the 2002 season as members of the East Division of the Northern League. In 2003, the Eastern ball clubs split off from the rest of the Northern League and became the Northeast League, where the Rox played in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, the Northeast League was re-branded as the Can-Am League.
In 2006, the Rox celebrated the team's fifth anniversary season by finishing the season 49–43 and qualifying for the #3 seed in the Can-Am League Playoffs. The Rox defeated the New Haven County Cutters, 3–1, in the opening round best of 5 series. In the Championship Series, the Rox fell behind 2 games to 0 against the Quebec Capitales before rallying to tie the series at 2–2. In the deciding game 5, the Rox took a 3–2 lead into the 8th inning, but a late rally by Quebec left Brockton on the losing end, 5–4, giving Quebec its first ever Can-Am League Championship. In 2009 the team won 56 games, a franchise record which was also best in the league. They lost in the first round of the playoffs, 3–1, to the eventual champion, the Quebec Capitales.
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