Nashua Silver Knights
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| League | FCBL (East Division) | |||
| Location | Nashua, New Hampshire | |||
| Ballpark | Holman Stadium | |||
| Year founded | 2010 | |||
| League championships | 3 (2011, 2012, 2016) | |||
| Colors | Red, Black, Silver |
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| Mascot | Sir Sterling | |||
| Ownership | Drew Weber | |||
| Management | Ronnie Wallace (General Manager) Cheryl Lindner (Assistant General Manager) Brian Anderson (Ticket Office Manager) |
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| Manager | B.J. Neverett | |||
| Media | Home games and some away games on WSMN 1590 KHz | |||
| Website | SilverKnightsShop.com | |||
The Nashua Silver Knights is a summer collegiate baseball team based in Nashua, New Hampshire. It is a charter member of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), a wood-bat league with a 56-game regular season comprising 9 teams from New Hampshire to western Connecticut. The team's home games are played at Holman Stadium in Nashua. The team is owned by Drew Weber, who used to also own the Lowell Spinners, the Class A minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
The Silver Knights are one of the five FCBL teams (along with Brockton, North Shore, Pittsfield, and Worcester) that play in a stadium that used to host professional baseball. The Silver Knights have won the FCBL Championship in three of the league's six years of existence, have never had a losing season, and have qualified for the post-season every year.
The Silver Knights were a charter team of the FCBL, as Drew Weber, owner of the Spinners, wanted to also operate a franchise in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. When this was not feasible, Weber and others created the FCBL. Chris Hall, who had been the General Manager of professional and collegiate teams in Nashua, became the league's commissioner.
The name Knights was chosen over three other club nominations by a vote of Nashua grade-school students. The club modified the winner to "Silver Knights" to avoid conflict with an existing amateur baseball team in the city.
2011: Mike Chambers was the first field manager with B.J. Neverett and Tom Bowles assisting as coaches. The Silver Knights finished first in the regular season, with a 27-16 record. They defeated the Torrington Titans (25-17) in a best-of-three championship series. The Silver Knights drew an average of 869 spectators per game, far above initial expectations of 300-500 fans.
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