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Hampton Division Adds a 7th Team
Shelter Island to begin play in 2012
Wednesday, December 21, 2011 |
On Monday, December 19, the Shelter Island school district voted in favor of adding a seventh team to Hamptons Collegiate Baseball (HCB), which makes up a division of the prestigious Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. The team, which currently is without a nickname, will begin play in June 2012.
"In the times we discussed expansion over the years, Shelter Island was always one of the first locales brought up," said HCB President Brett Mauser. "It’s a wonderful community and the setting is picturesque, so we’re thrilled to bring high-level baseball and free family entertainment to the island this summer and for summers to come."
Located between the north and south forks of the east end of Long Island, visiting teams will travel by ferry to and from each game. Shelter Island is added less than a month after the Center Moriches Battlecats joined the East End organization. Each will compete for the ACBL Hampton Division crown against the North Fork Ospreys, Riverhead Tomcats, Southampton Breakers, Sag Harbor Whalers and defending champion Westhampton Aviators. Beginning in June, the ACBL season will continue through the first week of August, at which time the league championship will be decided.
In addition to playing 20 home games this summer (not including potential playoff games), the Shelter Island team will host free baseball clinics for children in the community. Shelter Island will be managed by Joe Burke, who starred at St. John’s University before playing seven seasons professionally, including two in the New York Yankees farm system.
HCB alumni include former UConn shortstop Nick Ahmed, 2011 second-round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves; former Texas State third baseman Kyle Kubitza, 2011 third-round draft pick of the Braves; and former Stony Brook righthanded pitcher Nick Tropeano, 2011 fifth-round draft pick of the Houston Astros. In 2011, twelve HCB alumni played at the professional level, including in the Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations, as well as the independent Can-Am League.
Hamptons Collegiate Baseball is supported by major sponsors Emil Norsic & Son, Inc., Hampton Jitney, Bridgehampton National Bank, Prudential Douglas Elliman and Lettieri Construction. All HCB games are free to the public.
The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) was founded in 1967, with 2012 teams stationed in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ACBL alumni include 3,000 Hit Club member Craig Biggio, 1988 American League Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola and 250-game winner Jamie Moyer.
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Reed and Seratelli recognized
Tuesday, December 06, 2011 |
Chris Reed (Torrington, Stanford) and Anthony Seratelli ( NJ Colts, Seton Hall) were featured in the recent issue of Baseball America.
Reed, the Top ACBL Prospect in 2010, was listed as the fifth top prospect for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Reed was Stanford's closer while posting a 1.23 ERA; however the Dodgers see him as a future s
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Center Moriches Battlecats Join Hampton Division
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
On Friday, November 18, the Center Moriches Battlecats officially became the sixth member of Hamptons Collegiate Baseball (HCB), further bolstering one of the country’s premier summer baseball organizations.
"Hamptons Collegiate Baseball Is thrilled to bring in the Battlecats for the upcoming summer," said HCB President Brett Mauser. "Center Mor
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Moyer Primed for Comeback
Friday, November 04, 2011 |
Former ACBL All-Star Jamie Moyer is attempting a comeback for the 2012 season after having Tommy-John surgery one year ago.
Moyer is a native of Souderton, Pennsylvania and attended St. Joseph's University when he led the Allentown Wings to an ACBL championship in 1983.
Terry Mulholland, Rich DeLucia, Matt Kin
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ACBL returns to Allentown and Trenton
Monday, October 10, 2011 |
The ACBL plans to return to Allentown and Trenton for the 2012 season. The Allentown Railers and Trenton Generals were recently added to the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. The expansion teams will join the Jersey Pilots, Lehigh Valley Catz, North Jersey Eagles and Quakertown Blazers in the Wolff Division.
The Allentown Railer
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Vogelsong caps storybook season with win
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 |
 Ryan Vogelsong (Quakertown Blazers, 96-97) threw seven shutout innings as the Giants defeated the Rockies 3-1 on Monday night.
Vogelsong allowed only four hits with no walks and four
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Andrelczyk in World Cup
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 |
 Pete Andrelczyk (Quakertown Blazers) was selected to play for Team USA in the upcoming World Cup in Panama scheduled for October 1 thru 15. Andrelczyk was a fifth round selection of the Marlins
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