New Hampshire - Baseball

New England Collegiate Baseball League and professional leagues
offer summertime baseball action in New Hampshire

The New England Collegiate Baseball League is summer college baseball at its best. Seeing a college baseball game is an evening of great summertime fun for children and families during a New England vacation. The league, consisting of 12 teams in the six New England states, starts its summer season in early June and plays an eight-week schedule of 42 games per team. The league championship is determined by a playoff in early August.

Games are broadcast via Teamline. Fans can view the live video webcast of an entire game via the Internet for $15; listen to to live audio webcast of the games for fee; or listen to a live play-by-play from any telephone for $5 per game. Games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Other game starting times may be 1, 3, 5, 6, 6:30, and 6:35 p.m. Consult team schedules are team websites.

New Hampshire’s professional minor leagues include the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, an AA affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, based in Manchester.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Merchantsauto.com Stadium, 101 S. Commercial Street
Manchester, NH  03101  
Phone: 603-641-2005

Double-A Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats was founded October 2003, and played its games that year at historic Gill Stadium in Manchester. Its inaugural season proved a huge success, when the Fisher Cats won the 2004 Eastern League Championship. Starting in 2005, the team moved to its own Merchantsauto.com Stadium on the Merrimack River in downtown Manchester. The ballpark seats 6,500 people. The 2008 season marks the Fisher Cats’ fifth anniversary. To celebrate, the Fisher Cats will host the Eastern League All-Star Game on July 16. The Fisher Cats will co-host on July 15 for a block party in Veterans Park in Manchester.

Keene Swamp Bats
Alumni Field, 77 Arch Street
Keene, NH  03431  
Phone: 603-357-5464

New England Collegiate Baseball League

Directions: From 91 North or South, take Exit 3 in Brattleboro. Take Route 9 East into Keene. Take Route 9-10-12 left at second light. Take first exit. At light turn left on West Street. Continue and turn left onto Arch Street at blinking light. Proceed one-half mile. Alumni Field is on the right just after Keene High School.
From the East, take Route 9-10-12 right off 101. Take first exit. At light turn left on West Street. Continue and turn left onto Arch Street at blinking light. Proceed one-half mile. Alumni Field is on the right just after Keene High School.
From the North, take West Street Exit off Route 9. At light turn right on West Street. Continue and turn left onto Arch Street at blinking light. Proceed one-half mile. Alumni Field is on the right just after Keene High School.
Local news coverage: Keene Sentinel Union Leader. Local radio coverage: WOQL 97.7 FM. Internet coverage:Games are broadcast via Teamline. Fans can view the live video webcast of an entire game via the Internet for $15; listen to live audio webcast of the games for fee; or listen to a live play-by-play from any telephone for $5 per game.
Game times: Games start at 7 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Other game starting times may be 1, 3, 5, 6, 6:30, and 6:35 p.m. Consult team schedules are team websites.