NECBL

Me or my son do not have personal experience, but it is still one of the better leagues. They Futures League has attempted to compete with the NECBL for NE players. 

The NECBL used to be mostly for players from the NE area with a sprinkling of players from other area's (not sure how long ago that was), But now players come from all over. 

PO, our son played for 2 Summers in the NECBL, but a few years back.  However, he has kept in contact from that experience and has placed a number of his college players in the league for the last 3-4 Summers.

Newport ranks with any Summer team/experience anywhere, but is very unique in what it offers. They bring in a very talented group each year, play in one of the great facilities in the Country and fill Cardines field almost every night. 

The NECBL has several strong franchises. It has also has had some turnover.

One strong point for some but drawback for others is the attempt to make it like MILB, so there are some longer bus rides and sometimes arriving back in the home city between midnight and 2am, on occasion, and needing to be ready to go for practice or a game the next day.

For a CA player and family, the experience for our son and our family was second to none. Traveling throughout New England, meeting the nicest people and baseball people who really care about the players(the NECBL is non-profit and the GM's usually work very hard for 10 months to make a great Summer experience for the players)taking in games in Fenway, eating lobster rolls, spending time in Newport, the coastal areas of Maine and Northern Mass. and watching terrific baseball is all part of it. You will find many freshman from the SEC, ACC, Pac12 in the league. Strongest teams often include Newport, Keene, Sanford, Vermont and recently the  new franchise in Plymouth, where the GM was part of the great group which operate Newport.

Hope this is some help. If your son gets this opening, it can make for a wonderful baseball and non-baseball experience for him and your family.

 

I live in New England and the NECBL continues to enjoy a very good reputation as a league.  Our family hosted a player from Alabama several years ago for what was then our local team.  Between the Futures, NECBL, and obviously the Cape, there is plenty of high quality summer collegiate baseball in New England, and correspondingly I would assume a higher than normal number of scouts watching games in the area.  Mine is a rising Freshman and has a spot secured in the Futures League.

I echo what infielddad said.  Our California kid loved it.  Lots of players from top programs.  Level of competition was excellent.  Incredible host family with who we remain friends.  Great experience.

Wow! Thanks for all the great feedback. It was nice to hear the positive comments about CA kids enjoying the experience as well. 

My son played in this league three summers ago in 2012 as a sophomore. Very good competition, lots of the top conference freshman players end up in the Cape Cod league the following year. Travel is rough. My son played for the Laconia, NH franchise. They were in the same league as New Bedford and Newport. 5+ hour one way trips were not uncommon when fighting Cape traffic and getting home late and doing it all over the next day was the norm as well.

 

I ended up renting a small house on Lake Winni and spending a week watching 6 games (5 at home and one under an hour away. My son had a great time and was very challenged. He performed well as a pitcher, but not as well as a hitter.  

 

He still keeps in touch with his host family and many of the players on his team. About 8 of the guys on his team have been drafted (or signed) so far, with maybe a couple more going next year as seniors. 

My son has sign a contract to play with the Future League (Martha Vinyard Sharks ). It's nice to see all these positive comments since he'll be coming from Virginia

My son also played for Newport. One of the Best experience in his baseball career. We all loved it.We spent 3 weeks back there and could of stayed all summer).

Son played in the NECBL (Newport) this past summer and had a BLAST. Everything about the organization was first class, host family was awesome, loved his teammates and the beautiful location. Lots of driving to games! We mixed in college visits for our daughter with road trips to VT, NH, CT, MA during our 10 day visit out there. Send me a message if you need more info.

In the Vanderbilt house, right?

Vanderbilt house?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbilt_houses

If your son's end up playing in NECBL particularly if they play in Newport, a must do is taking in Cardines Field. This field is an old time gem. Very funny angles, dugouts on the same side of the field, covered wooden grandstands, and the best view of a game from a bar that you will ever see - http://americanpublichouserevi...de_island/index.html

 

Most definitely worth the trip!

Well it's official, the roster is out and my son will be playing for the Martha's  Vineyard Shark's  for the Future League.

Here is some news on the NECBL schedule: 

http://www.summerbaseballinsid....VNJI4XcUFfE.twitter