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North Adams drops first of six against Keene Monday night at home
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Trailing by three runs in the sixth, North Adams tacked on a run each in three consecutive innings to tie it but whiffed on a bases-loaded, nobody-out ...
Hawaii southpaw fanned 15 in 13 innings in first two starts
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After tossing 13 shutout innings with 15 strikeouts during that span during his first two starts in a North Adams uniform, SteepleCat sophomore southpaw Scott S...
North Adams tops Ocean State Sunday at home
Box Score | Murphy Postgame Comments NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams scored four times in the bottom of the first to back junior righty Mike Murphy (Rider) to his second stron...
North Adams returns home Sunday looking to snap losing streak
Box Score HOLYOKE, Mass. – The visiting North Adams SteepleCats saw what they thought was the potential go-ahead run nullified on a controversial appeal play in the top of the ...
North Adams drops second straight on the road to Sanford
Box Score SANFORD, Maine – After rallying from a two-run deficit with three runs in the top of the sixth, North Adams watched Sanford take the lead right back with four runs in the b...
Gulls top 'Cats for first loss of 2013 campaign
Box Score NEWPORT, R.I. – Playing in its first game since Sunday after a pair of rainouts earlier this week, North Adams squandered early scoring chances and watching reigning New En...
Four-run sixth powers North Adams to victory Sunday
Box Score | Postgame Comments NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Leading by just a run in the bottom of the sixth, North Adams erupted for four runs and survived a late New Bedford rally to topple...
Mack becomes 80th player in franchise history to join pro ranks
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Two-time (2010, 11) North Adams SteepleCat and University of Miami outfielder Chantz Mack became the third SteepleCat selected in the 2013 Major League Baseball F...
2012 SteepleCat Roy taken 539th overall by Pirates
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Rhode Island outfielder and 2012 North Adams SteepleCat All-Star Jeff Roy was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th round (539th overall) of the 2013 MLB...
Offense explodes for five runs in the 12th to top Blue Sox
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After both sides combined for two runs over the first 11 innings of the game, North Adams exploded for five runs in the top of the 12th, as the SteepleCats topped Holyoke...
Gilbert ('11) drafted in seventh round, 200th overall, by Twins
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams SteepleCat alumnus and Seton Hall junior Brian Gilbert was selected in the seventh round of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft by the Minn...
North Adams pounds out eight runs in five-inning victory Thursday
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Sophomore southpaw Scott Squier (Hawaii) dazzled over five innings of seven-strikeout ball, and classmate Dominic Severino (CCSU) drove in a team-best three ru...
Reinvigorated ‘Cats set sights on title in 2013
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – With the ups and downs, twists and turns and day-in-day-out grind that baseball is associated with, the cliché of “it’s a marathon, not a sprint” has ...
New NECBL commissioner was 'Cats GM for nine years
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – For over a decade, the North Adams SteepleCats have undergone change – from coaches, to players and beyond – but the one steadfast force holding the ever-ev...
Lone returner Soloman ecstatic to be back in the Berkshires
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The summer baseball environment, as far as the makeup of a team’s roster, is often volatile and, more so, a crapshoot. With so many personnel changes on th...
Adamski back for more as SteepleCats manager this summer
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The 2012 New England Collegiate Baseball League season saw plenty of firsts in the league’s storied, now-20-year history. Some were in the form of th...
North Adams product Hinkell named third SteepleCats GM
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After a four-month search, the North Adams SteepleCats organization is proud to announce the hiring of the franchise’s third general manager, as announced by t...
Golf Tournament to be held June 29 in Williamstown
Information | RegistrationNORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The North Adams SteepleCats are pleased to announce the date of its First Annual Golf Tournament, which will be held Saturday, June 29 at 1...
2012 All-Star Roy named #3 New England prospect
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After shattering the single-season franchise record book and becoming the first player in New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) to record more than 20 stolen bas...
LeBel ('10, '11) a finalist for prestigious NCAA honor
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – A two-time SteepleCat who led the team offensively in 2011, Rhode Island redshirt senior infielder Mike Lebel (North Adams ’10, ’11) has been named a finalist...
2013 SteepleCats Schedule Unveiled
Click here to download the 2013 SteepleCats Schedule! NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Highlighted by 22 home games, including the season-opener against rival Vermont, as well as the annual Fourth of Ju...
'Cats franchise honored and awarded by community
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The North Adams SteepleCats organization wrapped up its 11th season of play with a return to the postseason, an array of individual honors, and a reestablishment as...
Adamski unveils 2013 SteepleCats roster
2013 Roster NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Highlighted by the return of hard-hitting Eastern Kentucky third baseman Bryan Soloman (Toms River, N.J.), second-year manager Bryan Adamski has officially u...
Bobby Wilson Inks Minor-League Deal with Yankees
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After spending the first five seasons and nearly 200 games of his professional career in Los Angeles, former North Adams SteepleCat Bobby Wilson has inked a Minor-League ...
Evan Scribner earns win in Oakland's division-clinching win over Texas
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Former North Adams SteepleCat great and two-year Major League Baseball pro Evan Scribner is headed to the postseason, along with the rest of the Oakland Athletics, ...
Scribner Grades An “A” Post-NECBL
If you throw strikes, they will come. Those may not quite have been the exact words of The Voice in Field of Dreams, but Oakland Athletic reliever Evan Scribner is living proof of that. Comm...
Three 'Cats earn postseason league honors
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) unveiled the 2012 Postseason Awards last week, and three members of the North Adams SteepleCats found themselves reelin...
SteepleCats raise new team, individual bars in 2012
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – In a summer that was defined by record-shattering numbers of the offensive side of the ball, the North Adams SteepleCats managed to tack on a bit of history of their own ...
SteepleCats' season ends with 10-7 loss at Danbury
Box Score LinkDANBURY, Conn. – North Adams rallied from a 4-1 deficit to take a one-run (5-4) lead in the top of the fourth inning, but Danbury charged ahead in the middle innings to claim th...
'Cats stay alive with 4-2 win in Game 2 over Danbury
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams scored three runs – two of them unearned – in the bottom of the seventh inning against Danbury ace Brett Houseal, as the SteepleCats er...
SteepleCats slammed in Game 1 loss to Danbury
Box ScoreDANBURY, Conn. – Andrew Garner drove in a game-high six runs – including a grand slam and a two-run homer – as the Danbury Westerners cruised to a 14-4 victory over the v...
SteepleCats set for 2012 postseason run
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Back into the postseason after a brief one-year hiatus, the North Adams SteepleCats begin their quest for the franchise’s first-ever Fay Vincent Cup tonight when th...
Law, Roy's historic nights propel 'Cats over Danbury in finale
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Charlie Law (Rutgers) smashed his record-setting ninth home run of the year while Jeff Roy (URI) established a new record in runs scored in a single season, as...
SteepleCats locked into No. 3 seed after loss to Danbury
Box Score DANBURY, Conn. – Nova Southeastern junior Brett Clements blasted his third homer of the year and his first grand slam in a SteepleCat uniform, but North Adams ultimately dropped a ...
'Cats fall to Mystic, will finish season with two with Danbury
Box Score GROTON, Conn. – Eric Yavarone launched a game-changing three-run home run in the fifth inning, and Jeff Stoddard worked his best start of the season, stifling the North Adams Steep...
Holyoke's early lead too much for 'Cats to overcome in loss
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Holyoke Blue Sox built an early 10-run lead that proved to be too much to overcome, as North Adams fell, 10-3, in the two team’s regular-season serie...
Hunter's strong start propels 'Cats over Keene
Box Score | Brian Hunter postgame video comments NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Brian Hunter (Hartford) tossed six solid innings, helping the North Adams SteepleCats to a 5-2 victory over the visiting...
Second Spaghetti Dinner set for Monday, July 30, at The Eagles, 4-7 PM!
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The North Adams SteepleCats have announced a second Spaghetti Dinner to conclude what has already been an immensely successful 2012 New England Collegiate Baseball League...
SteepleCats clinch playoffs with 7-3 win over Vermont Wednesday
Box Score MONTPELIER, Vt. – Trailing by an early 2-0 margin entering the third inning, the North Adams SteepleCats scored six runs over two innings and enjoyed strong pitching over the remai...
Grant Kay's walk-off homer downs 'Cats, 6-5
Box Score KEENE, N.H. – Down by a run, 5-4, in the top of the ninth inning, the North Adams SteepleCats rallied with a run to even the match at 5-all, but Grant Kay smashed his eighth homer ...
05' alumnus Evan Scribner reaching new heights with A's this season
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – It took Evan Scribner nearly five years and 250 games between two minor league organizations, but the hard work and determination by the right-handed hurler and North Ada...
Last Friday's rainout at Mystic pushed to Thursday at 12:30pm
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The rainout between the North Adams SteepleCats and Mystic Schooners originally scheduled for last Friday, July 20, has been rescheduled for Thursday, July 26, the New En...
Five SteepleCats contribute to All-Star Game victory
Box Score MONTPELIER, Vt. – Guided by the bats of the host Vermont Mountaineers, the Western Division built an early four-run lead and held on late to down the Eastern Division, 11-6, in the...
Black's blast, Bay Sox pitching holds down 'Cats in 6-1 defeat
Box Score NEW BEDFORD, Mass. – Bolstered by a three-run homer off the bat of Alex Black in the bottom of the fifth, the New Bedford Bay Sox used an early lead and benefitted from fabulous pi...
Cates' '05 season with 'Cats was one of the finest ever
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – It isn’t often that a player on a small-town, summer league team is remembered so vividly nearly seven years down the road. But Chris Cates, a 2005 North Adams Ste...
No makeup date scheduled as of this time
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The North Adams SteepleCats’ scheduled Friday evening cross-division contest at Mystic has been canceled due to rain in the forecast, the teams announced this morni...
'Cats erase 6-0 deficit in most dramatic win of the season
Box Score KEENE, N.H. – The Keene Swamp Bats jumped out to an early 6-0 lead after four innings of play, but North Adams scored the final six runs of the game – including a dramatic tw...
North Adams drops to 18-15 and 3-4 vs. Vermont
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The Vermont Mountaineers quickly made a one-run deficit disappear in favor of a 10-run advantage, as the North Adams fell, 11-4, in New England Collegiate Base...
SteepleCats fall to 18-14 in six-inning loss
Box Score MONTPELIER, Vt. – Alex Haines continued his pitching dominance, and the Vermont Mountaineers tacked on two early runs before storms in the area forced an early stop to the contest,...
Former 'Cats continue to shine in minors, majors
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Before the 2012 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) season began, the North Adams SteepleCats ran a press release catching up on former players who have found ...
Five SteepleCats to represent Western Division in 2012 All-Star Game
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Highlighted by three position players who rank among several offensive statistics on the league leader board and two of the finest relief pitchers in the league to date, ...
'Cats improve to 5-2 vs. Holyoke in 2012
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Trailing by a run, 2-1, entering the home half of the sixth, the North Adams SteepleCats exploded for eight runs in a single inning to propel them to an 11-3 v...
Longfield named NEBL Pitcher of the Week
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After a dominant four-game stretch over the past week, left-handed reliever Matt Longfield (Villanova) has earned the North Adams SteepleCats’ second weekly league ...
SteepleCats round out homestand tomorrow vs. Holyoke
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The New Bedford Bay Sox hopped out to an early 6-0 lead that proved to be insurmountable, as North Adams could only claw to within two runs, as the SteepleCats...
Dan Kolodin snaps 13-game stretch of starting pitchers being held without a win
Box Score | Dan Kolodin postgame video comments NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Propelled by a pair of multi-run home runs, including the game-deciding, three-run blast off the bat of Charlie Law (Rutg...
North Adams stifled by Mountaineers before near-comeback
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Vermont enjoyed eight solid innings from two pitchers before North Adams attempted to rally in the bottom of the ninth, but it was too little too late by that ...
SteepleCats improve to 4-2 against Holyoke with win
Box Score HOLYOKE, Mass. – Trailing by a run, 4-3, in the top of the eighth, North Adams blasted four extra-base hits to score three runs en route to a 6-5 victory over Holyoke on Wednesday ...
Gulls score seven runs on four doubles to sweep season series
Box Score NEWPORT, R.I. – North Adams nearly completed a miraculous rally with three runs in the top of the ninth, but the comeback fell short, as Newport used a quartet of run-scoring doubl...
Blue Sox lefty strikes out 13 to down North Adams
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Propelled by the dominant start by left-hander Scott Squier – who struck out a season-high 13 batters over 7 2/3 innings – Holyoke scored four earl...
North Adams '11 alum Drew Gadaire wins inaugural "Fan's Choice Award presented by TD Ameritrade"
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Davidson College outfielder and North Adams alum Drew Gadaire earned a prestigious honor this past week, winning the inaugural “Fan’s Choice Award Prese...
SteepleCats commit season-high five errors in loss
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams rallied from an early five-run deficit to tie the game at 8-8 in the bottom of the fourth, but Newport scored eight unanswered runs the rest of the...
Roy named College Baseball Insider All-American
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Just over halfway through the 2012 NECBL regular season, URI sophomore Jeff Roy has lived up to his preseason expectations as one of the best players to grace the N...
North Adams improves to 5-0 against East
Box Score LACONIA, N.H. – Both North Adams and Laconia combined for nearly 20 runs and 20 hits, but in the end, the SteepleCats managed to out-slug the Muskrats in an 11-8 victory on Friday ...
Clements' walk-off powers 'Cats over Mountaineers
Box Score | Brett Clements postgame VIDEO comments NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Brett Clements pounded a one-out single through the right side of the infield and Shane Klemcke (UT-Pan American) mana...
North Adams drops Sanford with 3-2 walk-off win
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – With the bases loaded and one out with the game even at 2-2 in the bottom of the 11th inning, Miami redshirt freshman Julian Santos drilled a hard-hit single u...
SteepleCats cruise by Great Britain in exhibition
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The North Adams SteepleCats scored seven runs on seven hits, and that was more than enough to down the visiting Great Britain Under-23 Team, 7-0, in a Monday n...
'Cats fall three games back with loss to Swamp Bats Sunday
Box Score LinkNORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Left-handed hurler Joe Pistorese went the distance while only allowing a run over nine innings, as the North Adams bats were stifled in a 7-1 setback agains...
North Adams mounts second-straight late-game comeback
Box Score | Tyler Palmer postgame VIDEO COMMENTSNORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Trailing by a run, 3-2, in the bottom of the eighth, with two outs and nobody aboard, North Adams pulled ahead with two ru...
North Adams snaps two-game skid in comeback win
Box Score HOLYOKE, Mass. – North Adams fell behind by six runs, 7-1, after two innings, but the SteepleCats battled all the way back to tie the game in the seventh before going ahead for goo...
SteepleCats fall to 1-3 on the season to Keene
Box Score Keene, N.H. – Four different players launched home runs, and Keene quickly responded from an early two-run deficit, pounding out 16 hits en route to a 12-2 victory over visiting No...
SteepleCats drop a game back in Western Division
Box Score KEENE, N.H. – The Keene bats came alive in the bottom of the third inning, as a three-run home run off the bat of Jared Walsh proved to be the difference, as the Swamp Bats downed ...
Law's strong start holds off Keene in 5-3 SteepleCats win
Box Score | Charlie Law postgame video NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Charlie Law (Rutgers) was called upon to solidify the backend of the North Adams rotation, and the tall righty did not disappoint ...
SteepleCats improve to 9-5 on second-straight win
HOLYOKE, Mass. – Jeff Roy (URI) went 3-for-4 and scored the go-ahead run in the eighth to spark North Adams over Holyoke, 4-2, in a Western Division matchup on Saturday evening at MacKenzie S...
'Cats stay unbeaten against East with win over Laconia
Box ScoreBielak postgame comments NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams right-hander Chris Bielak (Marist) was phenomenal nearly through a complete game, and the SteepleCats offense tacked on fiv...
SteepleCats fall to 1-4 in last five games
Box Score DANBURY, Conn. – The Danbury offense exploded for a season-high 19 hits and scored a run in each of its first five trips to the batters box, as the Westerners handed North Adams a ...
SteepleCats split with Vermont Tuesday
MONTPELIER, Vt. – North Adams rallied from a 6-0 deficit and completed the comeback with two runs in the top of the seventh, but Vermont answered right back with the game-sealing run on a clo...
Holyoke hands 'Cats 12-8 setback
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Holyoke scored eight runs in the top of the third inning, and that early advantage proved to be the difference, as North Adams fell, 12-8, and suffered back-to...
Keene edges 'Cats in Saturday night barnburner, 5-4
Box ScoreNORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Charlie Law (Rutgers) and Esteban Tresgallo (Miami) each drove in two runs apiece, but an early four-run deficit proved to be too much to overcome, as North Adam...
'Cats clip Westerners, 3-2
Box Score DANBURY, Conn. – The North Adams pitching staff accumulated a season-high 10 whiffs combined, and the SteepleCats used two early home runs and held on late to take a 3-2 victory ov...
North Adams bounces back with 8-2 rout of Holyoke
Box Score NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Junior righty Tyler Gebler (Rutgers) gave North Adams his second strong start of the season, as the SteepleCats bounced back from their first loss of the seaso...
'Cats drop slugfest to Danbury, 9-7
Box ScoreJeff Roy’s postgame commentsNORTH ADAMS, Mass. – North Adams let a five-run lead evaporate in one inning, and despite rallying to tie the game, Danbury’s Tom Zengel blast...
Three former 'Cats taken in MLB draft
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Highlighted by three former members of the North Adams SteepleCats among its ranks, 85 NECBL alumni were selected in the 2012 MLB Draft, the league announced Tuesda...
Biggio tabbed NECBL Player of the Week
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After ripping a league-leading three home runs in the first four games of the season, Notre Dame freshman Conor Biggio has been tabbed the NECBL Player of the Week, earni...
Seven-run seventh launches SteepleCats to 13-6 win over Mystic
Box ScorePlanas-Arteaga Postgame Comments NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Eight different players recorded at least one hit, and sophomore Nick Narodowy (URI) pitched six quality innings, as North Adam...
Law's late homer pushes North Adams to 3-0 start
DANBURY, Conn. – Rutgers University first baseman Charlie Law blasted his second home run in as many days in the top of the ninth inning, and that was enough to push North Adams to a 4-2 vict...
‘Cats Ride Gebler’s Complete Game to 3-1 Win Over Vermont
BOX SCORE GEBLER POSTGAME COMMENTS NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Junior righty Tyler Gebler made his first start in a black and gold uniform in over two years a memorable one, as the Rutgers Univers...
'Cats roll to 6-0 opening-day win over Sanford
SANFORD, Maine – Conor Biggio went 4-for-5 and hit for the cycle, starting hurler Tyler Badamo threw seven lights-out innings, and North Adams cruised to a 6-0, season-opening victory over Sa...
'Cats roll to 6-0 opening-day win over Sanford
SANFORD, Maine – Conor Biggio went 4-for-5 and hit for the cycle, starting hurler Tyler Badamo threw seven lights-out innings, and North Adams cruised to a 6-0, season-opening victory over Sa...
Vote for the SteepleCats for Berkshire Bank giveaway
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – With some help from the online community, the North Adams SteepleCats will have an opportunity to earn a $5,000 donation from the Berkshire Bank Foundation’s $25,00...
SteepleCats Alumni Roundup
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – With the 2012 NECBL season less than two weeks away, the focus in and around the 10 New England communities continues to shift toward the welcoming of new players, coache...
SteepleCats to host Free Youth Clinic
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The North Adams SteepleCats will host a Free Youth Baseball Clinic on Wednesday, June 6, starting at 6 p.m. at Joe Wolfe Field, the organization announced Wednesday. Aim...
Rutgers teammates primed for second stint in North Adams
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – With the quickly approaching NECBL season now a mere two weeks away, a prevalent theme all over the 10 New England communities that call themselves home to the league&rsq...
Jeff Roy named A-10 Player of the Year
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – After a phenomenal season that saw him lead the Atlantic-10 in several offensive categories, incoming North Adams outfielder Jeff Roy (Cranston, R.I.) was tabbed the A-10...
Weekly Roundup: May 21
NORTH ADAMS WEEKEND COLLEGE BASEBALL ROUNDUPEastern Kentucky, Soloman earn share of OVC regular-season crown· With a three-game sweep of Murray Stat...
SteepleCats host Spaghetti Dinner
STEEPLECATS' INAUGURAL SPAGHETTI DINNER A SUCCESS NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Bolstered by the efforts of countless volunteers and team staff members, the North Adams SteepleCats proudly hosted...
North Adams SteepleCats Weekend College Baseball Roundup
Led by incoming SteepleCat and righty hurler Tyler Badamo, Dowling College earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive season, as the Golden Lions downed Bridgeport, 7-0, ...
North Adams Weekend College Baseball Roundup
SteepleCat junior Tyler Gebler (Toms River, N.J.) pitched his fourth career complete game to lead Rutgers University past the University of Pittsburgh, 3-1, in the first game of a doubleheader last...
North Adams Weekend College Baseball Roundup 4/27-4/29
Sharks take 2-of-3 in huge series win over No. 7 Lynn The No. 12 NSU baseball team earned arguably its biggest series win of the season against the No. 7 Lynn Fighting Knights, taking 2-of-3 to im...
North Adams Weekend Roundup
Law, Rutgers enjoy big day against UConn Incoming SteepleCat Charlie Law recorded a career-high four RBI, as Rutgers trounced the University of Connecticut, 15-0, on Saturday to stave off a series...
NECBL Deals D’Backs a Pair of Aces: Part One-Cole Gillespie
“You’re gonna be a star. All the way to Reno,” – From Reveal R.E.M sang those words tongue-in-cheek but roaming the Reno Aces’ outfield on Opening Day, via New ...
North Adams SteepleCats NOTES AND NOTABLES
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – The college baseball season is well underway, as several North Adams players find themselves at the top of their conference – and national – leader boards as ...
Versatile Adamski a perfect match for SteepleCats
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – No two collegiate summer team rosters are ever the same from year to year, no matter the league, location or organization. The same can be said in the NECBL, where this ...
25 NECBL Alumni Appear on Major League Opening Day Rosters
25 NECBL alumni were on Opening Day Major League 25-man rosters. The San Diego Padres lead the charge with four NECBL products- pitchers Tim Stauffer and Joe Thatcher, infielder Andy Parrino and ou...
Ex-Mainer Helps Raise Six Figures for Anti-Trafficking Charity
"I've been to the mountaintop!" Martin Luther King, Jr. famously proclaimed in his final public speech. Kevin Slowey, who himself was King of the 2004 NECBL, has been there too. ...
Steeplecats Alumni Reunite in Spring Training
Port St. Lucie, Fla. -- A pair of former North Adams teammates faced off on different sides last week in the Sunshine State, as past SteepleCats Ryan Fraser (Memphis ’10) and John Schul...
SteepleCats Announce 2012 Schedule and more!
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. – Entering its 11th season in the NECBL in 2012, the SteepleCats are the fourth oldest organization in the NECBL. Highlighted by home games on every Sunday evening &n...
Nearly 60 NECBL Alumni in Major League Camps
59 NECBL alumni were in Major League camps as pitchers and catchers began reporting. 37 players were on Active or 40-man rosters while another 22 were in Major League camps as non-roster invitees. ...
Orioles To Duke It Out with ex-NECBL Executive
Everyone in New England, if not Baseball, is familiar with the lure of the 2004 Boston Red Sox Curse-Busting World Champion team: the Bloody Sock. Cowboy Up. The Idiots. But look again at ...
Cape Cod & NECBL Experienced Bryan Adamski Named Manager
The North Adams SteepleCats have a new manager. The team introduced Bryan Adamski as its 10th manager at a press conference Thursday morning. Pictured from left to right: Exec. Vice President and ...
Revealing the Black Box
Scott Barnsby pitched in the NECBL during the summers of 1995 and 1997. Today, Barnsby is a Regional Cross-Checker for the Cleveland Indians.For more on Scott’s personal story, click he...
Domingo Ayala with Sean McGrath
Great picture of SteepleCats GM Sean McGrath with Internet Sensation Domingo Ayala at the D-Bat booth, at the ABCA (American Baseball Coaches Association) Convention in Anaheim. D-Bat is the offici...
Loss of a Friend, Mary Lou Garrity
Mary Lou is pictured here with her loving husband, Tim, and son, Conor, along with her 2011 SteepleCat son, Kyle Boudreau (U. of California at Riverside). The SteepleCats wish to extend their cond...
SteepleCats Announce 2012 Schedule
Here we go, the schedule has been released. The roster is filling in nicely, thanks to GM Sean McGrath. Can't be long before your 2012 North Adams SteepleCats hit the field running and hitting on t...
Get 'Em Up Scout
"I grew up in Torrington," Scott Barnsby said. "I got to play in my hometown for one summer. It was easy travel. I was able to work during downtime and pitch when I could. It was gre...
SteepleCats given Award from NBCC
This fall the North Adams SteepleCats were awarded a Community Recognition Award by the Northern Berkshire Community Coalition for their generous donation of tickets to the Coalition. The award rea...
Shop SteepleCats Opens
Missed that perfect Black Friday deal? Worry not, we have just what you need for the North Adams SteepleCats fan in your life. Last week we launched Shop SteepleCats, your source for all your Steep...
Orioles Name Former NECBL Owner, MLB GM Duquette to Executive Post
Dan Duquette, the former Red Sox and Expos' GM ...
Williamstown Cal Ripken Baseball Needs YOUR Help!!
Our Friends at the Williamstown Cal Ripken Baseball league really need your help. Hurricane Irene dealt a devastating blow to Williamstown Cal Ripken baseball. Bud Anderson field ...
SteepleCats Tenth Season Doesn’t Pan Out in Between the Lines
North Adams, MA – Justin Leeson arrived in North Adams just days before the start of the 2011 regular season, fresh off a terrific sophomore year batting leadoff for the Georgetown Hoyas in t...
SteepleCats had many positives in 2011
NORTH ADAMS -- North Adams SteepleCats President Dan Bosley would be the first to tell you that the ‘Cats certainly had an up-and-down year this past season--the SteepleCats finished the seas...
Cats outdone by Keene
Tuesday August 2, 2011 North Adams Transcript NORTH ADAMS -- The North Adams SteepleCats’ 6-1 loss to Keene at Joe Wolfe Field on Monday night was just more of the same from a team that cou...
’Cats finish weekend winless
Monday August 1, 2011 NORTH ADAMS -- On the scoreboard, the North Adams SteepleCats are ending up the summer just like they began it. On the field, the ‘Cats have made the kind of strides t...
‘Cats Can’t Find Answers in Double-Header
North Adams, MA – Game 1: Tim Thiesing took the hill for his final start of the season, having received decisions in each of his last six starts to up his record to 3-3. After a...
Westerners Maul Cats Again
Danbury, CT – Through the first five meetings between the SteepleCats and Westerners this season, Danbury had won the scoring battle 39-9. Not exactly pretty. Yet that’s what they&rsquo...
East Tops West 3-1 in NECBL All Star Game
Stick "good pitching beats good hitting" into Google and you get 128,000 hits. 128,000 people can't be wrong. On a beautiful night at North Shore's historic Fraser Field, the Eas...
The SteepleCats lend home turf to the Pittsfield Colonials
NORTH ADAMS -- On a great day for baseball, there were only about 40 to 45 people seated in the Joe Wolfe Field grandstand Wednesday afternoon for the first pitch. Under any other circumstances, t...
‘Cats Snap 4-Game Losing Streak
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Westerners Beat Up on ‘Cats
Danbury, CT – The Westerners have shown us two things this season: 1)their offense mashes better than anyone else’s; and 2) if the offense doesn’t mash for more than a few innings...
Mountaineers Stay Hot in North Adams
North Adams, MA – It has developed into one of the more tightly contested rivalries in the NECBL: Vermont and North Adams. Separated by just a year in birth, the SteepleCats entered the leagu...
SteepleCats Bow Down to Schooners 3-0
Groton, CT – There was a strikeout. Then another. And another. When the dust had settled, 14 in total for the SteepleCats as they fell for the third time in four tries to the nubile Mystic Sc...
NECBL All-Stars Announced
North Adams, MA -- The North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League are proud to announce that three players have been named to the Western Division team for the 2011 All-S...
‘Cats Use Extras to Beat 1st Place Gulls
Newport, RI – The sky indicated that it would be awfully tough to play baseball in Newport on Monday night. When the SteepleCats arrived at historic Cardines Field about two hours before a sc...
‘Cats Upend Raging Tide 7-4
North Adams, MA – It had been a rather disappointing Parents Weekend up until Sunday afternoon at Joe Wolfe Field because the SteepleCats had lost two straight in contrasting fashions. On Fri...
Westerners Make it 4 Straight Against ‘Cats
North Adams, MA – In the first three games against division rival Danbury, North Adams had been outscored 23-5, including Tuesday night’s 8-3 loss at Rogers Park. In that game, Frank Mo...
Mainers Hang On to Win 3-2
North Adams, MA – After Wednesday night’s game against Mystic was rained out in a matter of minutes, the SteepleCats returned to Joe Wolfe Field on Friday night to start a series of wee...
Westerners Stay Perfect Against ‘Cats
Danbury, CT – The SteepleCats and the Westerners are no strangers to one another. If you were around the SteepleCats last season orfollowed them throughout all of 2010, I do not need to remin...
SteepleCats' Copping Selected NECBL's Pitcher of Week
Cameron Copping was selected as the NECBL's pitcher of the week for the week ending July 9th. Copping celebrated Independence Day in a big way - earning the win in a 3-0 shutout of Mystic.&nb...
SteepleCats Stumble Against Schooners
Groton, CT – The goal was to finish 8-4 in what was deemed the “most important two week stretch of the regular season,” as the SteepleCats prepared to play twelve games in a row w...
Rain-Shortened Affair Gives SteepleCats 7-1 Win
North Adams, MA – When it rains, it pours. The SteepleCats have been all too familiar with that sentiment through the first half of the season. Having played more games than anyone in the NEC...
‘Cats Use 10 Unanswered Runs to Defeat Muskrats
North Adams, MA – They were told not to be at the ballpark until 5:00, unless of course, they wanted to get there early and do work on their own. There would be no team-coordinated activities...
‘Cats Make it Two Straight
North Adams, MA – If there’s one thing SteepleCats fans have learned about freshman right-hander Brian Gilbert in the past week, it’s that the Toms River, New Jersey native is a w...
SteepleCats Blank Schooners 3-0
North Adams, MA – 4,253 fans showed up and walked through the gates at Joe Wolfe Field to celebrate our nation’s independence together with a baseball game. There’s nothing more A...
Early Scoring Lifts Keene to 5-2 Victory
Keene, NH – July 4th weekend is one of the highpoints of the baseball season. A time when patriotism and fanaticism come together in a wonderful union that celebrates and embraces the past, p...
‘Cats Return Home to Lose 8-2
North Adams, MA – After finishing 3-1 on their four-game roadtrip, the North Adams Steeplecats returned home to Joe Wolfe Field confident that they had what it took to win in pressure situati...
SteepleCats Come Back in Holyoke
Holyoke, MA – Blue Sox manager Darryl Morhardt said on Friday night’s post-game show that it’s always tough to beat a team four times in a row. It’s a common baseball adage ...
SteepleCats Can’t Handle Navigators
Lynn, MA – A 3-game winning streak would have been nice. It also would have been the SteepleCats longest stretch of success early in the 2011 campaign. Assistant coach Cameron McMullen put it...
‘Cats Overcome Keene 9-7
Keene, NH – Fun. That’s what it’s about really. It’s the reason why dozens of players flock to the northeast from all over the country each summer to play in the New England...
SteepleCats Nip Raging Tide 2-0
Old Orchard Beach, ME – Brian Gilbert learned a lot of things this season in his first year pitching for the Seton Hall Pirates. Primarily, he learned how to pitch and compete at the collegia...
Gulls Hang On to 1-0 Victory
North Adams, MA – Tim Thiesing will be the first to tell you he’s not going to overpower hitters. The junior right-handed starter from Keene State College was 3-2 this past season becau...
Bay Sox Outlast SteepleCats 3-2
New Bedford, MA – Drew Gadaire watched the line drive sink faster and lower. It’s been quite the week for the junior from Davidson College, who watched his average drop to .148 after an...
‘Cats Roll over Muskrats 12-5
Laconia, NH – Back to business as usual. The SteepleCats were not taking anything for granted one vacation day removed from their second win of the season in Sanford on Wednesday night. There...
‘Cats Topple Sanford for Second Win
Sanford, ME -- Another night filled with cancellations around the NECBL; it’s been quite a problem lately as rain continues to ravage a good portion of New England. But there’s somethin...
No Answers for North Adams
Keene, NH – Everyone agreed the off-day couldn’t have arrived at a better time. In the first full week of the season, the North Adams SteepleCats had dropped to a league-worst 1-8 after...
SteepleCats Lose Sixth Straight
North Adams, MA -- There was hope and promise, at least for a short time at Joe Wolfe Field on Saturday night. That’s more than anybody could have hoped for, a rather unsurprising notion give...
USA Baseball Collegiate National Team To Face Team NECBL At Fenway
DURHAM, N.C. -- USA Baseball and the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) announced Friday that the 2011 Collegiate National Team and Team NECBL will play an exhibition game at Fenway Par...
SteepleCats Get Blanked at Home
North Adams, MA -- The rain poured relentlessly on defenseless Joe Wolfe Field. First pitch was well past due, and Friday night’s game between the SteepleCats and the Westerners had been push...
Blue Sox Batter SteepleCats Again
Holyoke, MA -- There was nobody they would have rather had on the mound in an attempt to turn things around. Trent Franzago was the tentative ace of the rotation in the days leading up to the seaso...
Schooners Stifle SteepleCats Bats
Mystic, CT -- “2-3 is a whole lot different than 1-4,” said left-handed reliever Bryant Guilmette as we chatted next to the first base dugout minutes before first pitch at Washington Pa...
Quiet Bats Doom SteepleCats Again
Montpelier, VT -- In 2010, the SteepleCats beat the Mountaineers in all six regular-season meetings en route to the Western Division’s best record. Vermont, on the other hand, would endure it...
Blue Sox Best ‘Cats in Extra Innings
Holyoke, MA -- Gray Carden stood mostly by himself as he ate his post-game meal just behind the third base dugout at Mackenzie Stadium on Monday night. The junior right-handed closer from Leesburg,...
SteepleCats Blank North Shore 2-0
North Adams, MA -- After a disappointing loss in front of a record-setting crowd on Opening Day, a Saturday rain-out, and the defending NECBL champions coming to town for a Sunday matinee, things w...
SteepleCats stumble on Opening Night
The night was supposed to celebrate and reflect on ten years of tradition and summers of friendships, heartbreaks, and the joys of a hard-working baseball-loving community. When the SteepleCats cam...
12 SteepleCats Alumni Selected In 2011 MLB Draft
Photo: Guido Knudson '10 (SDSU) who was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 28th Round this week. Twelve SteepleCats alumni that fine-tuned their skills at Joe Wolfe Field were selected in the 20...
SteepleCats Roster Continues to Take Shape
North Adams, Mass. – With the start of the 2011 season fast approaching on Friday, June 10, the North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League announced the addition of...
SteepleCats Alumni Earning a Paycheck as Professionals
As the SteepleCats set to begin their 10th season in the NECBL and welcome another roster of aspiring professional baseball players to the northern Berkshires, many former players that have roamed ...
Slugger Daniel Joins Speedy Leeson in the Outfield
The North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League announced the signings of outfielders Jacob Daniel and Justin Leeson, right-handed pitcher Trent Franzago, and third basema...
Fireworks and T-Shirts Give-Away On Opening Night
The North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League will celebrate the beginning of their 10th season by defending their West Division Regular Season Championship on Friday, J...
Coaching Staff Announced
North Adams, Massachusetts – The North Adams SteepleCats officially announced the completion on the coaching staff for the 2011 season. Clayton Kuklick will serve as the team’s ma...
Former SteepleCat Scribner Makes MLB Debut
North Adams, Mass. – The North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League are proud to announce that 2005 SteepleCats pitcher Evan Scribner made his major league debut on...
Padres Call-Up Scribner to the Big Leagues
Monday, April 25, 2011, SteepleCats 2005 alumni, Evan Scribner, received the phone call he has been waiting when he was informed that he would be joining the San Diego Padres. The Padres play...
Bosley says he’s thrilled to be in lineup
NORTH ADAMS -- Daniel E. Bosley labored for 24 years as a state representative, and on Friday morning he became president -- of the North Adams SteepleCats. Bosley, who has been involved with the ...
New SteepleCats manager reaches goal
Clayton Kuklick, an assistant coach at Division II Shepherd, has wanted to get to the NECBL for three years. Clayton Kuklick has spent several years in college baseball coaching and working in vari...
Westerners Eliminate SteepleCats
Westerners Eliminate SteepleCats Monday August 09th, 2010 NORTH ADAMS -- With Mike Hauschild’s complete game three-hitter and Brett Knief’s timely two-RBI single, the Danbury Westerne...
Late Inning Magic Sparks Westerners Over North Adams, 7-6 in Game Two
Late Inning Magic Sparks Westerners Over North Adams, 7-6 in Game TwoDanbury, CT - With the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the ninth inning, there can only be one thing on the batter&...
SteepleCats Take Game One
North Adams, Mass. - The North Adams SteepleCats recorded a third-straight come-from-behind win Thursday night as they defeated the Danbury Westerners 4-2 in game one of the NECBL Western D...
SteepleCats Advance to Western Division Championship
SteepleCats Advance in NECBL Playoffs North Adams, Mass. - The North Adams SteepleCats defeated the Keene Swamp Bats 10-5 Wednesday night at Joe Wolfe Field and won the best-of-three series agains...
'Cats Fall in Game 1 of the Western Division Playoffs
Firth pitches gem, Swamp Bats take game one in Western Division Playoffs North Adams, MA – Scott Firth (Buffalo Grove, IL/Clemson) tossed eight innings of one-run ball to guide the K...
SteepleCats Stun Swamp Bats in Ten
SteepleCats Stun Swamp Bats in Ten Wednesday August 04th, 2010 Keene, N.H. - Trailing 4-2 in the top of the ninth inning, the SteepleCats rallied to tie the game and Cam Kneeland's two-run home r...
Gebler Named Co-Pitcher of the Week
Gebler Named Co-Pitcher of the Week Monday July 26th, 2010 North Adams, Mass. - SteepleCats right-handed pitcher Tyler Gebler has been named the New England Collegiate Baseball League Co-Pitcher ...
LEARN FROM THE BEST at Mohegan Sun
The 2011 Mohegan Sun World Baseball Coaches' Convention - January 20 - 22 - takes place at the spectacular Mohegan Sun and will feature another blockbuster presenter line-up. You can be sure that w...
NECBL holds inaugural Hall of Fame Dinner
The New England Collegiate Baseball League held its inaugural Hall of Fame Tribute Dinner at the Boston Marriott Newton Grand Ballroom on Saturday. Inducted into the league’s Hall of Fame we...
Former SteepleCat, Roberto Martinez, Appears on ABC's The Bachelorette
Former SteepleCat, Roberto Martinez, Appears on ABC's The Bachelorette Tuesday July 06th, 2010 North Adams, MA - Former North Adams SteepleCat Roberto Martinez will bring Williamstown native Ali ...
Gillespie Makes MLB Debut for Diamondbacks
The North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League are proud to announce that 2005 SteepleCats outfielder Cole Gillespie made his major league debut on April 21 for the Arizo...
SteepleCats Announce 2010 Schedule; Law Returns
The North Adams SteepleCats of the New England Collegiate Baseball League will begin their quest for their first NECBL Championship in 2010 on Friday, June 4 at Joe Wolfe Field. Some changes have b...
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