Bristol Blues
{{short description|Baseball team in Connecticut, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
The Bristol Blues are a summer collegiate baseball team based in Bristol, Connecticut. It is a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), a wood-bat league with a 44-game regular season that has six franchises in Massachusetts and two each in New Hampshire and Connecticut. The team's home games are played at Muzzy Field in Bristol.{{Cite web
|url=http://www.thefuturesleague.com/view/futuresleague/news-1486/news_219643
|title=FCBL to Call Muzzy Field Home
|publisher=FCBL
|date=2014-11-06
|accessdate=2014-12-20}}
Ownership
The Bristol franchise was founded for the 2015 season by Elliot Scheiner, real estate developer David Lindland, and entrepreneur Steve Lindland.{{cite news |last1=Jennings |first1=Brian |title=Blues’ regular season wraps up; Lyons gone |url=http://bristolobserver.com/2015/08/15/blues-regular-season-wraps-up-lyons-gone/ |accessdate=November 9, 2019 |work=Bristol Observer |date=August 15, 2015 |quote=team owners Elliot Scheiner, David Lindland, and Steve Lindland}}
History
In the team's first season it won the Futures Collegiate Baseball League's West Division. In the playoffs it won its quarterfinal and semifinal games, advancing to the best-of-three league championship series against the defending champion Worcester Bravehearts. The teams split the first two games and were tied after nine innings in the third, at Muzzy Field, but the Bravehearts scored two runs in the top of the tenth to repeat as champions.{{cite news |last=Suhoski |first=Shaun |title=Worcester Bravehearts repeat as FCBL champs |newspaper=Telegram & Gazette |location=Worcester, Massachusetts |date=August 16, 2015 |url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20150816/SPORTS/150819354 |accessdate=2015-09-22}}
For the 2020 season, the Bristol Blues changed leagues, moving from the Futures Collegiate Baseball League to the New England Collegiate Baseball League.{{cite news |title=Bristol Blues Joining New England Collegiate Baseball League |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2019/11/07/bristol-blues-joining-new-england-collegiate-baseball-league/ |accessdate=November 9, 2019 |work=Ballpark Digest |date=November 7, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://bristolbluesbaseball.com/}}
- [http://fcbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/standings.html League standings from Pointstreak]
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{{Connecticut Sports}}
Category:New England Collegiate Baseball League teams
Category:Amateur baseball teams in Connecticut
Category:2015 establishments in Connecticut