NY/NJ Comets

{{Short description|Women's professional softball team}}

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| name = NY/NJ Comets

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| league = National Pro Fastpitch

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| location = Ramapo, New York
Montclair, New Jersey
Bridgewater, New Jersey
Allentown, Pennsylvania

| stadium = Provident Bank Park
Yogi Berra Stadium
TD Bank Ballpark
Coca-Cola Park

| founded = 2013

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| series = Regular Season

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| owner = Comets Pro Softball, LLC

| management = Michael Neuwirth

| manager = Jay Nelson

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The New York/New Jersey Comets were a women's professional softball team that played for one season. In February 2013, National Pro Fastpitch announced the Comets as an expansion team, replacing the Carolina Diamonds which had folded at the end of the 2012 season.{{cite web|title=New NPF Team Returns Professional Softball To Northeast|url=http://www.profastpitch.com/news/index.html?article_id=1892|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905111828/http://www.profastpitch.com/news/index.html?article_id=1892|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 5, 2015|publisher=National Pro Fastpitch|accessdate=5 March 2013}} The team played home games at several sites in 2013: Provident Bank Park in Ramapo, New York, Yogi Berra Stadium in Montclair, New Jersey, TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania.{{cite web|title=Provident Park Stadium|url=http://www.cometsprosoftball.com/index.php/site-administrator-2/example-pages|publisher=New York/New Jersey Comets|accessdate=5 March 2013}}{{cite web|title=Yogi Berra Stadium|url=http://www.cometsprosoftball.com/index.php/site-administrator-2/yogi-bera-stadium|publisher=New York/New Jersey Comets|accessdate=5 March 2013}}{{cite web|title=TD Bank Ballpark|url=http://www.cometsprosoftball.com/index.php/site-administrator-2/td-bank-park|publisher=New York/New Jersey Comets|accessdate=5 March 2013}}{{cite web|title=Coca Cola Park Stadium|url=http://www.cometsprosoftball.com/index.php/site-administrator-2/coca-cola-park-stadium|publisher=New York/New Jersey Comets|accessdate=5 March 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://pointstreak.com/baseball/team_schedule.html?teamid=55362&seasonid=25201|title=NY NJ Comets - Schedule|website=pointstreak.com|accessdate=August 7, 2024}}

The Comets were named in honor of the women who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and specifically after the Kenosha Comets, one of the founding members of the AAGPBL.{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.cometsprosoftball.com/index.php/about|publisher=New York/New Jersey Comets|accessdate=5 March 2013}}