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.

Vermont’s professional minor leagues include the Vermont Lake Monsters, a Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, based in Burlington.

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Vermont Mountaineers
Montpelier Recreation Field, Elm Street at Ballfield Road
Montpelier, VT
Phone: 802-223-5224

New England Collegiate Baseball League

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Directions: From I-89, take exit 8 /Montpelier toward US-2/Montpelier. Travel on Memorial Drive for about a minute. At the second light turn left. The high school will be on your left and the credit union will be on your right. Travel a few hundred yards, over the river, to the next traffic light. Turn right onto State Street. Pass the capitol building on left and take the second left onto Elm Street. Travel down Elm Street about one and one-half miles and the ball park will be on your right, just past the Montpelier Pool.
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 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.

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Vermont Lake Monsters
Centennial Field –University of Vermont, University Road
Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: 802-655-4200

Class A affiliate of the Washington Nationals

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Boston can have its Green Monster (please … it’s a wall). The Vermont Lake Monsters take their name from an actual monster – an unexplained sea creature in Lake Champlain who is familiarly known as “Champ.” Champ was first sighted in 1609 by French explorer Samuel de Champlain, and there have been over 400 sightings since then. Champ is also the mascot of the team, which plays in Centennial Field, one of the oldest still in use in professional baseball.
Broadcast: Gameday Audio