Futures League 2020 Schedule Announced, Opening Day July 2
Published on June 22, 2020 under Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) News Release
(WEYMOUTH, Mass.) - The Futures Collegiate Baseball League today announced the dates and start times for its 2020 season. Featuring six teams and a 39-game slate, regular season play will begin on Thursday, July 2 and conclude Wednesday, August 19.
"After welcoming its 2,000,000th fan in history last summer, the Futures League looks to maintain its momentum as the most popular summer collegiate league in New England," said league commissioner Joe Paolucci. "Our team owners and operators put a tremendous amount of work into positioning our ballparks to open as safely as possible in order to provide fans with our unique brand of baseball and entertainment. We're excited to get going."
The 10th season in Futures League history will feature six teams -- the defending, four-time champion Worcester Bravehearts, Brockton Rox, North Shore (Lynn) Navigators and Westfield Starfires, all of whom play within Massachusetts, as well as the New Britain (Conn.) Bees, and Nashua (N.H.) Silver Knights. The Pittsfield Suns, members of the FCBL in 2019, will not operate in 2020 but are working towards bringing baseball back to Wahconah Park and the Berkshire County of Massachusetts next summer.
Immediately following the regular season, the top two teams in the standings will play a best-of-three series to decide the league champion. The league will not use the two-half, 56-game structure that was originally announced last October.
The schedule will begin with three days of games (July 2, 3 and 5) at both New Britain Stadium in New Britain, Conn., and Historic Holman Stadium in Nashua, N.H., prior to Phase 3 of reopening the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
All teams have a minimum of 18 home games during the summer, with New Britain and Nashua having 21. Both clubs gained dates due to their receiving permission to open their respective facilities from local governmental and health officials, while the Massachusetts clubs remain in Phase 2.
The first-of-its-kind "Home Run Derby Wins It" tiebreaker will return for its fourth year in 2020. Any games tied after one extra inning will be decided with a shootout-style home run derby. The team that hits the most home runs during a three-minute round wins the game. A two-minute round and, if still necessary, a one-minute round would follow in the event of a tie or ties.
Futures League 2020 Schedule
Date Visitor Home
Thu-7/2 North Shore at Nashua
Thu-7/2 Worcester at New Britain
Fri-7/3 Brockton at Nashua
Fri-7/3 Westfield at New Britain
Sun-7/5 North Shore at New Britain
Sun-7/5 Worcester at Nashua
Tue-7/7 Westfield at New Britain
Tue-7/7 Worcester at North Shore
Tue-7/7 Nashua at Brockton
Wed-7/8 New Britain at Nashua
Wed-7/8 Worcester at Westfield
Wed-7/8 Brockton at North Shore
Thu-7/9 Worcester at Nashua
Thu-7/9 North Shore at Brockton
Fri-7/10 Worcester at New Britain
Fri-7/10 Brockton at Westfield
Fri-7/10 Nashua at North Shore
Sat-7/11 North Shore at Nashua
Sat-7/11 Westfield at Brockton
Sat-7/11 New Britain at Worcester
Sun-7/12 Brockton at New Britain
Sun-7/12 North Shore at Westfield (DH)
Sun-7/12 Nashua at Worcester
Tue-7/14 Worcester at Westfield
Tue-7/14 Brockton at Nashua
Tue-7/14 New Britain at North Shore
Wed-7/15 North Shore at Brockton
Wed-7/15 Nashua at New Britain
Wed-7/15 Westfield at Worcester
Thu-7/16 Westfield at New Britain
Thu-7/16 Nashua at Brockton
Thu-7/16 Worcester at North Shore
Fri-7/17 North Shore at Brockton
Fri-7/17 Nashua at Westfield
Fri-7/17 New Britain at Worcester
Sat-7/18 North Shore at Westfield
Sat-7/18 New Britain at Brockton
Sat-7/18 Nashua at Worcester
Sun-7/19 Brockton at Westfield (DH)
Sun-7/19 New Britain at Worcester
Sun-7/19 North Shore at Nashua
Tue-7/21 New Britain at Westfield
Tue-7/21 Nashua at Worcester
Tue-7/21 Brockton at North Shore
Wed-7/22 Brockton at New Britain
Wed-7/22 North Shore at Nashua
Wed-7/22 Worcester at Westfield
Thu-7/23 Nashua at North Shore
Thu-7/23 New Britain at Brockton
Thu-7/23 Westfield at Worcester
Fri-7/24 Brockton at New Britain
Fri-7/24 North Shore at Nashua
Fri-7/24 Westfield at Worcester
Sat-7/25 Worcester at New Britain
Sat-7/25 Westfield at Nashua
Sat-7/25 Brockton at North Shore
Sun-7/26 New Britain at Westfield (DH)
Sun-7/26 Brockton at Worcester
Sun-7/26 Nashua at North Shore
Tue-7/28 Worcester at Nashua
Tue-7/28 Westfield at North Shore
Tue-7/28 New Britain at Brockton
Wed-7/29 Westfield at Brockton
Wed-7/29 Worcester at New Britain
Wed-7/29 Nashua at North Shore
Thu-7/30 Brockton at Nashua
Thu-7/30 New Britain at Worcester
Fri-7/31 New Britain at Westfield
Fri-7/31 Worcester at Brockton
Fri-7/31 Nashua at North Shore
Sat-8/1 North Shore at Worcester
Sat-8/1 Westfield at New Britain
Sat-8/1 Nashua at Brockton
Sun-8/2 Worcester at New Britain
Sun-8/2 North Shore at Brockton
Sun-8/2 Westfield at Nashua
Mon-8/3 Brockton at Worcester
Tue-8/4 Westfield at North Shore
Thu-8/6 Brockton at Westfield
Thu-8/6 Worcester at New Britain
Thu-8/6 Nashua at North Shore
Fri-8/7 North Shore at New Britain
Fri-8/7 Brockton at Nashua
Fri-8/7 Westfield at Worcester
Sat-8/8 Worcester at Brockton
Sat-8/8 New Britain at Nashua
Sat-8/8 Westfield at North Shore
Sun-8/9 North Shore at New Britain
Sun-8/9 Brockton at Nashua
Sun-8/9 Westfield at Worcester
Tue-8/11 Nashua at New Britain
Tue-8/11 North Shore at Brockton
Tue-8/11 Worcester at Westfield
Wed-8/12 Westfield at Worcester
Wed-8/12 New Britain at Nashua
Wed-8/12 North Shore at Brockton
Thu-8/13 Brockton at North Shore
Thu-8/13 Worcester at Nashua
Thu-8/13 Westfield at New Britain
Fri-8/14 New Britain at Westfield
Fri-8/14 North Shore at Worcester
Fri-8/14 Nashua at Brockton
Sat-8/15 Brockton at Nashua
Sat-8/15 Worcester at Westfield
Sat-8/15 New Britain at North Shore
Sun-8/16 Nashua at Brockton
Sun-8/16 Worcester at New Britain
Sun-8/16 Westfield at North Shore
Tue-8/18 North Shore at Nashua
Tue-8/18 Westfield at New Britain
Tue-8/18 Brockton at Worcester
Wed-8/19 Nashua at Westfield
Wed-8/19 Brockton at North Shore
Wed-8/19 New Britain at Worcester
Futures Collegiate Baseball League Stories from June 22, 2020
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