Manchester Silkworms
Collegiate summer baseball team in Manchester, Connecticut, 2000–2009.
The Manchester Silkworms were a collegiate summer baseball team in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, based at Northwest Park in Manchester, Connecticut. Formed as an expansion franchise in 1999, they began play in 2000. The team's name referenced the Cheney family's silk mill, which became a National Historic Landmark District. In October 2009, the team was sold and moved to Laconia, New Hampshire, becoming the Laconia Muskrats.
Quick Facts
- Founded
- 2000
- Disbanded
- 2009
- City
- Manchester, Connecticut (2000–09)
- Ballpark
- Northwest Park (2000–09)
- Former names
- Manchester Silkworms (2000–09)
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