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Manchester Silkworms

Team Information
League	NECBL
Division	Southern Division
Location	Manchester, CT
Ballpark	Northwest Park
Franchise History
Founded	2000
League Championships (0)	None
Post-Season Division Championships (0)	None
Regular Season Division Championships (0)	None
2007 Record	19-22
2007 Home Attendance	11,758
Front Office
General Manager	Ed Slegeski
'''VP Baseball Operations	Ed Slegeski
Field Manager	Al Levya
Broadcasters	Merrill Myers Mike Lord
Mascot	Slider
Website
Ownership
President	Gary Bensen

The Manchester Silkworms are a summer collegiate baseball team located in Manchester, Connecticut playing in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. The team, an expansion franchise formed in 1999 which began play for the 2000 season, is based out of Northwest Park.

History

Silkworm name

In 1838, the Cheney Family started what became the world's largest silk mill, and by the 1920's developed a utopian industrial community. The intact mill buildings, owner houses and worker houses are now a National Historic Landmark District. The mill buildings have undergone restoration and conversion to housing in the recent past.

Hence, the name Silkworms.

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Silkworm name

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