Manchester Yankees (Summer Collegiate)

• Location: Toms River, NJ
• League: Atlantic Baseball Confederation

Team Bio

Named in honor of the historic Class B Manchester Yankees who played as part of the New England League, the modern Manchester Yankees are a Summer Collegiate Baseball and founding members of the Atlantic Baseball Confederation.

Founded in 2001, the Manchester Yankees are like every other summer college baseball team in that they dedicated and designed to provide minor league-style competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Yanks operate in the model a Minor League team: playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. The Manchester Yankees actively recruit, and have hosted collegiate athletes from throughout the United States. Like all other summer collegiate players, Yankees athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.