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Sanford Mainers
American collegiate summer baseball team
American collegiate summer baseball team
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | Sanford Mainers | ||
| logo | [[File:Mainers.png | 100px]] | |
| Team Logo | |||
| league | NECBL | ||
| division | North Division | ||
| location | Sanford, ME (2002–present) | ||
| stadium | Goodall Park (2002–present) | ||
| founded | 2002 | ||
| league_champs | 2 (2004, 2008) | ||
| series | Post-Season Division | ||
| series_champs | 4 (2004, 2008, 2014, 2016) | ||
| series2 | Regular-Season Division | ||
| series2_champs | 3 (2003, 2008, 2016) | ||
| colors | Green, Gold | ||
| manager | Nic Lops | ||
| mascot | Broose D'Moose and Boomer | ||
| media | Justin Ciavolella (Director of Broadcasting and Media) | ||
| website | sanfordmainers.com | ||
| general_manager | Aaron Izaryk | president=Jacob Ouellette | owner =Non Profit Organization. Run by the Board of Directors. |
Team Logo
The Sanford Mainers are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Sanford, Maine. The team, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, plays their home games at Goodall Park.
In late 2001, New England Collegiate Baseball League approached the Town of Sanford about the potential of having a team. Sanford's former Parks and Recreation Director Marcel Blouin met with various officials, and proposed Goodall Park as the home field for a team.
Start-up funds were provided through local businessmen Allen Mapes, Ron Woodward, and Geoff Titherington, as well as Neil Olson, a businessman from Bethel, Maine who had previously been involved with the Lowell All-Americans organization, a former member of the NECBL. In the second year, local investors Bob Hardison, Bob Gonyou, Joe Vitko, Gary Miller, and Curtis Jacks also joined the management team. After a few years, the Mainers' management group agreed the team should be operated by the shareholders, and shifted ownership to a volunteer group of citizens of Sanford-Springvale and local communities, becoming a non-profit organization.
Mainers attendance
The following is a list of Sanford Mainers attendance figures at Goodall Park dating back to the team's inception in the 2002 season. The team's record average attendance came in the 2005 season, when an average of 699 spectators attended each home game.
| Season | Game Avg. | Season Total | League Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 658 | 13,829 | 6th | ||||||
| 2003 | 474 | 9,968 | 7th | ||||||
| 2004 | 607 | 12,760 | 7th | ||||||
| 2005 | 699 | 14,692 | 7th | ||||||
| 2006 | 613 | 12,889 | 7th | ||||||
| 2007 | 559 | 11,751 | 7th | ||||||
| 2008 | 548 | 11,513 | 9th | ||||||
| 2009 | 516 | 9,818 | 9th | ||||||
| title=2010 NECBL Season - Attendance | url=http://necbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/attendance.html?leagueid=204&seasonid=330 | work=NECBL.com | accessdate=15 February 2012 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323013237/http://necbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/attendance.html?leagueid=204&seasonid=330 | archivedate=2012-03-23 | url-status=dead}} | 495 | 10,389 | 8th |
| title=2011 NECBL Season - Attendance | url=http://necbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/attendance.html?leagueid=204&seasonid=510 | work=NECBL.com | accessdate=15 February 2012 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526140101/http://necbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/attendance.html?leagueid=204&seasonid=510 | archivedate=2012-05-26 | url-status=dead}} | 555 | 11,090 | 9th |
| title=2012 NECBL Season - Attendance | url=http://necbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/attendance.html?leagueid=204&seasonid=11944 | work=NECBL.com | accessdate=5 August 2012 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616155856/http://necbl.bbstats.pointstreak.com/attendance.html?leagueid=204&seasonid=11944 | archivedate=2012-06-16 | url-status=dead}} | 504 | 10,089 | 7th |
| 2013 | 436 | 9,601 | 8th | ||||||
| 2014 | 480 | 10,084 | 7th | ||||||
| 2015 | 483 | 10,151 | 9th | ||||||
| 2016 | 464 | 9,747 | 8th | ||||||
| 2017 | 516 | 11,351 | 7th | ||||||
| 2018 | 567 | 10,778 | 6th | ||||||
| 2019 | 453 | 9,969 | 8th | ||||||
| 2020 | No season. | Cancelled. | COVID-19 | ||||||
| 2021 | 477 | 8,583 | 9th | ||||||
| 2022 | 476 | 9,993 | 9th | ||||||
| 2023 | 402 | 8,441 | 9th | ||||||
| 2024 | 549 | 11,546 | 8th |
Postseason appearances
Since 2002, the Sanford Mainers have claimed the league championship twice, the organization's first in 2004 and their second in 2008. Since then, the Mainers have appeared in the final round (2014 and 2016), but fell just short to the Newport Gulls and Mystic Schooners, respectively. In the franchise's history, the team has made the postseason all but three times.
| Year | Division Semi-Finals | Division Finals | NECBL Championship Series | Sanford Mainers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | North Adams Steeplecats | W (2-0) | Keene Swamp Bats | L (0-2) |
| 2004 | North Adams Steeplecats | W (2-1) | Keene Swamp Bats | W (2-1) |
| 2005 | Keene Swamp Bats | L (0-2) | ||
| 2006 | Keene Swamp Bats | W (2-0) | Vermont Mountaineers | L (1-2) |
| 2008 | Vermont Mountaineers | W (2-1) | Keene Swamp Bats | W (2-0) |
| 2009 | North Shore Navigators | W (2-1) | Newport Gulls | L (1-2) |
| 2010 | North Shore Navigators | L (1-2) | ||
| 2011 | North Shore Navigators | W (2-1) | Laconia Muskrats | L (0-2) |
| 2012 | Newport Gulls | L (1-2) | ||
| 2013 | Newport Gulls | L (0-2) | ||
| 2014 | Keene Swamp Bats | W (2-1) | Vermont Mountaineers | W (2-0) |
| 2015 | North Adams SteepleCats | L (1-2) | ||
| 2016 | Upper Valley Nighthawks | W (2-1) | Valley Blue Sox | W (2-1) |
| 2018 | Keene Swamp Bats | W (1-0) | Valley Blue Sox | L (0-2) |
| 2021 | North Adams SteepleCats | L (0-1) | ||
| 2022 | Newport Gulls | W (1-0) | Vermont Mountaineers | L (1-2) |
| 2023 | Mystic Schooners | W (2-0) | Bristol Blues | L (0-2) |
| 2024 | Keene Swamp Bats | W (2-0) | Vermont Mountaineers | W (2-0) |
| 2025 | North Adams SteepleCats | W (2-1) | Keene Swamp Bats | L (0-2) |
Media
The team's games are broadcast on the NECBL Broadcast Network through BlueFrame Technology, as well as locally on 104.3 FM, AM 1220 The Legends WWSF. Until the 2012 season, games were only broadcast on the NECBL Broadcast Network. The radio station announced in March 2012 plans to broadcast away games, as well.
In 2024, the Mainers were selected as one of three NECBL pilot broadcast sites for ESPN+ (alongside with the Bristol Blues and Vermont Mountaineers), with 10 Mainers games airing exclusively on the streaming platform.
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