The New York Collegiate Baseball League, founded in 1978, is a summer wood bat development league for professional baseball.  Major League Baseball funds a small portion of the leagues annual budget. The league gives college players who have not yet signed a professional contract the opportunity to develop their skills at a higher level of play, gain experience with wood bats, and be evaluated by scouts.  The NYCBL is located in scenic Upstate New York.

Teams play a 42 game regular season schedule with games beginning in June and ending in the last week in July.  All games are 9 innings, with most doubleheaders scheduled on the weekends.  The All-Star game is played in early July, and the League Championship Series concludes in the first week of August.

Past NYCBL Championship Teams

Many current and former Major League Players have spent a summer playing in the NYCBL including the players below.

	Tim Hudson - Current Brave and Major League All-Star pitcher Tim Hudson pitched for the Hornell Dodgers in 1996.  He was selected in the 6th round of the amateur draft by the Oakland A’s out of Auburn University.  He currently has over 100 wins in just seven major league seasons. Stats		Hunter Pence - Pence was a 2nd round pick in the 2004 draft by the Houston Astros.  The outfielder from Texas-Arlington played for the Schenectady (now Amsterdam) Mohawks in 2002.  Starting center fielder for the Astros batting .342 into the All-Star break with 11 homeruns. Stats
	Brendan Harris - Harris played for the Schenectady (now Amsterdam) Mohawks in 1999 while attending William and Mary and was drafted in the 5th round of the 2001 draft by the Chicago Cubs.  Starting shortstop for the Devil Rays batting .310 into the All-Star break with 8 homeruns. Stats		Dallas Braden - Braden played for the Hornell Dodgers in 2003.  The left handed pitcher was taken in the 24th round by the Oakland A’s in 2004. Has thrown 23.2 innings for the A's into the All-Star break. Stats
	Brad Lidge - The Houston Astros’ Lidge pitched for the Ithaca Lakers in 1996.  He was the NYCBL’s highest draft pick ever as he was drafted in the 1st round of the 1998 draft out of Notre Dame. Lidge has thrown 34.2 innings into the All-Star break with a 2.34 ERA. Stats		Jeremy Accardo - Accardo played for the Wellsville (now Allegany County Nitros) in 2002.  He signed a free agent deal with the San Francisco Giants after being undrafted  out of Illinois State. Entered the majors with the Giants in 2005 and traded to the Blue Jays during the '06 season. Accardo has thrown 35.1 innings into the All-Star break with a 2.80 ERA. Stats
	Josh Kinney - The St Louis Cardinals’ Kinney pitched for the Hornell Dodgers in 1998.  Kinney threw 25 innings with a 3.24 ERA for the World Champion Cards in '06. Kinney is currently recovering from Tommy John surgery and will resume play in 2008. Stats		John McDonald - McDonald, a shortstop,  played for the Cohocton Red Wings in 1993 while attending Providence College.  McDonald entered the Majors in 1999 and has played for the Indians, Tigers, and Blue Jays. Starting shortstop for the Blue Jays McDonald is batting .288 into the All-Star break. Stats
	Rajai Davis - Called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates In June '07 Davis played with the Hornell Dodgers in 2000. In 18 game the outfielder has batted .244 for the Pirates. Stats		Brett Carroll - Carroll played with the Hornell Dodgers in 2002 and is currently playing with the Florida Marlins AAA team in Albuquerque. Stats

Retired Major Leaguers

	Greg Larocca		Kirt Manwaring
	Archi Cianfrocco		Clay Bellinger
	Tim Naehring		Glen Barker
	Steve Kline		Scott Cassidy
	Scott Sauerbeck		Lou Merloni
	Earl Snyder

Knocking on MLB's door

			Terry Tiffee - Played for the Hornell Dodgers in 1998 while attending Pratt Community College.  He was drafted in 1999 by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round and played 20 games with the Twins in 2005 and 2006. Traded to the O's in 2007 and is currently playing for the O's AAA team in Norfolk. Stats
			Val Pascucci - Val played for the Schenectday (now Amsterdam) Mohawks in 1997 while attending the University of Oklahoma.  He was drafted in the 15th round of the 1999 draft by the Montreal Expos and appeared for the Expos in 2004. Pascucci currently playing for the Florida Marlins AAA team in Albuquerque. Stats