Newburgh Gets a New Baseball Team

The City of Newburgh is getting a new baseball team. Newburgh’s City Council approved on Monday to an agreement allowing the six-team East Coast Baseball League to use Delano-Hitch Stadium this summer for the hometown Newburgh Newts.

From the ECBL website 

The East Coast Baseball League is the newest independent professional baseball league in North America.

The league is looking to have 4 teams with a 48-60 game schedule. Playoffs will see 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 3 in the the semi-finals, with the two winners advancing to the ECBL Championship

Along with the Newburgh Newts, the East Coast Baseball League has teams based in Niagara and Watertown in New York; Waterloo, Ontario, and Old Orchard, Maine. The league is looking to award it's sixth team in Johnstown, PA.

Accordinf to the Times Herald Record, Newburgh’s agreement calls for the league to pay $500 per game for 30 games.