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6-627: The Haymarket Senators were a collegiate summer baseball team based out of Haymarket, Virginia. They competed in the Northern Division of the Valley Baseball League and played their home games at Battlefield High School. The team dropped out of the league after the 2015 season. The team's uniform colors are navy blue and red. The Haymarket Senators originally joined the Valley Baseball League in

12-540: The United States and Canada featuring players who have attended at least one year of college and have at least one year of athletic eligibility remaining. Generally, they operate from early June to early August. In contrast to college baseball , which allow aluminum or other composite baseball bats , players in these leagues use only wooden bats, hence the common nickname of these leagues as "wood-bat leagues". Collegiate summer leagues allow college baseball players

18-767: The Covington Lumberjacks 6-1. On July 7, 2009, Scott Krieger, a player from George Mason University who played for the Senators in 2008, was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 19th round of the MLB Draft . This article about a baseball team in Virginia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of collegiate summer baseball leagues Collegiate summer baseball leagues are amateur baseball leagues in

24-584: The ability to compete using professional rules and equipment, giving them experience and allowing professional scouts the opportunity to observe players under such conditions. To find a collegiate summer team, players work with their college coaches and prospective teams' general managers. They report to summer leagues after completing their spring collegiate season with their NCAA , NAIA , NJCAA , CCCAA , and NWAC teams. Some players arrive late due to their college team's postseason play, which sometimes runs into early June. In some cases, players are drafted during

30-496: The collegiate summer season. These draftees can remain with their collegiate summer team until they sign a professional contract. During the season, players are housed by volunteer host families and bussed to and from road games. The leagues vary greatly in their attendances, quality of play, and ability to attract scouts. The Alaska Baseball League (ABL) and the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) are considered

36-484: The winter of 2005 when Mark Keagle purchased the Haymarket Battlecats and promptly renamed the team. Due to a lack of support by the local community the Senators were sold at the conclusion of 2007 season. The Haymarket Senators moved to the neighboring community of Aldie after the completion of the 2012 season. On August 12, 2009, the Senators won their first Valley League Baseball Championship, beating

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