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The '''North Country Baseball League''' iswas an [[Independent baseball league|independent]], professional [[baseball]] league located in the Northeastern region of the United States. Operating in cities not served by [[Major League Baseball]] or their minor-league affiliates, the NCBL has four franchise teams spread throughout the states of [[New York]] and [[Maine]]. One of the teams, the Road City Explorers, is a [[traveling team]], playing all of its games at one of the other three teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northcountrybaseballleague.com/schedule.html|title=NCBL Schedule|accessdate=May 28, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Eastcoastleague.jpg|thumb|left|Logo for the previously proposed East Coast Baseball League]]
The league was originally proposed as the '''East Coast Baseball League''' and had six teams, four in the United States and two in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. Right before the season started, the Watertown team pulled out over what they claimed were unfulfilled promised by the ECBL management. The other U.S. based teams also pulled out and with Watertown reformed the current North Country Baseball League; the two Canadian teams then folded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/sports/watertown-bucks-start-season-on-sunday-in-north-country-baseball-league-20150522|title=Watertown Bucks start season on Sunday in North Country Baseball League|work=Watertowndailytimes.com|first=Chris|last=Fitz Gerald|date=May 22, 2015|accessdate=May 22, 2015}}</ref>