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Dalton Collegians

The Dalton Collegians were a semi-professional independent baseball team located in Dalton, Massachusetts. The team was founded in 1970 and coached by Michael T. Casey of Dalton, MA. In 1987, Mr. Casey became involved with an investor group who purchased and moved the Little Falls Mets from Little Falls, NY to Pittsfield, MA.

The Dalton Collegians had many notable local and college baseball players that graduated to many levels of professional baseball. In 1985, the Dalton Collegians were ranked as one of the top amateur semi-professional teams in the country. The Collegians beat the Baltimore Johnnies, who at the time were considered to be one of the top ranked semi-professional teams in the county as ranked by the World Baseball Congress. The Baltimore Johnnies couching staff were affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers.