The Riverpoint Royals weren't the worst team in the league. The Pittsfield Dukes, playing at Dan Duquette's baseball academy in Hillsdale was. The Dukes however had arranged to take over historic Wahconah Park in Pittsfield... used only the previous seasons by the Houston Astros and NY Mets as a Single-A facility. The Riverpoint Royals were the odd men out, and West Warwick said goodbye to the NECBL for the second and probably last time.