WESTWOOD—For the second consecutive season the Bergen Pirates are set to play four home games at Westvale Field.
The Pirates, a former member and three-time champion (2016, 2017, 2018) of the now defunct North Jersey Amateur Baseball League, and current member of the storied Metropolitan League, are a men’s 18 and older baseball team based primarily in Westwood.
The Metropolitan League (commonly known as The Met League) has been in existence since the late 1960s, and over the decades has featured some of New Jersey’s premier amateur baseball talent.
There are 11 teams playing in the 2022 season (other teams include the Sox, Dumont Huskies, Bergen Mets, Rutherford Rays, NJ Blue Jays, Cresskill Cougars, Hackensack Troasts, Little Ferry Dodgers, North Haledon Reds, and Bergenfield Yankees), a season after which the 2021 Pirates finished with a 14-10 record and lost in the semifinals to the eventual league runner-up, the South Bergen Bullets.
This year’s Pirates feature 25 players, each with a minimum of collegiate-level playing experience, including several with experience at various levels of Minor League Independent Baseball.
For more information write Dan Solomon at bergenpiratesbaseball@gmail.com.