Fourth-year A&M Transmission American Legion coach Al Livingston intends to look into the possibility of having his organization sponsor a future Northeast Regional Tournament.

The Brewer Falcons are going to host this year’s regional, which will be held on Aug. 14-18 at the University of Maine’s Mahaney Diamond. As a result of sponsoring the tourney, the Falcons received an automatic berth into the eight-team, double-elimination affair.

It is the first time an AL Northeast Regional has ever been held in Maine.

Livingston would seek to hold the regional at Portland’s Hadlock Field.

“I think we could do it. We could get support for it. We’ve got some people in the area who would be interested in the tournament,” said Livingston. “The key thing would be to get local businesses involved.”

Brewer Manager Jim White, who will be the local tournament director for this year’s regional, said the American Legion hierarchy has implemented a system in which each New England state (and, possibly, New Jersey) will get to host the regional on a rotating basis. Next year’s regional will be held in Quincy, Mass.

However, he also pointed out that if one state passes up its chance to host, it would be open up to bid.

Livingston would like to host a regional within the next five years.

“I think they could host one in the Portland area,” said White. “The hotel space is there. The facility (Hadlock) is a good one although they may have to expand the seating capacity on a temporary basis.

“And Al is a real worker,” added White, who said hosting one involves a “tremendous amount of work.”

Fairfield American Legion Coach Chap Nelson, who has coached the team for 13 years, doesn’t expect to return.

The 31-year-old Nelson, the equipment manager at Colby College, was recently named the assistant baseball coach at Colby. He will assist new coach Tom Dexter and is excited about the opportunity.

“This is what I’ve been waiting for. This is why I’ve coached this Legion team for 13 years,” said Nelson, a 1978 graduate of Fairfield’s Lawrence High School and a 1982 Colby grad.

New Auburn was the favorite to repeat as champs but got bounced by Augusta, 11-8. New Auburn went 1-2.

“We made too many mistakes and you can’t do that at this level,” said New Auburn Coach Bruce Lucas.

Zone 4 runnerup Biddeford is 3-0 and in the driver’s seat entering Monday’s play. That comes as no surprise to A&M’s Livingston.

“Biddeford has the best starting pitching in the tournament,” said Livingston. “Biddeford High School’s earned run average was under 2.00 this past spring.”

Skowhegan pitcher-RF Mark Hreben had the lowest average among Skowhegan’s regulars entering the AL Tournament at .259. But he has exploded in the tourney, going 6-for-14 (.429) with a homer, 2 doubles and 7 RBIs.