A man hosed down the dirt around home plate as fans entered the Shark Tank last week for a game against the Seacoast Mavericks.

The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks and the collegiate baseball league are back, with opening day on Thursday, June 1.

The MV Sharks and Vineyard Baseball present Super Ball on Saturday, Jan. 28.

Vineyard baseball standout Tad Gold is returning to the Island to become assistant general manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks.

For the second straight year, the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks ended their summer season with a game against the Worcester Bravehearts. Injuries and roster inconsistency plagued the team this year.

Baseball returns to the Shark Tank when the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks open their sixth season against the North Shore Navigators Thursday.

As the Futures Collegiate Baseball League postseason draws closer, the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks hold steady in second place of their division.

The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks snapped a six-game losing streak Tuesday in an away contest against the Worcester Bravehearts, but fell 5-1 to the league-leading Brockton Rox on returning to their home field the next night.

The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks moved to a 10-8 season record after an up-and-down week of play. They are now in fourth place overall in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League and second in their division.

An evening set to honor the base-stealing, RBI-hitting lefty and 2009 graduate of the regional high school had an unexpected interruption Saturday. Tad Gold took a call on his cell phone. He had just been drafted by the Baltimore Orioles.