The Northampton Meadowlarks were a minor league baseball team based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which played in the, now defunct, Connecticut League. The team made its debut in 1909, when a local theatre owner and a former area athlete purchased the Meridan club, which had entered the league in 1908, for $2000 and moved the operation to Northampton. The team played its home games in newly renovated Driving Park, which was built inside the horse track on the Three County Fairgrounds.[1] The Meadowlarks finished seventh that first season.
In 1910, first baseman Bill Luby replaced Goldie Bowler as manager, but the Meadowlarks' record failed to improve, and the Larks finished seventh again. In June 1911, with Luby still at the helm, the Connecticut League ejected the Northampton and Holyoke clubs for "failure to pay their debts." Northampton players went home unpaid or were recruited onto other teams. A few of the 1909–1911 Larks went on to play in the major leagues, most notably Jimmy Walsh (Philadelphia Athletics).