2014 Cape Cod Baseball League

[robssecondjob]

I have been slacking and forgot to start this thread!

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Eastern Division

Brewster Whitecaps

Chatham Anglers

Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox

Orleans Firebirds

Harwich Mariners

Western Division

Bourne Braves

Cotuit Kettlers

Wareham Gatemen

Hyannis Harbor Hawks

Falmouth Commodores

 

[mabrowndog]

I have been slacking and forgot to start this thread!

 
As long as it's up before Memorial Day. it's all good. Gotta beat the friggin' tourists.

 

[Doug Beerabelli]

I'm going to have my son do one of the CC league baseball camps this year.   He's 9.  Any comments about any of them, or are any programs better than others?   Due to location (and fact my daughter will be in Hyannis for dance this week), looking at Falmouth, Cotuit or Hyannis.

 

[dylanmarsh]

I'm going to have my son do one of the CC league baseball camps this year.   He's 9.  Any comments about any of them, or are any programs better than others?   Due to location (and fact my daughter will be in Hyannis for dance this week), looking at Falmouth, Cotuit or Hyannis.

 
I went to the Hyannis camp when I was a kid (Varitek was a coach) and it was ok.  I hear the Cotuit one is the best and I was going to send my kids there last summer.

 

[Mugsy's Jock]

My sons both went to the Kettleers camp for a couple of years and loved it. Coach Roberts looked and sounded like a real coach, but never lost sight of the fact the kids were kids.

Their coaches included Justin Maxwell, Josh Harrison, and. Justin Smoak. Maxwell stayed on as a counselor for a week after he'd broken his wrist and was done for the league that summer, because he's Justin Maxwell, and Justin Maxwell is awesome.

Edit: I especially loved that the kids got camp getting instructed by the finest college player in the country for something like 75 bucks a week.

 

[robssecondjob]

My kids have done Falmouth camps for a number of years. The non-elite camp is more play time fun, not intensive baseball skills. The elite camp (they changed the name to something else) took my older son (age 10)from passable to the leader of his AAA team.

At Falmouth they let the kids go out on the field for the anthem with the big guys. Always a hit.

 

[Doug Beerabelli]

Thanks all.   Cotuit made the most sense location wise, so that's great to hear.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Cotuit would be cool as Mike Roberts(aka Brian Roberts' dad) is the manager.  Not sure if the manager makes appearances at camp, but that would be cool.  One of our former pitchers played there for a summer and loved it.

 

[TheGoldenGreek33]

Guys to watch (I'm sure I missed a few):

Brewster: of Braden Bishop (Washington, 2015), of Gio Brusa (Pacific, 2015), lhp Evan Hill (Michigan, 2015).

Chatham: rhp Kyle Funkhouser (Louisville, 2015)*, ss Garrett Hampson (Long Beach St., 2015), rhp Jordan Hillyer (Kennesaw St., 2015), lhp Garrett Williams (Oklahoma St., 2016).

Yarmouth-Dennis: rhp Walker Buehler (Vanderbilt, 2015), lhp Drake Owenby (Tennessee, 2015), ss AJ Simcox (Tennessee, 2015), rhp Josh Staumont (Azusa Pacific, 2015), of DJ Stewart (Florida St., 2015)*.

Orleans: lhp Nathan Kirby (Virginia, 2015)*, rhp Tyler Ferguson (Vanderbilt, 2015)*, rhp Josh Sborz (Virginia, 2015), of Christin Stewart (Tennessee, 2015)*, 2b Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt, 2015)*.

Harwich: of Ian Happ (Cincinnati, 2015), ss CJ Hinojosa (Texas, 2015), of Joe McCarthy (Virginia, 2015), of Skye Bolt (North Carolina, 2015).

Bourne: rhp Ryan Burr (Arizona St., 2015)*, rhp Grayson Long (Texas A&M, 2015), ss Richie Martin (Florida, 2015), rhp Robert Tyler (Georgia, 2016), of Stephen Wrenn (Georgia, 2016).

Cotuit: c Tres Barrera (Texas, 2016), c Jameson Fisher (Southeastern Louisiana, 2015), rhp Carson Fulmer (Vanderbilt (2015)*, AJ Minter (Texas A&M, 2016)*.

Wareham: rhp Kyle Cody (Kentucky, 2015), rhp Keegan Thompson (Auburn, 2016), rhp Blake Hickman (Iowa, 2015), ss Blake Trahan (Louisiana-Lafayette, 2015)*, rhp Trey Killian (Arkansas, 2016)*.

Falmouth: of Steven Duggar (Clemson, 2015), ss Tyler Krieger (Clemson, 2015), lhp Colin Poche (Arkansas, 2015).

*Will be late arrivals or may not show up at all as they are also playing on the Team USA CNT.

 

[robssecondjob]

Cotuit's new dugout's are mighty pretty.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/capehomepage/14097192279/in/photostream/

 

[RedOctober3829]

One of our pitchers is going to be on Orleans: Sophomore LHP Tyler Honahan.  He's not on the current roster but he told me he's going up to play for the Firebirds.  He looks to be there for half the season as he's reaching his inning limit.
 
Honahan, a Colorado native, was 7-2 this year with a team-leading 2.89 ERA in 15 appearances(11 starts).  He pitched 71.2 IP and only gave up 23 ER to go with 50 hits.  He struck out 54 and walked 33.  He's not an especially hard thrower and is tend to walk more than he should, but he knows how to pitch and keep hitters off-balance.   He did beat USC this year with a 6.2 IP performance in which he only gave up 2 runs and struck out 4 and also had a brilliant performance against NEC champ Bryant(6 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 4 K, 1 BB) although he got the loss.

 

[mabrowndog]

Cotuit's new dugout's are mighty pretty.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/capehomepage/14097192279/in/photostream/

 
Wow, that's fantastic. Another perfect addition to the best ballpark on the Cape. 

 

[mabrowndog]

On the current rosters of the 10 Cape League teams, there are 139 players from teams in this year's NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. They represent 46 of the 64 teams in the field.
 
LSU leads the CCBL contingent with 9 players, following by Vanderbilt with 8. Arizona State, Louisville, Maryland & Virginia have 7 players each. Alabama, Florida State, North Carolina, Oregon, Rice & UNLV are sending 5 players apiece to the Cape.
 
A few CCBL teams have incomplete rosters posted, so it's likely these numbers are on the low side.
 
Here's a chart for Bourne, Brewster, Chatam, Cotuit & Falmouth:
 
[tablegrid=]PLAYER POS SCHOOL CLASS TEAM Ryan Burr RHP Arizona State 2016 Bourne Braves Ryan Kellogg LHP Arizona State 2016 Bourne Braves Brian Serven C Arizona State 2017 Bourne Braves Harrison Bader OF Florida 2016 Bourne Braves Richard Martin, Jr. IF Florida 2016 Bourne Braves Brett Morales RHP Florida 2017 Bourne Braves Anthony Kidston RHP/IF Louisville 2016 Bourne Braves Jacob Sparger RHP Louisville 2017 Bourne Braves Mark Laird OF LSU 2016 Bourne Braves Thomas Hatch RHP Oklahoma State 2017 Bourne Braves Ben Johnson OF Texas 2016 Bourne Braves Grayson Long RHP Texas A&M 2016 Bourne Braves Jason Delay C Vanderbilt 2017 Bourne Braves George Salem OF Alabama 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Mikey White IF Alabama 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Dalton DiNatale IF Arizona State 2016 Brewster Whitecaps John Sansone IF Florida State 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Dylan Silva LHP Florida State 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Justin Montemayor IF Houston 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Josh Vidales IF Houston 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Kevin Martir C Maryland 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Zach Morris LHP Maryland 2016 Brewster Whitecaps LeMonte Wade OF Maryland 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Austin Grebeck OF Oregon 2017 Brewster Whitecaps Trent Paddon RHP Oregon 2018 Brewster Whitecaps Blake Fox LHP Rice 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Kenny Oakley RHP UNLV 2016 Brewster Whitecaps Bradon Bishop OF Washington 2016 Brewster Whitecaps A.J. Murray 1B/OF Georgia Tech 2015 Chatham Anglers Jordan Hillyer RHP Kennesaw State 2016 Chatham Anglers Kal Simmons IF Kennesaw State 2016 Chatham Anglers Garrett Hampson IF Long Beach State 2017 Chatham Anglers Zack Burdi RHP Louisville 2017 Chatham Anglers Kyle Funkhouser RHP Louisville 2016 Chatham Anglers Zac Gallen RHP North Carolina 2017 Chatham Anglers Landon Lassiter IF North Carolina 2016 Chatham Anglers Garrett Williams LHP/OF Oklahoma State 2017 Chatham Anglers Bryan Goossens RHP Siena 2016 Chatham Anglers Hunter Redman C Texas Tech 2015 Chatham Anglers Justin Jones IF UNLV 2017 Chatham Anglers Nick Eicholtz RHP Alabama 2017 Cotuit Kettleers Will Haynie C/IF Alabama 2017 Cotuit Kettleers Jackson McClelland RHP Pepperdine 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Matthew Vogel RHP South Carolina 2017 Cotuit Kettleers Jameson Fisher C/IF Southeast Louisiana 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Drew Jackson IF Stanford 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Logan James LHP Stanford 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Tres Barrera C Texas 2017 Cotuit Kettleers Travis Duke LHP Texas 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Hunter Melton IF Texas A&M 2016 Cotuit Kettleers A.J. Minter LHP Texas A&M 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Logan Taylor IF Texas A&M 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Carson Fulmer RHP Vanderbilt 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Rhett Wiseman OF Vanderbilt 2016 Cotuit Kettleers Colin Poche LHP Arkansas 2016 Falmouth Commodores Steven Duggar OF Clemson 2016 Falmouth Commodores Tyler Krieger SS/IF Clemson 2016 Falmouth Commodores Kevin Mooney RHP Maryland 2016 Falmouth Commodores Jared Price RHP Maryland 2016 Falmouth Commodores Conor Costello RHP/OF Oklahoma State 2016 Falmouth Commodores Shaun Chase C Oregon 2015 Falmouth Commodores Garrett Cleavinger LHP Oregon 2016 Falmouth Commodores Chandler Eden RHP Oregon State 2016 Falmouth Commodores Trever Morrison IF Oregon State 2017 Falmouth Commodores Leon Byrd 2B/SS Rice 2016 Falmouth Commodores Kevin McCanna RHP Rice 2016 Falmouth Commodores Sutter McLoughlin RHP Sacramento State 2016 Falmouth Commodores [/tablegrid]

 

[mabrowndog]

And here's the chart for Harwich, Hyannis, Orleans, Wareham & Y-D:
 
[tablegrid=]PLAYER POS SCHOOL CLASS TEAM Ray Castillo RHP Alabama 2016 Harwich Mariners Zack Erwin LHP Clemson 2017 Harwich Mariners Jonathan King LHP Georgia Tech 2016 Harwich Mariners Kyle Barrett OF Kentucky 2016 Harwich Mariners Danny Zardon IF LSU 2017 Harwich Mariners Jared Poche' LHP LSU 2017 Harwich Mariners Jake Drossner LHP Maryland 2016 Harwich Mariners Skye Bolt OF North Carolina 2016 Harwich Mariners Connor Overton RHP Old Dominion 2016 Harwich Mariners C.J. Hinojosa IF Texas Tech 2016 Harwich Mariners Kenny Towns IF Virginia 2015 Harwich Mariners Joe McCarthy OF Virginia 2016 Harwich Mariners Cal Wise IF College of Charleston 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Austin Listi IF/OF Dallas Baptist 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Joseph Shaw RHP Dallas Baptist 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Alex Byrd LHP Florida State 2017 Hyannis HarborHawks Ben Deluzio SS/OF Florida State 2017 Hyannis HarborHawks Adren Pabst C/IF Georgia Tech 2017 Hyannis HarborHawks Kyle Survance OF Houston 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Dylan Dwyer LHP Kentucky 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Blake Trahan SS Louisiana-Lafayette 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Jarret Dehart OF LSU 2017 Hyannis HarborHawks Matt Denny LHP Mississippi 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Tate Scioneaux RHP Southeast Louisiana 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Marcus Brakeman RHP Stanford 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks John Laprise IF Virginia 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Cameron Tekker RHP Virginia 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Brandon Waddell LHP Virginia 2016 Hyannis HarborHawks Brett Lilek LHP Arizona State 2016 Orleans Firebirds Johnny Sewald OF Arizona State 2016 Orleans Firebirds R.J. Ybarra C Arizona State 2016 Orleans Firebirds Kyle Wilcox RHP Bryant 2016 Orleans Firebirds Eric Hanhold RHP Florida 2016 Orleans Firebirds Ryne Combs LHP Kentucky 2016 Orleans Firebirds David Thompson 3B/1B Miami FL 2016 Orleans Firebirds Korey Dunbar C North Carolina 2016 Orleans Firebirds Reilly Hovis RHP North Carolina 2016 Orleans Firebirds Mitchell Tolman 1B/3B Oregon 2016 Orleans Firebirds Sam Moore RHP UC-Irvine 2015 Orleans Firebirds Tyler Ferguson RHP Vanderbilt 2016 Orleans Firebirds Hayden Stone RHP Vanderbilt 2017 Orleans Firebirds Dansby Swanson 2B/SS Vanderbilt 2016 Orleans Firebirds Nathan Kirby LHP Virginia 2016 Orleans Firebirds Josh Sborz RHP Virginia 2016 Orleans Firebirds Trey Killian RHP Arkansas 2016 Wareham Gatemen Scott Effross RHP Indiana 2016 Wareham Gatemen Blair Beck OF/1B Kansas 2015 Wareham Gatemen Kyle Cody RHP Kentucky 2016 Wareham Gatemen Drew Harrington LHP Louisville 2017 Wareham Gatemen Danny Rosenbaum IF Louisville 2016 Wareham Gatemen Corey Ray OF Louisville 2017 Wareham Gatemen Christopher Chinea C LSU 2016 Wareham Gatemen Kramer Robertson IF LSU 2017 Wareham Gatemen Myles Gentry RHP Mississippi State 2016 Wareham Gatemen Max Engelbrekt LHP Oregon State 2016 Wareham Gatemen John Clay Reeves C Rice 2015 Wareham Gatemen Charlie Warren OF Rice 2017 Wareham Gatemen Andro Cutura RHP Southeast Louisiana 2015 Wareham Gatemen Elliot Surrey LHP UC-Irvine 2016 Wareham Gatemen George Thanopoulos RHP Columbia 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox D.J. Stewart OF Florida State 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Tommy Monnot C Kent State 2015 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Parker Bugg RHP LSU 2017 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Hunter Devall LHP LSU 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Andrew Stevenson OF LSU 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Mike Shawaryn RHP Maryland 2017 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Bubba Derby RHP San Diego State 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Joey Armstrong IF/OF UNLV 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Bryan Bonnell RHP/1B UNLV 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Brayden Torres LHP UNLV 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Walker Buehler RHP Vanderbilt 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox Xavier Turner IF Vanderbilt 2016 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox [/tablegrid]

 

[Fred not Lynn]

So it looks like I am going to be on the Cape August 8-12 (give or take a day on either end) this year. Looks like it'll be playoff time, which is a little unfortunate, as we would pick a place based on the baseball schedule if we could.
 
So anyway, given the uncertainty as to which games are when and where, does anyone have any suggestions where we should stay to have the best chance of being not too far from some games?

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

The Cape is a big place driving-distance-wise (it takes well over and hour to get from Falmouth to Orleans in the summer), so it depends largely on what general part of the Cape you want to be in. Teams are geographically concentrated by division, so if you want to be close to games you should probably focus on the Lower Cape (Orleans/Brewster/Chatham/Harwich/Dennis) or the Upper Cape (Cotuit/Falmouth/Wareham/Bourne/Hyannis). So, for example, if you were to stay in Brewster, you'd be reasonably close to five teams, two of which will make the playoffs. Same with staying in Falmouth.

 

[mabrowndog]

First practice of the season for the Gatemen at Wareham's Spillane Field:
 

 

[mabrowndog]

Good get for Coach Pickler...
 
codball ‏@codball
@FSU_Baseball John Nogowski has been added to roster of @YD_RedSox . Nogowski batted .307 with 5 HR; 49 RBI; .431 OBP and .874 OPS for Noles

 

[TheGoldenGreek33]

Good get for Coach Pickler...
 
codball ‏@codball
@FSU_Baseball John Nogowski has been added to roster of @YD_RedSox . Nogowski batted .307 with 5 HR; 49 RBI; .431 OBP and .874 OPS for Noles

 
Not so much in terms of pro potential, apparently. 34th rounder on Saturday.

 

[Titoschew]

Looks like new bleachers over in Cotuit, as well.
 

 

[robssecondjob]

Opening day!

 

[mabrowndog]

Opening day!

 
Indeed. Falmouth @ Brewster gets things started at 5 pm.
 
Wareham @ Bourne and Cotuit @ Hyannis begin at 6 pm.
 
7pm brings Y-D @ Harwich and Chatham @ Orleans.

 

[TheGoldenGreek33]

Guys to watch (I'm sure I missed a few):
 
Brewster: of Braden Bishop (Washington, 2015), of Gio Brusa (Pacific, 2015), lhp Evan Hill (Michigan, 2015).
 
Chatham: rhp Kyle Funkhouser (Louisville, 2015), ss Garrett Hampson (Long Beach St., 2015), rhp Jordan Hillyer (Kennesaw St., 2015), lhp Garrett Williams (Oklahoma St., 2016).
 
Yarmouth-Dennis: rhp Walker Buehler (Vanderbilt, 2015), lhp Drake Owenby (Tennessee, 2015), ss AJ Simcox (Tennessee, 2015), rhp Josh Staumont (Azusa Pacific, 2015), of DJ Stewart (Florida St., 2015)*.
 
Orleans: rhp Tyler Ferguson (Vanderbilt, 2015), rhp Josh Sborz (Virginia, 2015), of Christin Stewart (Tennessee, 2015), 2b Dansby Swanson (Vanderbilt, 2015)*.
 
Harwich: of Ian Happ (Cincinnati, 2015), ss CJ Hinojosa (Texas, 2015), of Joe McCarthy (Virginia, 2015), of Skye Bolt (North Carolina, 2015).
 
Bourne: rhp Ryan Burr (Arizona St., 2015)*, rhp Grayson Long (Texas A&M, 2015), ss Richie Martin (Florida, 2015), rhp Robert Tyler (Georgia, 2016), of Stephen Wrenn (Georgia, 2016).
 
Cotuit: c Tres Barrera (Texas, 2016), c Jameson Fisher (Southeastern Louisiana, 2015), rhp Carson Fulmer (Vanderbilt (2015)*.
 
Wareham: rhp Kyle Cody (Kentucky, 2015), rhp Keegan Thompson (Auburn, 2016), rhp Blake Hickman (Iowa, 2015), ss Blake Trahan (Louisiana-Lafayette, 2015)*.
 
Falmouth: of Steven Duggar (Clemson, 2015), ss Tyler Krieger (Clemson, 2015), lhp Colin Poche (Arkansas, 2015).
 
*Will be late arrivals as they are also playing on the Team USA CNT.

 
Cotuit rhp Carson Fulmer and Orleans 2b Dansby Swanson added to the Team USA CNT.

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

A family tradition renewed tonight at 7:00 at Eldredge Field in Orleans - ballpark burgers and dogs for dinner on opening day!

 

[mabrowndog]

Cotuit rhp Carson Fulmer and Orleans 2b Dansby Swanson added to the Team USA CNT.

 
Between Team USA additions, and the players still active in the College World Series (which both these guys are with Vandy), the first 2 weeks of the season are especially nutty for CCBL managers & GMs. This is where the open tryouts held earlier in the spring come in handy, as any local kids in SE MA (including HS seniors and kids playing Legion ball) who aren't already playing in other collegiate summer leagues will get signed to fill out various rosters.

 

[TheGoldenGreek33]

 
Between Team USA additions, and the players still active in the College World Series (which both these guys are with Vandy), the first 2 weeks of the season are especially nutty for CCBL managers & GMs. This is where the open tryouts held earlier in the spring come in handy, as any local kids in SE MA (including HS seniors and kids playing Legion ball) who aren't already playing in other collegiate summer leagues will get signed to fill out various rosters.

 
That's a pretty sweet gig // AJ Minter (Cotuit) received an invite to tryout for Team USA as well. 

 

[mabrowndog]

Baseball America has a thorough preview up. Here are the players on CCBL rosters who are still participating in the College World Series:
 
• Louisville: Anthony Kidston (Bourne), Josh Rogers (Bourne), Jacob Sparger (Bourne), Zack Burdi (Chatham), Kyle Funkhouser (Chatham), Drew Harrington (Wareham), Danny Rosenbaum (Wareham), Corey Ray (Wareham)
• Mississippi: Matt Denny (Hyannis), Errol Robinson (Wareham)
• Texas: Ben Johnson (Bourne), Tres Barrera (Cotuit), Travis Duke (Cotuit), C.J. Hinojosa (Harwich)
• UC Irvine: Chris Rabago (Chatham), Connor Spencer (Chatham), Sam Moore (Orleans), Elliot Surrey (Wareham)
• Vanderbilt: Jason Delay (Bourne), Carson Fullmer (Cotuit), Rhett Wiseman (Cotuit), Tyler Ferguson (Orleans), Hayden Stone (Orleans), Dansby Swanson (Orleans), Walker Buehler (Y-D), Xavier Turner (Y-D)
• Virginia: Kenny Towns (Harwich), Joe McCarthy (Harwich), John Laprise (Hyannis), Cameron Tekker (Hyannis), Brandon Waddell (Hyannis), Nathan Kirby (Orleans), Josh Sborz (Orleans)
 
Brewster & Falmouth are the only teams not waiting on any CWS players.

 

[RedOctober3829]

Two of our guys are on Orleans.  SS Cole Peragine and LHP Tyler Honahan.

 

[robssecondjob]

Lots of rain outs today. As they say, check your local listings.

 

[Titoschew]

Lots of rain outs today. As they say, check your local listings.

 
All rainouts tonight.

 

[mabrowndog]

All games rescheduled for next Thursday, one of the season's few off-days.
 
5:00 pm - Wareham (1-1) at Cotuit (0-2)
6:00 pm - Bourne (2-0) at Hyannis (2-0)
6:30 pm - Yarmouth-Dennis (0-2) at Falmouth (1-1)
7:00 pm - Brewster (1-1) at Orleans (0-2)
7:00 pm - Chatham (1-1) at Harwich (2-0)

 

[mabrowndog]

Also, this year's Cape League HOF class was named earlier in the week. Corddry's daughter Alex is a sports reporter for WHDH 7 in Boston, and she's easy on the eyes.
 

 
WEST YARMOUTH – The 15th class for the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame was announced Sunday at the First Pitch brunch, and includes Sam Fuld of the Minnesota Twins and four other former stars.
 
Fuld's induction marks the fifth consecutive year an active major league player will be honored. Fuld, who played for Hyannis in 2003, and the Class of 2014 will be enshrined in ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 15, at Chatham Bars Inn.
 
Also elected to the Hall of Fame were three former Outstanding Pitcher Award winners – Eric Beattie (Bourne, 2003), Phil Corddry (Orleans, 1968) and Bob St. Pierre (Falmouth, 1994), as well as Donald Hicks Sr., a longtime Mashpee and Cotuit player and former MVP, who will be honored posthumously.
 
A Durham, New Hampshire native, Fuld starred at Stanford before making his mark with the Hyannis Mets in 2003. An outstanding outfielder, he hit .361 with 10 stolen bases. He has been in the major leagues since 2007 playing for the Chicago Cubs, Tampa Bay, Oakland and now Minnesota.
 
Beattie was a star pitcher for the Bourne Braves in 2003 Cape League season. The University of Tampa product posted a 4-0 record with a 0.39 ERA, second lowest in the league's modern era behind only Hall of Famer Eric Milton's 0.21. Beattie walked only six and allowed just 23 hits in 46 innings while pitching the Braves to the West Division title. He was a second round draft pick of Detroit.
 
St. Pierre earned his Outstanding Pitcher Award for the Falmouth Commodores in 1994. The Richmond right-hander went 9-1 record with a 1.44 ERA. He pitched in the New York Yankees' system until 1998.
 
Corddry was a workhorse for Orleans in 1968, pitching 92 innings with a league-best 9-2 record 108 strikeouts and a 1.76 ERA. The Maryland southpaw was drafted by Boston and played in the Red Sox minor league system until 1972.
 
Hicks was one of the top pitchers in the Cape League during the late 1940s and '50s. He led the Mashpee Warriors to the 1948 championship and was named MVP in 1950. When Mashpee withdrew from the league in the mid-'50s, he joined Cotuit. Hicks was a captain of the Mashpee Fire Department and recreational director for the Town of Mashpee in the '60s.
 

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

At the Orleans-Brewster game right now, just saw a play I've never (or can't remember ever) seen: a double play on rundowns. One out, men on first and third. Batter hits a grounder to first. Runners go on contact. 1B man throws home. Runner is only halfway there. One throw, tagged out. Meanwhile runner from first is trying to make it to third and is also tagged out on the second rundown. Dumb baserunning.

 

[mabrowndog]

At the Orleans-Brewster game right now, just saw a play I've never (or can't remember ever) seen: a double play on rundowns. One out, men on first and third. Batter hits a grounder to first. Runners go on contact. 1B man throws home. Runner is only halfway there. One throw, tagged out. Meanwhile runner from first is trying to make it to third and is also tagged out on the second rundown. Dumb baserunning.

 
Believe it or not, I saw it happen on an even worse scale -- in a professional game in the late 70s. The Holyoke Millers had the bases loaded with no outs, and ALL THREE RUNNERS were caught in rundowns. But it wasn't on a batted ball. There was a pickoff attempt at first, and when the ball briefly got away from the first baseman the runner on 3B broke for home, only to be thrown out 1-3-2-5-2. Then the other runners attempted to advance. There was little chance of getting the guy heading for 3rd, so the catcher threw to the shortstop covering 2B. Another rundown there, but the runner from 1B tripped en route and was tagged out on the play. But the fielder fell down as well, prompting the runner on 3B (who began the inning at 2B) to head for home. But the shortstop, lying flat on his back, was alert enough to flip the ball to his teammate (pretty sure it was the first baseman) who threw to the plate for the final out there on another rundown.
 
A triple play on the basepaths. And if it was the first baseman throwing for the final out, he had 2 assists on the play.

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

That's amusing. I bet the scorer needed a timeout to make sure he got it right.

 

[robssecondjob]

Until further notice all Falmouth Commodore games will 4:30 start time. Lightning strike last week took out the lighting system.

 

[Doug Beerabelli]

Just wanted to report in on the Cotuit kids baseball camp.   My son had a great time.  It was held at a local elementary school, but was staffed by the players.  What a nice bunch of guys.   It was half day camp, and was oriented toward having fun vs. intense skills work or game work.   Tuesday the kids got to go on field pre game to meet players, get autographs and stand on field during national anthem.   Friday ended with a slip and slide session, which the head coach joined in on.    What a great facility - beautiful park in a lovely location.   
 
As a birthday present from his grandparents, my son got a bat from the Barnstable Bat Company.   We visited the "showroom" (it's basically a house with some outbuildings), and he picked out a maple one, which was custom engraved on site while we waited.   He had many players sign the handle area on it (it's black top with natural handle), which I though was a great.  
 
I drove Rt 28 between Hyanns and Cotuit more times in the week than I did in my entire life (daughter had a week long dance competition in Hyannis), so a crazy but fun week.  
 
For $100, that's a great camp.   Hopefully we can work out schedule so he can do it again in the future.

 

[Fred not Lynn]

OK, got a few days on the Cape coming up, August 8 or so until the 12th or 13th...I am trying to plan around the Cape League playoffs but I can't find even a rudimentary playoff schedule. Anyone know where I can find one?

Based on the current standings, any guesses where there are more likely to be games during that period?

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

Where will you be staying?
 
As of today, Harwich, Y-D and Orleans have clinched playoff spots in the East, while Brewster and Chatham fight for the last spot.
 
The West is done: Bourne, Falmouth, Hyannis and Cotuit will be in the playoffs.
 
There will be at least one playoff game in each of these towns next week, beginning Tuesday. The final locations and times will be decided after the end of the regular season tomorrow. The series are best-of-three and there are no days off between games or series, so the schedule will depend on whether or not the series go two or three games.
 
It's all on the Cape Cod League web site.

 

[Fred not Lynn]

I couldn't find the playoff stuff on the website...and I was hoping to use the playoff info to help decide where to stay.

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

Click on that link. It'll take you to the detailed schedule for the league.

 

[Titoschew]

Due to rain yesterday and some more (in spots today) start of the playoffs is back to this Wednesday.  Right now the only guarantees are there will be games in Harwich, Bourne and Falmouth on Wednesday and Hyannis and Cotuit on Thursday.  Everything else other than Wareham being eliminated is up in the air until Monday/Tuesday.

 

[robssecondjob]

Summary of the playoff schedules and seeding.

http://blogs.capecodonline.com/cape-cod-sports-beat/2014/08/05/cape-league-playoff-schedule-2/

 

[robssecondjob]

Kevin Newman of the Falmouth Commodores (http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207986940&DB_OEM_ID=30700) wins his second batting title in a row last night. First time in league history a player has won back to back batting titles.

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

First pitch at Eldredge Park, Y-D at Orleans. Let's go Cardinals!

 

[RedOctober3829]

Kevin Newman of the Falmouth Commodores (http://www.arizonawildcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=207986940&DB_OEM_ID=30700) wins his second batting title in a row last night. First time in league history a player has won back to back batting titles.

He also wins the MVP.

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

Orleans wins 3-0. Dominating pitching from Orleans - I lost count but they must have struck out 14-15 guys. Great game.

 

[Fred not Lynn]

Ok, so it is either YD @ Orleans at Eldredge or Cotuit @ Bourne at Doran tomorrow night...which game does SoSH suggest?

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

This SoSHer will be at Eldredge to watch Orleans finish off the Red Sox tomorrow. Get your chairs out there early!
 
Eldredge and Doran are really far apart.

 

[Kremlin Watcher]

Blech. Orleans closes out its season meekly, eking out one hit to lose 1-0 to YD. See you next summer.