Articles from 2015
When it came to baseball publicity, Joe Sherman was a jack-of-all-trades and did it all with panache and a bulldog tenacity.
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Each and every summer fans inquire to Cape Cod Baseball League teams or the league about how their favorite CCBL alums are doing in professional baseball.
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The Hyannis Athletic Association and Town of Barnstable announced plans to have the Harbor Hawks’ home field named the Judy Walden Scarafile Field at McKeon Park after the recently retired Cape Cod Baseball League president.
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There was not enough time in one evening for all to share their love and gratitude for recently retired Cape Cod Baseball League President Judy Walden Scarafile, but many tried. On Saturday, Dec. 12, at the Cape Codder Resort and Spa in Hyannis, Mass., more than 180 gathered to honor her as part of “Judy’s Night.”
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The 2016 Cape Cod Baseball League season begins Friday, June 10, with a full slate of five games: Wareham at defending Cape League champion Yarmouth-Dennis, 5 p.m.; Orleans at Brewster, 5 p.m.; Hyannis at Bourne, 6 p.m.; Cotuit at Harwich, 6:30 p.m.; Falmouth at Chatham, 7 p.m. There are no scheduled doubleheaders this summer.
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Be sure to reserve your copy of the Cape League Magazine Postseason edition 2015 today.
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Three former Cape Cod Baseball League players were named winners of Rawlings Gold Glove awards Tuesday night in recognition of their outstanding defensive play in 2015.
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Two former Cape Cod Baseball League standouts – New York Yankees closer Andrew Miller and Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson – have been named winners of two key honors from Major League Baseball.
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A welcome message from the new president of the Cape Cod Baseball League, Chuck Sturtevant
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At the conclusion of each Major League Baseball season, Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. presents a Gold Glove award to the outstanding defensive player at each position in each league. The 2015 finalists – three at each position – have been named, with 11 former Cape Cod Baseball League players among the 54 players in contention.
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Wake Forest’s longtime head baseball coach, George Greer, who is also a legendary figure as both a player and a manager in the Cape Cod Baseball League, was enshrined last weekend in the Demon Deacons’ athletic Hall of Fame.
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Chuck Sturtevant, former general manager and treasurer of the Bourne Braves and Falmouth Commodores and a onetime Cape Cod Baseball League vice president, is the league’s new president. His nomination was confirmed Wednesday night by the Cape League’s Board of Directors.
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Former Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. (Cotuit, 1985), who was fired Sept. 10, will become the first base coach for the Boston Red Sox.
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The Seattle Mariners have selected Scott Servais, assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, to be their new manager.
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Former Hyannis Harbor Hawks second baseman Joey DeMichele is the sole Cape Cod Baseball League graduate named by Minor League Baseball and Rawlings Sporting Goods as a recipient of Minor League Baseball’s 2015 Rawlings Gold Glove award for defensive excellence.
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There was plenty happening on the Boston Red Sox TV/radio front Wednesday.
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The honors continued to pile up last week for retiring Cape Cod Baseball League president Judy Walden Scarafile.
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The Boston Red Sox may have finally found their ace.
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Since his death Tuesday at age 90, much has been written about Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra – Yogi the ballplayer, Yogi the man, Yogi the World War II veteran. Yogi the master of malapropos.
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The current Boston Red Sox roster lists no fewer than eight pitchers from the Cape Cod Baseball League – names such as Matt Barnes, Ryan Cook, Rich Hill, Joe Kelly, Wade Miley, Anthony Varvaro, Brandon Workman and Steven Wright.
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Since Opening Day 2014, 123 former Cape Cod Baseball League players have made their debuts in Major League Baseball. Two of them are named Matt Duffy.
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The Wareham Gatemen have announced the hiring of Jerry Weinstein as their field manager as well as the return of Jim Lawler as pitching coach. Gatemen President Tom Gay and General Manager Andrew Lang made the announcement on Tuesday.
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When University of Kentucky baseball star Andrew Joseph “A.J.” Reed played at Harwich in 2012 and 2013, he was a member of the Mariners’ starting rotation, pitching in a total of 12 games, all starts, and compiling a 4-2 record in his two Cape Cod Baseball League seasons.
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Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. was fired Thursday, the latest upper management casualty for a team enduring its worst season in 43 years.
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She waited 45 years for it to happen, but Judy Walden Scarafile finally got to watch a game from the Yankee Stadium press box.
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From the early June till mid-August, the majority of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s focus is all on the field and in the dugouts. That focus is magnified by the voices fans hear on the airwaves.
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The West Division champion Hyannis Harbor Hawks led the way with seven players named to the 2015 Cape Cod Baseball League Year-End All-League Team.
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Congratulations to Yarmouth-Dennis manager Scott Pickler, who not only passed the 400 mark in Cape Cod Baseball League victories this season, but also led his Red Sox to their second consecutive Arnold Mycock Trophy, the fifth in Pick’s stellar managerial career.
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Chalk up another major honor for Nick Senzel. The Brewster Whitecaps infielder, whose stellar play this summer earned him the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Most Valuable Player and Outstanding Pro Prospect awards, now has been named Summer Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year.
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Major League Baseball’s July 31 non-waiver trade deadline prompted a flurry of deals involving former Cape League players. By our count, at least 13 CCBL grads are now receiving their pay checks from new teams.
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The Y-D Red Sox defeated the Hyannis Harbor Hawks 8-1 Wednesday night, claiming the 2015 Cape Cod Baseball League championship series and the Arnold Mycock Trophy for a second consecutive year.
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Two former Cape Cod Baseball League players turned in spectacular offensive performances Thursday as they led their respective teams, the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs, to important victories.
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Dakota Hudson (Hyannis) and Donnie Walton (Yarmouth-Dennis) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #10.
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Stars of Stars Award, given to the most valuable player of the Cape Cod Baseball League playoffs shared by Y-D Red Sox’ infielder Donnie Walton (Oklahoma State) and pitcher Ben Bowden (Vanderbilt).
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The Cape Cod Baseball League 2015 season was clearly one for the ages. Nothing was more apparent than the amazing parity among our 10 teams.
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Rick Delvecchio has spent virtually his entire lifetime involved in baseball as a player, coach and for the past several years as an umpire. A Braintree, Mass., native and a former baseball and ice hockey player for the University of Connecticut, Delvecchio has been named 12th recipient of the Curly Clement Award as top umpire in the Cape Cod Baseball League for 2015.
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The Hyannis Harbor Hawks’ quest for the Mycock Trophy was stalled by bad weather Tuesday night, but 3,000 miles away in San Diego, which boasts some of the best weather on the planet, a Hawks alum enjoyed a night bordering on the sensational.
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Nine former Cape Leaguers will be among the 22 players selected in Major League Baseball’s 2015 First-Year Player Draft who will take part in the New York-Penn League All-Star game on Tuesday, Aug. 18, at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, Md.
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The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod has named Cape League president Judy Walden Scarafile as this year's honorary chairwoman for the 26th annual Cape Cod Five Pops in the Park concert, slated for Saturday, Aug. 22, from 7-9 p.m. at Eldredge Park in Orleans.
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The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox scored four runs in the first inning and never looked back, leveling the Cape Cod Baseball League championship series on Monday to force a deciding Game 3. Heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area prompted the winner-take-all game to be rescheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 12, at 6 p.m. at Hyannis’ McKeon Park.
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Dakota Hudson (Hyannis) and Corey Bird (Hyannis) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #9.
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The Hyannis Harbor Hawks took Game 1 of the Cape Cod Baseball League Championship Series over the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox 8-1 on Sunday night. Game 2 will be held at Y-D’s Red Wilson Field on Monday at 4 p.m.
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The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox will take on the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the best-of-three Cape Cod Baseball League championship series starting today, Sunday, Aug. 9 at 6 p.m. at McKeon Park in Hyannis. Gates and concessions open at 4:30 p.m. for batting practice.
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The 2015 Cape Cod Baseball League playoff championship series has been set. The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox will take on the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in a best-of-three series. Here is the schedule:
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Eldredge Park was packed on Saturday night as Y-D and Orleans battled in the win-or-go-home Game 3 of the East Division finals. The reining champion Red Sox booked a return trip to the Cape Cod Baseball League championship series with an exciting 2-1 victory over the Firebirds at Eldredge Park.
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It’s been a difficult summer for the Falmouth Commodores. The team finished the Cape Cod Baseball League’s regular season with a league-low total of 16 wins, missed qualifying for the playoffs by a single point and saw the league’s longest title drought extended to an agonizing 35 years.
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The Hyannis Harbor Hawks advanced to the Cape Cod Baseball League championship series for the first time in 15 years with a 4-2 road victory over the Bourne Braves.
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The Y-D Red Sox broke a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the 13th inning Friday to force a deciding Game 3 against the Orleans Firebirds in the Cape Cod Baseball League East Division finals.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League's top New England Prospect Award went to pitcher Aaron Civale (Northeastern) of the Hyannis Harbor Hawks.
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There is no doubt that it has been an amazing season for the Orleans Firebirds, who wrapped up the regular season with a dominating 31-12-1 record and led several statistical categories virtually all summer.
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The Hyannis Harbor Hawks struck first and never look back in a lopsided 10-3 victory over the Bourne Braves in Game 1 of the West Division finals at McKeon Park on Thursday.
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The Orleans Firebirds picked up where they left off the previous night, coming away with a 4-0 victory over the Y-D Red Sox in Game 1 of the East Division championship series on Thursday night.
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The Orleans Firebirds put on a hit parade Wednesday night to beat the Chatham Anglers 10-1 in the decisive Game 3 of the Cape Cod Baseball League's East Division semifinal series.
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The 2015 Thurman Munson Batting Champion Award was presented to Andrew Calica (UCSB) of the Wareham Gatemen earlier this week.
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Here is the schedule for the Cape Cod Baseball League East and West Division finals best-of-three series, which will begin Thursday, Aug. 6.
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Harwich's Johnny Adams (Boston College) is the 2015 recipient of the Manny Robello 10th Player Award, which is given to a Cape Cod Baseball League player who has shown dedication both on and off the field and gives his all to the game.
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The Chatham Anglers edged the Orleans Firebirds 1-0 on Tuesday night to even their Cape Cod Baseball League East Division best-of-three series at one game apiece. The deciding Game 3 is Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Eldredge Park in Orleans.
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The Bourne Braves defeated the Wareham Gatemen 4-0 in Game 2 on Tuesday night to clinch their best-of-three Cape Cod Baseball League West Division series.
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The Hyannis Harbor Hawks have sat atop the West since the first day of the 2015 Cape Cod Baseball League season, so it seems fitting they finished the regular season 23-18 to capture their third West title in five years and cruised to a best-of-three sweep of the Cotuit Kettleers in the West series opener, which marks the organization's first playoff series win in 15 years.
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Monday night before Orleans' East Division playoff opener against the Chatham Anglers, the BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award was given to Firebirds hurler Mitchell Jordan (Stetson).
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After taking Game 1 on Monday, the Y-D Red Sox completed the best-of-three sweep over the Brewster Whitecaps at Red Wilson Field with a 7-3 victory on Tuesday to advance to the East Division championship series.
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Tyson Miller (Brewster) and Heath Quinn (Falmouth) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #8.
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The Y-D Red Sox rallied for three runs in the bottom of the eighth to defeat the Brewster Whitecaps 3-2 and the Orleans Firebirds topped the Chatham Anglers 4-1 on Monday to kick off the Cape Cod Baseball League's East Division playoffs.
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Bourne beat Wareham and Hyannis topped Cotuit in Game 1 of their best-of-three West Division semifinals on Monday.
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For the second consecutive season, Chuck Sturtevant of the Bourne Braves was presented with the Cape Cod Baseball League’s John Wylde General Manager of the Year Award.
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The Brewster Whitecaps have a rising star among them: Nick Senzel.
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The 2015 Daniel J. Silva Sportsmanship Award has been presented to Will Haynie (Alabama) of the Cotuit Kettleers.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League 2015 regular season has now concluded and the first round of the playoffs has been set. They are listed below along with the seedings throughout the playoffs with explanations where needed.
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The Chatham Anglers celebrated a historic moment last week, as longtime field manager John Schiffner became the first Cape Cod Baseball League manager to reach the elusive 500-win milestone. The historic victory came via a 6-1 triumph for the Anglers, who defeated the Cotuit Kettleers at Veterans Field.
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If the Bourne Braves hope to make a strong showing in the Cape Cod Baseball League playoffs, they'll have to do it without All-Star pitcher Gavin Pittore. The hard-throwing right-hander, who did not allow an earned run this season and was clocked at 92-94 mph in last Saturday's All-Star game in Wareham, signed a minor-league contract Thursday with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an undrafted free agent.
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After nearly two months of an exciting, gritty Cape Cod Baseball League 2015 season, the postseason is upon us. Monday, Aug. 3 marks the beginning of the 2015 Cape League playoffs.
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Tomorrow, Friday, July 31, the Orleans Firebirds will be hosting “Red Shirt Friday” with the Home Base Program. After the first pitch at 6:50 p.m., the Firebirds will play host to the Bourne Braves at Eldredge Park in Orleans.
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Following two overwhelmingly successful events this summer, Gosnold on Cape Cod will be presenting “Playing Above the Influence” for the third and final time this Cape Cod Baseball League season.
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Austin Sexton (Cotuit) and Andrew Calica (Wareham) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #7.
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In a game dominated by top-notch pitching, it seems fitting that a pair of pitchers, Devin Smeltzer (Hyannis) and Ian Hamilton (Wareham), were chosen to share West co-MVP honors Saturday following the 2015 Friendly's Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game.
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Yarmouth-Dennis' Donnie Walton (Oklahoma State) knocked in the only run of Saturday's Friendly’s Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game at Spillane Field, earning himself East MVP honors in a 1-0 victory over the West at Clem Spillane Field.
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Yarmouth-Dennis' Donnie Walton (Oklahoma State) drove in the only run of the game Saturday as the East squad edged the West 1-0 in the 2015 Friendly's Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game at Clem Spillane Field in Wareham.
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Logan Sowers (Indiana) of the host Wareham Gatemen captured the 2015 Home Run Hitting Contest on Saturday night at Clem Spillane Field as part of the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star festivities.
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Falmouth catcher and outfielder Michael Tinsley (Kansas) was on fire earlier this month when he batted .313 with two home runs and three runs batted in during a four-game winning streak by the Commodores.
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The Bourne Braves honored general manager Chuck Sturtevant on Thursday night before the team squared off against the Falmouth Commodores in Cape League action at Doran Park. Sturtevant will be retiring at the end of this season after 29 years of service to the league.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League Friendly’s All-Star game is slated for Saturday, July 25, at Wareham's Clem Spillane Field and will feature the best the league has to offer, including six Orleans Firebirds representing the East.
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Watch out, Hyannis Harbor Hawks fans. Christmas in July was just the beginning.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., is among the most historic venues in the nation. Its baseball memorabilia, pictures, videos and more represent the stories, the glory and the history of America’s national pastime. Now all that rich history can be enjoyed in a 21st century format: a mobile app from the Cooperstown shrine.
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Former pro athlete and motivational speaker Chris Herren spoke to players and coaches from Orleans and Brewster before Friday night's Cape Cod Baseball League game at Eldredge Park as part of Gosnold on Cape Cod's Playing Above the Influence.
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Looking for fun, free activities for you and your family? Look no further than McKeon Park in Hyannis.
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Ricky Thomas (Yarmouth-Dennis) and Branden Berry (Cotuit) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #6.
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Bidding ends at noon today (Thursday, July 23) for the Friendly’s Cape League All-Star game Batboy - Batgirl: $300 West and $300 East. Hurry and get your bids in now.
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On June 8, the opening day of Major League Baseball’s 2015 First-Year Player Draft, 26 former Cape Cod Baseball League players were selected, including 14 in the first round.
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Selections for the 2015 Friendly’s Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game and Home Run Hitting Contest were announced Saturday morning at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.
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Gosnold on Cape Cod will be presenting “Playing Above the Influence” for the second time this Cape Cod Baseball League season.
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Come out to Doran Park tomorrow night for the Bourne Braves’ annual veterans game.
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On Thursday, July 16, the New York Yankees scout team will take on the Orleans Firebirds in a seven-inning "Stars of Tomorrow" exhibition game at 6 p.m. at Eldredge Park in Orleans.
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It may be warm and humid on Cape Cod this week, but Christmas is just around the corner.
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There is a unique way for Massachusetts residents to sum up their love for Cape Cod: the Cape & Islands license plate.
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Cincinnati Reds star and All-Star game spokesman Todd Frazier (Chatham, 2005-06) won the Home Run Derby in Cincinnati Monday night, outslugging Los Angeles Dodgers rookie Joc Pederson 15-14 in the final round.
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Jon Woodcock (Cotuit) and Nick Senzel (Brewster) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #5.
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Milwaukee Brewers right fielder Ryan Braun (Brewster, 2004) is going to the All-Star game.
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What do the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star game and the Cape Cod Baseball League have in common?
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Rain couldn't dampen the spirit and excitement Friday at the Cape Codder Resort & Spa in Hyannis, which was filled with enthusiastic fans and baseball players alike at the fourth annual Cape Cod Baseball Day.
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The Orleans Firebirds are performing on all cylinders this season as they enjoy a Cape Cod Baseball League-best record of 18-7.
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Come to the Kettle Ho tomorrow morning and have the Cotuit Kettleers serve you breakfast at their annual Pancake Breakfast.
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Be sure to look into the sky during opening ceremonies because there will be an air flyover at Stony Brook Field in Brewster this evening.
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They say you can never come home again, but Barnstable native Will Toffey would beg to differ.
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New England Sports Network will broadcast the show NESN Sports Today from Eldredge Park in Orleans tonight, Thursday, July 9.
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For the third consecutive summer, a nine-game package of Cape Cod Baseball League games is being telecast to a live national television audience on Fox College Sports, which began with Tuesday night's game between Bourne and Chatham at Veterans Field in Chatham.
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The 13th annual Chatham Bars Inn Fan Appreciation Night will take place Wednesday, July 15 at Veterans Field in Chatham as the Anglers take on the Wareham Gatemen at 7 p.m.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League is hosting a Friendly’s third annual Scoop Night, slated for Saturday, July 11 at 5:30 p.m. at McKeon Park in Hyannis.
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There will a meet and greet with Cape Cod Baseball League players and umpires on Friday, July 10 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cape Codder Resort & Spa in Hyannis.
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Mitchell Jordan (Orleans) and Jacob Robson (Bourne) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #4.
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The Y-D Red Sox and their fans in attendance were treated to a fun night at the lanes last week at the inaugural "Strikes With the Sox" event, hosted by Ryan Family Amusements of South Yarmouth.
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The Brewster Whitecaps saw their position in the Cape Cod Baseball League standings jump from ninth to fifth following an 8-1 victory over the Harwich Mariners on Friday at Stony Brook Field.
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On Saturday, July 11, the Wareham Gatemen will put on their warmup jerseys slightly earlier than normal to celebrate Wareham Gatemen Day at the Wareham-New Bedford Lodge of Elks No. 73.
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Below we have short descriptions of all the Saturday, July 4 activities for each Cape League team:
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Heath Quinn is a kid from Birmingham, Ala., but this summer he can be seen on the Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field in Falmouth sporting a Commodores uniform and representing the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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A tornado warning issued for Cape Cod along with heavy rains and flooding on Wednesday prompted the postponement of two of the Cape Cod Baseball League's five regularly scheduled games.
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BOSTON – Sunshine, blue skies, and Fenway Park, the stuff dreams are made of.
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The Oakland Athletics may be struggling in the American League West, but they’re having no trouble signing their top selections from last month’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
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More rain in the area forced the postponement Sunday of three of the Cape Cod Baseball League's five regularly scheduled games.
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Evan Hill (Wareham) and Heath Quinn (Falmouth) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #3.
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Baltimore’s first-round draft pick, outfielder DJ Stewart (Y-D, 2013), agreed to terms with the Orioles on Sunday, signed an at-slot bonus contract for $2,064,500 and reported to Single-A Aberdeen (Md.) in the short-season New York Penn League, ready to start his play-for-pay career.
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The San Francisco Giants have agreed to an at-slot, $2,333,800 signing bonus with first-round pick Phil Bickford (Y-D, 2014), the 18th overall selection in this year’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
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After starting the week with a postponed Father’s Day doubleheader and a home game scrapped because of lightning, the Chatham Anglers were ready to get things going.
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Yarmouthport native Ryan Gallant has been named Volunteer of the Week by the Y-D Red Sox.
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Seven games into the Cape Cod Baseball League season, the Bourne Braves weren't where they wanted to be at 0-6-1.
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Thanks to Mother Nature the scheduled Cape Cod Baseball League four out of five games Tuesday evening were postponed due to rain, thunder and/or lightning.
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At 10-3, the Orleans Firebirds hold the best record in the Cape Cod Baseball League thanks to solid play in all areas of the game.
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Devin Smeltzer (Hyannis) and Donnie Walton (Yarmouth-Dennis) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #2.
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Cape Cod Baseball League first-timer Sheldon Neuse (Oklahoma) has come up big for the Harwich Mariners in the early going.
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The WEEI game of the week is rescheduled for tomorrow night, Monday, June 22 at Hyannis at 8 p.m.
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It was an offseason full of sorrow, but also great memories for the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Vanderbilt and Virginia will clash in a best-of-three series for the national collegiate baseball championship for the second consecutive year.
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Whoever came up with the idea of calling up Kyle Schwarber (Wareham, 2012-13) from Double-A to serve as the Chicago Cubs’ designated hitter for five interleague games in American League ballparks should get a hefty boost in salary.
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Growing up just 30 minutes away from Wareham, David MacKinnon always dreamed of playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Bryce Montes de Oca, a 6-foot-8 pitcher from the University of Missouri, leads the Cape Cod Baseball League in strikeouts with 12 after eight appearances for the Falmouth Commodores.
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America has 11 new millionaires, thanks in no small part to the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Remember the days of waiting for the school bus or “big yellow twinkie” – as some called it – to take you to elementary school?
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The booming bat of Kyle Schwarber has earned the former Wareham Gatemen star a temporary promotion to the Chicago Cubs.
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After a successful event put on last summer by the Falmouth Commodores, "Playing Above the Influence" is back again for another run.
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Bobby Dalbec of the Orleans Firebirds returns to the Cape Cod Baseball League for his second summer with the team and, as he did last year, is quickly making an impression.
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Mitchell Jordan (Orleans) and Kyle Lewis (Orleans) named Coca-Cola Pitcher and Player of the Week #1.
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Four Cape Cod Baseball League players are among the nine college baseball players honored by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods as winners of the 2015 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Glove awards.
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Former University of Kentucky star Trevor Gott, who spent two summers pitching for the Orleans Firebirds and was the recipient of the Russ Ford Outstanding Relief Pitcher award in 2011, has been called up by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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Longtime Cape Cod Baseball League umpire Peter Hall is the 2015 recipient of the James McNally CCBUA Umpire Award.
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Ambidextrous pitcher Ryan Perez, co-MVP of last summer’s Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game, will get a chance to prove he’s more than a curiosity now that the Cleveland Indians have selected him in the 12th round of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft.
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The Atlanta Braves’ continuing search for bullpen help has brought Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Famer David Aardsma (Falmouth, 2002; Class of 2010) back to the big leagues for the first time since 2013.
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Seventy-five high school and college baseball players were selected Monday night as Major League Baseball’s 2015 First-Year Player Draft opened with the first and second rounds played out before a national TV audience.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League’s annual Frank Finn Invitational Tryout, held May 30 in Wareham, yielded the signing of three players: pitchers Mike Adams and Gage Griffin, and infielder Mike Marcinko.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League's annual First Pitch Brunch had something for everyone.
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Saturday's doubleheader between the Cotuit Kettleers and Lexington Blue Sox at Lowell Park went far beyond what appeared on the scoreboard.
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Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Famer David Aardsma (Falmouth, 2002; Class of 2010) has opted out of his minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and is now a free agent.
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Cape League Magazine Season Opener 2015 now available for sale to the public
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The Cape Cod Baseball League's East Division teams will feature both new and familiar faces for the 2015 season, which officially kicks off on Tuesday.
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The Cotuit Kettleers are back with a balance of new and old faces this summer as the Cape Cod Baseball League season nears.
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Saturday, June 6 will be a special day at Lowell Park when the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League host the Lexington Blue Sox in an exhibition doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League's annual Frank Finn Invitational Tryout is slated for Saturday, May 30, at Clem Spillane Field in Wareham.
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Excerpts from the eulogy delivered May 5, 2015, at a Funeral Mass at the Holy Redeemer Church, Chatham, Mass.
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It took 21 games, but the wait is finally over for Chicago Cubs rookie Kris Bryant (Chatham, 2011).
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Juan Nieves never threw a pitch in the Cape Cod Baseball League, yet a small piece of the former Boston Red Sox pitching coach’s baseball legacy can be found in, of all places, the Cape League’s Hall of Fame Museum.
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A "60 Minutes Sports" piece on the Cape Cod Baseball League will air on Showtime at 10 p.m. EST on Wednesday, May 6.
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The entire Cape Cod Baseball League family is mourning the passing of former Cape League President and Commissioner Richard "Dick" Sullivan, who died early today at age 84.
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During spring training, anyone mentioning Devon Travis of the Toronto Blue Jays as a potential Rookie of the Year candidate in the American League would have been advised to seek immediate help from a mental health professional.
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Two weeks into the Major League Baseball season, 11 former Cape Cod Baseball Leaguers have made their MLB debuts, including prized Chicago Cubs prospect Kris Bryant (Chatham, 2011).
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The New York Mets are off to a great start, but their early-season success may be in jeopardy because of injuries.
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There are 30 teams in Major League Baseball, and 29 of them have press boxes.
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It’s been nearly five decades since Thurman Munson went from the quiet, tree-lined streets of Chatham, Mass., to the bright lights of New York City.
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After a successful seven-year run, the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Hall of Fame museum will vacate its Main Street location at John F. Kennedy Hyannis Museum after the 2015 baseball season.
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Two former Cape Cod Baseball League infielders made their big league debuts Monday as the 2015 Major League Baseball season got under way.
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For the fifth consecutive year, Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Famer David Aardsma (Falmouth, 2002) will not be watching from a major league bullpen when the first pitch is thrown on Opening Day.
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Left fielder Tony Gwynn Jr. (Brewster, 2002), a victim of the numbers game in the Washington Nationals’ outfield, has been reassigned to Washington’s minor league camp.
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Colorado Rockies reliever John Axford (Hyannis, 2002; Cotuit, 2003) left the team’s spring camp in Scottsdale, Ariz., after his 2-year-old son was bitten by a rattlesnake.
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The debate is hot and heavy in Chicago: Should super rookie Kris Bryant break camp as a member of the Cubs? Or should he begin the season in the minors?
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The gem that is the Cape Cod Baseball League was named among the nation's top baseball attractions by travel writer Josh Pahigian.
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Commissioner Paul Galop has announced the 2015 Cape Cod Baseball League schedule.
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Chicago Cubs super prospect Kris Bryant (Chatham, 2011) hit his seventh and eighth home runs of the spring Saturday, finishing 2-for-2 with a walk and leading the Cubs to a 12-10 victory over the Seattle Mariners before an overflow crowd of 15,323 at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz.
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Three of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s brightest stars in Major League Baseball may be unable to play when the 2015 season gets under way in just more than two weeks.
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Former Houston Astros star Lance Berkman (Wareham, 1996) was named to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday.
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The Chicago White Sox announced Saturday via Twitter that left-handed pitcher Chris Sale (Y-D, 2009) suffered an avulsion fracture on his right foot in a freak accident at his home on Friday.
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A veteran sportscaster who has called more than 2,000 NBA games will be the Internet voice of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox this summer.
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News, notes and more on former Cape Cod Baseball League players and personnel
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Kevin Youkilis (Bourne, 2000), a member of the Boston Red Sox’s 2004 and 2007 World Series championship teams, has been hired as a special assistant by the Chicago Cubs.
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Barry Zito (Wareham, 1997-98) is back in baseball.
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Free-agent relief pitcher David Aardsma (Falmouth, 2002), a Cape League Hall of Fame inductee in 2010, has signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Rulings were announced Friday in two arbitration cases involving former Cape Cod League players, and neither result was to the player’s liking.
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The Division I college baseball season got under way Friday with plenty of action out West and throughout the South, Southeast and Southwest.
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The Boston Red Sox and new starting pitcher Wade Miley (Wareham, 2007) avoided arbitration Thursday when they agreed to terms of a three-year, $19.25 million contract extension with a club option for a fourth year.
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News, notes and more on former Cape Cod Baseball League players in the majors and in the minors.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League has lost another star of the past, former Chatham Athletic Dave Bergman.
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Wichita State University’s baseball program has been placed on one-year probation and fined by the NCAA because of impermissible benefits received by 21 baseball players over a two-year period.
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Thomas Wolfe was wrong. You can go home again.
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With January drawing to a close, eight former Cape League players remain available as major league free agents.
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Anthony Ranaudo is now a Texas Ranger.
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MLB Network baseball insider Peter Gammons has reported that NCAA baseball coaches and officials of Major League Baseball met Monday and came away with a “general agreement” to move the annual MLB First-Year Player Draft from mid-June to July 1-3.
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For a few weeks I have been thinking what could I possibly say about Dick Bresciani and Bill Enos to honor them that has not been said before.
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Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Famer Mike Lowell (Class of 2011) is one of three CCBL stars from the early 1990s who will be eligible for National Baseball Hall of Fame consideration for the first time in 2016.
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Cape Cod Baseball League graduate Craig Biggio (Y-D, 1986) was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
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Orlando is synonymous with magic – the Magic Kingdom at nearby Walt Disney World, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Universal Orlando Resort and the city’s aptly named NBA franchise.
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