Articles from 2013
The Falmouth Commodores Hot Stove Event will be Thursday, Jan. 16 from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel in North Falmouth, featuring Boston Red Sox Manager John Farrell and Baseball Hall of Fame writer Peter Gammons.
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They were rivals in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2000 and they have both enjoyed success in the major leagues. Now, former stars Kevin Youkilis (Bourne) and Luke Scott (Falmouth) will try to revive their fading baseball careers in Asia.
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Who are the big winners – and losers – so far among the baseball free agents who played in the Cape Cod Baseball League?
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Oft-injured second baseman Brian Roberts (Chatham, 1998) has agreed to a one-year, $2 million contract with the New York Yankees, ending his 13-year major league run with the Baltimore Orioles.
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Has Brian Roberts (Chatham, 1998) played his last game for the Baltimore Orioles? Maybe. Maybe not.
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Only two former Cape Cod Baseball League players can be found in the hallowed halls of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., but on Jan. 8, 2014, that number could change dramatically.
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World Premiere "live" broadcast of "SUMMER OF SUCCESS" on the Hawks website starting at 7:30 on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League held its plaque unveiling ceremony for its newest Hall of Fame inductees recently at the JFK Hyannis Museum.
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Jim Prete stole the spotlight at the 14th Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame induction by becoming a third inductee to a Hall of Fame family from Sagamore.
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On July 5, 2006, Josh Phegley was named “Mr. Baseball” in his home state of Indiana. Seven years later – to the day – he became Cape Cod's “Mr. 1,000.”
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Two former Cape Cod Baseball League stars who enjoyed successful major league careers have signed on with a new team.
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It's a Cape Cod Baseball League tradition to begin each year's Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony with a short video of the inductees, and the strains of John Sebastian’s "Welcome Back" greeting its greats.
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November ushers in a season of changes within the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Cape League part of Spectacle of Trees fundraiser
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Cape League Hall of Famer Eric Wedge won't return as manager of the Seattle Mariners.
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Former Cape Cod Baseball League Home Run champion Mike Glavine (Hyannis ’94), has been hired by his alma mater as head coach of the Northeastern University baseball team and will take over following the 2014 season.
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The 2013 World Series is the first ever to match two Cape Cod Baseball League alumni as opposing managers in John Farrell of the Red Sox and Mike Matheny of the Cardinals.
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Tickets are still available for the 14th Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame induction ceremony, slated for Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Chatham Bars Inn.
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Twenty-seven former Cape Cod Baseball League players are on the rosters of the eight teams participating in Major League Baseball's 2013 divisional playoffs.
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"Summer of Success" is a short-documentary video about Cape Cod Baseball League players preparing for the MLB draft.
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Watch this podcast interview of John Garner, Director of Communications of the Cape Cod Baseball League, by Ed Kasputis of Baseballphd.net.
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The Class of 2013 will be inducted into Hall of Fame on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Chatham Bars Inn.
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Congratulations to the Cotuit Kettleers, who earned the prestigious Arnold Mycock Trophy signifying champions of the 2013 CCBL playoffs.
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Commemorative bats to CCBL super fans Tommy and Matthew Merlo.
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Twenty-eight top players have been named to the Cape Cod Baseball League Postseason All-League Team for 2013.
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Cotuit's Bradley Zimmer wins the Star of Stars Award, given to the MVP of the Cape Cod Baseball League playoffs.
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The Cotuit Kettleers are your 2013 Cape Cod Baseball League champions and winners of the Arnold Mycock Trophy.
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The Bourne Braves are recipients of this year's Cape Cod Baseball League Commissioner's Cup.
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The Hyannis Harbor Hawks' Jeff Hoffman has won the Robert A. McNeece Award for Outstanding Pro Prospect, among the highest honors bestowed on a Cape Cod Baseball League player.
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For the second time in his 21 seasons as skipper of the Chatham Anglers, manager John Schiffner has been honored with the Mike Curran Manager of the Year Award.
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Game 1 of the League Championship series is rescheduled to tomorrow, Wednesday, Aug. 14: Orleans at Cotuit, 4 p.m.
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The Cotuit Kettleers defeated the Bourne Braves 4-3 on Monday before a packed home crowd at Lowell Park to advance to the Cape Cod Baseball League championship series.
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Cotuit defeated Bourne earlier today to advance to the Championship Series against Orleans. By virtue of more points in the regular season, Cotuit has home field advantage.
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Orleans Firebirds advance to the Cape League championship series with a Western Division sweep over the Chatham Anglers.
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The Bourne Braves force Game 3 in the Western Division finals with an 8-1 victory over the Cotuit Kettleers on Sunday night.
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Newcomer Eric Zmuda was presented with the John Wylde General Manager of the Year Award for his efforts and dedication shown in his first year as the general manager for the Falmouth Commodores.
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The Cotuit Kettleers open the Western Division championship series with a 9-2 victory over the Bourne Braves.
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The Orleans Firebirds defeat the President’s Trophy winning Chatham Anglers 7-3 on Saturday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Division championship series.
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The host Chatham Anglers honored one of their heroes and a Cape League pioneer, Dick Sullivan, before Saturday night’s Game 1 of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Eastern Division championship series.
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After working as an official for more than 35 years, Patrick "Sparky" Burns has been named the 2013 Curly Clement Award winner as top umpire in the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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It was a night of upsets in the Western Division playoffs as the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds defeated the No. 1 and 2 seeds to advance to the Cape Cod Baseball League divisional finals.
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The Orleans Firebirds beat the Harwich Mariners for the second straight year to advance to the Eastern Division championship series against Chatham.
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Kevin Newman (Arizona) and Dylan Davis (Oregon State) each made an entry into the Cape Cod Baseball League record books in the Falmouth Commodores' 18-3 win over Bourne on Aug. 2.
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The surprising Hyannis Harbor Hawks and the hard-hitting Falmouth Commodores are the co-champions of the Western Division.
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Hyannis' Eric Eck (Wofford) lands Cape League's Russ Ford Top Relief Pitcher award.
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No. 4 Bourne forces deciding game against top-seeded Hyannis while No. 2 Cotuit turns the tables on Falmouth.
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Top-seeded Chatham sweeps Y-D and Orleans forces a deciding Game 3 with Harwich.
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The Bourne Braves' Max Pentecost (Kennesaw State) was awarded the Cape Cod Baseball League's Pat Sorenti MVP title.
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Orleans' Matt Troupe (Arizona) comes away with the Manny Robello 10th Player Award.
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Chatham Anglers ace Lukas Schiraldi (Texas) was awarded the BFC Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher of the Year title.
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The Chatham Anglers' Tommy Lawrence was presented with the John Claffey Award, which is given to the top Cape Cod Baseball League player from New England.
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After leading the Chatham Anglers to the best record in the Cape Cod Baseball League, catcher-first baseman Connor Joe (San Diego) is 2013 recipient of the Daniel J. Silva Award for Sportsmanship.
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He's had a significant impact on the game of baseball for at least two decades, and he's one of the longest tenured managers in the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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No. 1 Chatham steamrolls Y-D and No. 3 Harwich edges No. 2 Orleans to open the Eastern Division playoffs.
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Hyannis comes from behind to take Game 1 from Bourne; Falmouth rallies past Cotuit.
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Cape League players come from all around the country. The 2013 crew of 269 players is representative of 39 states, Canada and Puerto Rico. The players traveled a cumulative distance of 348,534 miles from their hometowns to the Cape!
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The Chatham Anglers sat in the driver's seat of the Cape Cod Baseball League's Eastern Division for nearly the entire season, but it was not until the final game Sunday night that the Anglers clinched the President's Trophy.
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This year's recipient of the Thurman Munson League Batting Championship is the Falmouth Commodores' Kevin Newman (Arizona).
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With the regular season complete, the playoff pairings have been set based on the overall seedings leaguewide.
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For Orleans fans, July 4, 2013, will be remembered as the beginning of one of the worst stretches in recent memory for the Firebirds.
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We said goodbye to Jim McNally today.
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A weekly list of the top six performers of the 2013 season:
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BARNSTABLE, Mass. – The Cape Cod Baseball League celebrates Red Shirt Friday each week with the home teams wearing stunning new red jerseys at each game.
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SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. – Skyler Ewing (Rice) of the Hyannis Harbor Hawks steps up at the last minute to sweep the Home Run Hitting Contest.
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SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. – It’s not often that a player who doesn’t even start a game ends up Most Valuable Player.
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SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. – Solid hitting has been a constant for the Falmouth Commodores this season. So has success.
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SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. – The East came out swinging Saturday in a 9-3 victory over the West in the Friendly’s Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game at Y-D’s Red Wilson Field.
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Get to know more about your 2013 Friendly's Cape League West All-Stars
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Get to know more about your 2013 Friendly's Cape League East All-Stars
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The New York Times front page article: Baseball on the Cape, (24 July 2013) written by David La Spina.
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HYANNIS, Mass. – Baseball and family fun go hand in hand, and it was no different Wednesday at McKeon Park for the Ninety Nine Restaurants' fourth annual Kids Night.
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A weekly list of the top six performers of the 2013 season
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SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. – The excitement is mounting with the Friendly’s Cape League All-Star game just around the corner.
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For all intents and purposes, this year’s Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game at Red Wilson Field may as well be the Falmouth Commodores vs. the East All-Stars.
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The East All-Stars have something to prove at Red Wilson Field on Saturday, July 27, and they’ve put together the team to do just that.
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SOUTH YARMOUTH, Mass. – The participants for the 2013 Friendly’s Cape League All-Star game were unveiled Saturday at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.
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Orleans southpaw Jared Miller of Vanderbilt
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Fox College Sports' televised Cape League game of the week has been moved from Saturday, July 20 to Sunday, July 21: Bourne at Harwich, 5:30 pm.
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A weekly list of the top six performers of the 2013 season.
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Cotuit Kettleers pitcher and first baseman Mike Ford has agreed to sign with the New York Yankees, pending a physical.
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CHATHAM, Mass. – With the 2013 Cape Cod Baseball League season more than halfway over, the Chatham Anglers are the current kings of the league.
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Tim Lincecum’s (Harwich, 2005) first career no-hitter Saturday night puts the two-time National League Cy Young Award winner in a very exclusive club.
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Joining a team during the middle of the season can be difficult, and for some teams and players, the transition is easier than others.
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The last two holdouts among the 11 Cape Cod Baseball League alumni selected in the first round of the 2013 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft have now agreed to bonus contracts, MLB sources said Thursday.
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The Hyannis Harbor Hawks' fourth annual Kid’s Night at McKeon Park on Wednesday, July 24, from 4-6 p.m. followed by Hyannis vs. Chatham at 6 p.m.
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Former Chatham Angler Kris Bryant, the No. 2 pick in Major League Baseball's First-Year Player Draft last month, has signed a $6.7 million bonus contract with the Chicago Cubs.
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A weekly list of the top six performers of the 2013 season.
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When Josh Phegley slipped into his White Sox uniform for the first time on July 5 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., he knew he would be making his major league debut that day as Chicago’s starting catcher against the Tampa Bay Rays.
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It’s time for the next phase of the Cotuit Athletic Association Capital Project to begin.
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There is one person who stands out on his own – Al Irish.
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Eight former Cape Cod Baseball League players have been named to participate in the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star game, and it’s possible a ninth could be added.
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ORLEANS, Mass. – It’s rare for any sports team to be dominant at one position for a long period of time.
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Ken Griffey Jr. Torii Hunter. Endy Chavez. Mike Trout. These are the names of players that will be forever linked to the home run-robbing catch.
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HYANNIS, Mass. – A nine-game package of Cape Cod Baseball League games will begin Thursday, July 4 at 6 p.m. ET when FOX College Sports will beam the Yarmouth-Dennis at Hyannis game from McKeon Park to a national television audience.
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A weekly list of the top six performers of the 2013 season:
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Curry College and the Cape Cod Baseball League … now that's a unique partnership.
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BOSTON – Upon entering the oldest ballpark in America, there is one thing that stands out above all else: the Green Monster.
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BOSTON – It wasn’t just another Monday at the park for the players and staff of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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Melissa Ellis feels the gravitational pull of the Cape.
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Next summer will mark the 20th anniversary of the infamous Major League Baseball strike that turned into the longest work stoppage in the history of professional sports, an eight-month marathon of name-calling, courtrooms and picket lines.
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The History of the Cape Cod Baseball League will be the featured talk at Tales of Cape Cod on Monday, July 1 at 7 p.m.
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Bourne pitcher Jaron Long (Ohio State University) is a junior right-hander hailing from Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Every so often, Cape League fans have the opportunity to watch “the game.”
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The Cape Cod Baseball League’s two youngest teams are celebrating 25th anniversaries this summer.
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A weekly list of the top six performers of the 2013 season:
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Chatham Anglers manager John Schiffner is a legend.
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Kathryn Eident, news & public affairs director of Cape Cod Broadcasting, spoke with Cape Cod Baseball League president Judy Walden Scarafile and director of public relations and broadcasting John Garner for an upcoming edition of "Sunday Journal."
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Tradition, community, friendship and family. No summer league represents baseball’s virtues better than the Cape Cod Baseball League, and teams pride themselves on showcasing some of the brightest young talent each summer.
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A weekly list of the top six performers of the 2013 season:
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Wareham Field Manager Cooper Farris, now in his 13th season with the Gatemen, is fresh off of his third Cape Cod Baseball League championship.
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It's nearly impossible to find someone whose life hasn’t been affected in one way or another by cancer. All people are susceptible to the numerous forms of cancer. Within the Cape Cod Baseball League itself, virtually everyone either seems to have a friend, acquaintance or loved one who has battled cancer, or is personally a survivor of this disease.
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BREWSTER – One of the few certainties in life is that the University of Alabama and Auburn University do not like each other.
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The long cold winter has disappeared into a rainy start for our 2013 CCBL season. But this will not dampen our spirits and we are very excited for our season to begin.
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The crack of the bat signifies the start of the 2013 season for the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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HYANNIS, Mass. – For the fourth straight season, Sports Radio 96.3 WEEI Cape Cod will broadcast a Cape Cod Baseball League Sunday Night Baseball package.
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With the conclusion of Friday night’s Cape Cod Baseball League games, each of the league's 10 teams should already have played three games apiece. But that's not the case. Rain and the havoc wreaked on field conditions have led to the postponement of seven of the first 15 games of this season, a league record.
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WAREHAM, Mass. – “Great baseball man.” Those were the words Cape Cod Baseball League President Judy Walden Scarafile used to describe the late Joe Walsh, who served as pitching coach for the Wareham Gatemen from 1991-98.
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SOUTH YARMOUTH – The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox are hardly associated with losing; quite the opposite in fact.
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WEST YARMOUTH, Mass. – An American League All-Star catcher, the Cape League’s all-time saves leader and a long time player, coach and administrator are among eight men who will be inducted into the Cape League Hall of Fame.
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The Cape Cod Baseball League boasts some of the top college players, so it’s little surprise to see so many selected in the MLB First-Year Player Draft each year.
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WAREHAM, Mass. – Every athlete knows the goal of a tryout is to separate yourself from the group, to stand out from the crowd.
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WAREHAM, Mass. – While most Cape Cod Baseball League teams' rosters are set the league still likes to give some under-the-radar players a chance to land roster spots.
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The Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League will be retiring former Harvard University head baseball coach Joe Walsh’s jersey at their preseason game on Sunday, June 9 against the Newport Gulls of the NECBL.
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The 2013 NCAA Division III New England Regional Championships in Harwich ended much like the first one at Whitehouse Field did a dozen years ago, with Southern Maine emerging out of the losers' bracket and punching a ticket to the College World Series.
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With perennial powerhouses Yarmouth-Dennis, Harwich and Orleans expected to contend for a title, the Cape Cod Baseball League season kicks off Wednesday, June 12.
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With the 128th Cape Cod Baseball League season set to begin in earnest on Wednesday, June 12, Western Division teams have bulked up on pitching after last season’s year of the hitter.
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HYANNIS, Mass. -- The Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame was proud to host more than 100 children to its museum and exhibits as part of the Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce’s “Kids' Day at the JFK Museum.”
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Mike Galati pitched for the Chatham A's in the Cape Cod Baseball League in 1994-95 and is now facing a life-threatening illness.
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Despite not getting a hit in Monday's season opener season opener against the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox rookie sensation Jackie Bradley Jr. had a big impact in the 8-2 victory.
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The Brewster Recreation Department is proud to announce a special evening with former Boston Celtics player Bob Bigelow, one of the foremost authorities on youth sports.
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The Hyannis Athletic Association invites the public to its annual "Spring Training" Event on Sunday, 24 March 2013, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm at the Roadhouse Cafe, Hyannis.
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WILBRAHAM, Mass. -- Two old friends will reunite this summer when Friendly's Ice Cream joins forces with the Cape Cod Baseball League to deliver a home run to fans by sponsoring the 2013 Cape League All-Star game.
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What’s better than spending a cold January evening talking baseball with new Red Sox Manager John Farrell?
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Veteran newspaper editor and sports enthusiast Victoria B. Martin has been named website editor for the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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The NACSB would like to congratulate Coach Danny Hall and Georgia Tech for winning the 2012 NACSB Most Valuable Program Award.
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