Aug

22

CodBall Conversation: Summer Ball on the West Coast

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Walla Walla SweetsDan Tritle of WCAI (Cape & Islands NPR) caught up with us again this season. This time, Greg mainly talked about his experience being one of the owners of the Walla Walla Sweets, who just completed their inaugural season as a ball club in the West Coast League. The West Coast League is a wood bat summer league similar to the CCBL, and currently features nine teams from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia.

 

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Aug

13

Party Like It’s 1999

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COTUIT WINS 2010 CCBL CHAMPIONSHIP

1st championship since 1999
15th championship in franchise history
Jordan Leyland (UC Irvine) wins playoff MVP
Opposite fields attract; Away team wins each game in finals
Most successful playoffs ever, according to Commissioner Paul Galop
5391 fans at Red Wilson Field

Cotuit with the Trophy

Aug

13

Friday the 13th: Cotuit @ Y-D

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Follow us on Twitter for game updates (and I apologize for the rough Photoshop work–I’m in a hurry and off to the game!)

Friday the 13th

Aug

12

Red Sox Squeeze by Kettleers; Game 3 on Friday

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For the second time in the last 10 years, the CCBL Championship will be decided at Red Wilson Field. The scene is similar to 2006, when Y-D forced a game 3 at home vs. Wareham.

Peter Gammons being interviewed for WBZ's webcast

Peter Gammons being interviewed for WBZ's webcast at Lowell Park

A reported 3,414 fans caught the last game of the season at Lowell Park in Cotuit. As usual, cars were lined up down the bordering streets, and finding a close parking spot was difficult unless you parked before 2pm. For the first few innings, the sun was very hot and beamed down on the fans in the home and visitor side bleachers. Then, the sun hid behind some clouds and a cool breeze became more frequent.

Both Y-D’s John Leonard (Boston College) and Cotuit’s Austin Wood (St. Petersburg JC) were impressive and held a close game for the first 6 innings. The first run of the game didn’t come until the 5th inning with a smart Kettleer squeeze play after a walk and an error helped move runners in scoring position. Tyler Hanover (LSU) made it 2-0 Red Sox in the 7th with an RBI double. Cotuit’s James McCann (Arkansas) put Cotuit on the board in the bottom of the 8th with his 2nd postseason home run (his first one was against Wareham).

It seemed that nearly every inning, both teams were threatening. If there was a runner on 1st, both teams would either attempt a bunt or a steal. Assuming the pitching is also high quality on Friday, I wouldn’t expect any different. But, Red Wilson Field is notoriously a homer-friendly park.

Aug

12

Y-Didn’t they score a run?

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This week I’ve been posting on our Twitter account in lieu of the blog, and I can’t believe that the CCBL Championship could be decided this afternoon.

Let’s recap what happened yesterday:

  • Matt Andriese (by swilson, CCBL)Matt Andriese (Cal Riverside) pitched exactly the game Cotuit needed. He threw a 120-pitch complete game in front of an estimated crowd of 2234. It was a perfect game through 3 & 2/3rds and a no hitter through 4 & 2/3rds.  85 of his pitches were strikes. If Andriese does not win MVP for the playoffs, something incredible will happen today or tomorrow. I absolutely love this picture from the CCBL press release of Andriese that shows the scoreboard behind him (photo credit: swilson).
  • Sure, Andriese pitched great… but he also initiated a 1-6-3 double play in the 9th that was critical after Y-D’s Joe Panik (St. John’s) had a leadoff single.
  • Y-D scored 49 runs and had 62 hits in their previous four playoff games.  The wind was blowing in, but Andriese is the main reason Y-D only managed 3 hits.
  • I stood behind the Cotuit dugout for much of the game. I love their “keep having fun” attitude. It’s hard to catch Deven Marrero (Arizona State) without a smile. He is having a great postseason, batting .471 with 4 RBIs. Teammate Jordan Leyland (UC-Irvine) is also “having fun” and leads the Kettleers in postseason average (.500), hits (9) and RBIs (5).
  • Y-D’s Tyler Hanover (LSU) had a 10-pitch at bat vs. Andriese in the 1st inning. Kids were enjoying all of the foul balls on the 1st base side beyond the picnic area. It looked like the Red Sox knew if they could get through Andriese, they would probably win. The Kettleers bullpen is very, very thin, since a lot of players went home after they defeated the Gatemen.
  • Speaking of, there has been a lot of chatter about players leaving early before or during the playoffs this year, but let’s just focus on what matters right now: the Y-D Red Sox taking on the Cotuit Kettleers at beautiful Lowell Park this afternoon. After all, this could be the last game of the year. We have a whole off-season to discuss other things.
  • See ya at Lowell Park.
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