Sep

11

The League is going to hear about this

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Check out the Summer Stock column in the Aug. 28-Sept. 10 issue of Baseball America. John Manuel writes a great column entitled, “Cape Cod all-star game proves disappointing for both scouts and fans.”
Seems that the reported 80 scouts on hand were “vexed” by seeing position players called into pitch before the “quiet” crowd. [...]

Sep

4

Buyer’s Guide to CCBL’s Books, DVD

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A Wikipedia search (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Baseball_League) of the Cape League will reveal 4 fine histories of the CCBL. The open source encyclopedia won’t tell you much about the books and film but it does provide a nice basic overview. (I have little comment on the 2001 Hollywood film, Summer Catch — http://summercatch.warnerbros.com/flash.html)
The 4 serious works are:
-Baseball by [...]