’06 World Series Players Remember the Cape
UPDATE! The Cape Cod Baseball League factored heavily in the final moments of the 2006 World Series. The winning pitcher, Jeff Weaver, played on the Cape as reported earlier. And the final two Tiger batters of any consequence were Brandon Inge, who struck out swinging, and Ramon Santiago who pinch ran for Sean Casey’s 9th inning double. Inge and Casey were stars on the Cape. * * * * * * * Brandon Inge and Sean Casey of the Detroit Tigers and Jeff Weaver of the St. Louis Cardinals reportedly reminisced this week at the World Series about their time in the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Detroit News wrote on Oct. 27th that Inge had already faced Weaver at the plate prior to the 2006 World Series. The News reports that Inge doesn’t want to do what he did the...
Read MoreFirst Reported ’07 Signings (that I have found)
Just 8 months from the start or the 2007 season, the Saratoga Springs, NY, Saratogian reports that former Saratoga Phillies pitchers Louie Bernardini (left) and Trevor Smith (below) have both accepted offers to play next summer on the Cape. “I was extremely excited when I found out they wanted me,” Bernardini told The Saratogian. He will reportedly play for the Hyannis Mets. “It was a dream of mine since I was in Little League.” said Smith, who will play for the Falmouth Commodores, of course the Greatest Team on the Cape. “It has been a lifetime goal of mine to someday get a chance to play in that league.” Bernardini is currently a junior at Wheaton College in Maine, and was 7-0 in seven starts for the New York Collegiate...
Read MoreThe Brackman Strategy Revisited
My recent post, “Looking Ahead to the ’07 CCBL Season” (10/16/06) was confusing with respect to Andrew Brackman. A friend commented tonight that Brackman has decided to stick with college baseball and not play basketball. That is correct. My point was that Brackman has decided on baseball rather than basketball, and we don’t know yet if he will return to the CCBL in ’07. I wrote this: “The final decision appears to be that he will sit out basketball and focus on baseball.” Since Brackman is eligible for the draft in June and the Cape season begins in June there is always a dance at this point in any stellar college career. Many of the top college-age players today will negotiate their pro contracts while playing their...
Read MoreLooking Ahead to the ’07 CCBL Season
EDITOR’S NOTE: Hey, I have no idea how to pick who we will see on the Cape next summer. This post is intended to unleash speculation, guessing and wishful thinking. Please contribute your own ideas! As the yearly autumnal rains start to fall out here in the Pacific Northwest, the ’07 summer season on the Cape feels very, very far away. But college and CCBL coaches are certainly hard at work this fall preparing rosters for the spring and summer. Baseball America already is predicting who will return to Omaha’s College World Series next year…who will be drafted next summer (http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/draft/features/262598.html) … and who are the top prospects for next summer’s baseball leagues. In The Last Best League by Jim Collins, Wareham...
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