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Oct
27
‘06 World Series Players Remember the Cape
Posted by Greg | Filed Under News |
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.
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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 first time he ever faced Weaver. “I played against him in the Cape Cod League,” Inge said. “I think it was 1997. The funny thing was he threw a no-hitter against us and he struck me out three times on nine pitches — three pitches each time. (NOTE: In the World Series tonight Inge doubled to deep left off Weaver in the 3rd inning on his first at-bat. He also stuck out swinging and grounded out to the catcher off Weaver.) The pitcher who was pitching for us, Matt Birch, threw a one-hitter, but the one hit was a home run, so Weaver beat us 1-0.”
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on Oct. 26th that long before he attained All-Star status, Casey was so friendly to fans of the Cape Cod League that Brewster (Mass.) manager Mike Kirby was moved to remind him that he was a ballplayer and not the mayor. Casey has been known as “The Mayor” ever since. Another remnant of that Cape Cod summer is a friendship that has kept the 32-year-old infielder involved in a hot meal program in Lawrence, Mass., though he now plays in Michigan and resides in Florida.
heh heh nice job on the update
Greg:
Keep up the great work. And don’t pooh-pooh your sportswriting skills, as they are much superior to your baseball skills (lefty, astute player, good glove, not much stick).
Regarding Brandon Inge, in Game Five his base running mistake in getting caught in a rundown between 2nd and 3rd base following a comebacker to Weaver with the score 2-2 was inexcusable. Any youth leaguer worth his (or her) salt knows to make absolutely sure the ball gets by the pitcher before proceeding to 3rd base.
In the Mid Atlantic and Southern States there are more and more youth wood bat tournaments following in the tradition of the Cape Code League. The kids seem to enjoy hitting with the real thing.
I will meet up with you on the Cape next summer for a few ball games.
I look forward to your next posting.
Red’s Dad
Just a heads-up… The Cotuit Kettleers have posted their roster. Interesting that Mike Bianucci who played at Y-D last year is on Cotuit’s ‘07 roster.
Hopefully, now that we are into December, more teams will post their pre-season rosters soon !
Dave b., thanks for the heads-up. This is just the kind of post we’re hoping for. I am going to write something about the Cotuit ‘07 roster and hope you’ll post again about why you think there was a switch from Y-D to Cotuit.
I agree, we’ll start to see some updated rosters between now and the spring.
Thanks for the welcome to the site !
An interesting name on the Cotuit roster is Robert Stock. He is a 16 year old freshman at U.S.C. He has been written about in Baseball America since he was 13 years old. Imagine being good enough at the age of 16 to be on a C.C.B.L. roster !!
As for Mike Bianucci coming over to Cotuit after playing for Y-D last year, I don’t know the real reason. It is not unusual for this to happen however. Any given year may see two or three players switch teams from one year to the next. Possible reasons could be anything from a personality conflict with the previous coach, a team recruited someone new because they assumed the player would not be returning the next summer, the player requested his release because he thinks he has a better opportunity on another team, or a player has an opportunity to play with a core of his college teammates on another team. That last possibility does not seem to fit here because there is only one other Auburn player on Cotuit’s roster as of now.
What I mentioned above are just a few possible reasons but I don’t know what the actual reason is for Bianucci moving from Y-D to Cotuit. I will try to find out.
It looks like all 10 field managers will be returning for the 2007 season. This will be the third consecutive season that the same ten head coaches remain in place. That is very unusual. The last change in the league came after the 2004 season when Kelly Nicholson replaced Carmen Carcone as the head coach in Orleans.