Aug

31

Who are Top Prospects from the Cape’s 2007 Season?

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Baseball America has published its annual assessment of the Cape Cod Baseball League’s top professional prospects from the 2007. I read it and agreed with many and questioned a few.
Check out the league’s 2007 all-league team as well.
Even more interesting to me is how directly Baseball America signals the dominance of the Cape [...]

Aug

30

CodBall Media Notes

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My post-season Internet search engines are stumbling across lots of interesting tidbits about the summer circuit, coaches and movies.  Here’s a round-up.
A long baseball roadtrip is a dream for any baseball fan.  Chris Ballard writes for Sports Illustrated about a great summer baseball roadtrip he took with a buddy.
(Photo:  From the movie Summer Catch.  See [...]

Aug

26

Johnny Ayers Continues to Amaze

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Steve Conroy of the Boston Herald reported this summer on the phenom that is Johnny Ayers. I hadn’t realized Ayers was also a collegiate punter.  Here’s a synopsis of Conroy’s report.
The punter is not usually one of the best-known players on a football team, at least not on a good one.
But Boston College punter [...]

Aug

26

A Note from Cincinnati

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The 2007 Cape Cod Baseball League season may be fading in our memories, but this year’s MLB pennant race is heating up. Just as we did last year, we’ll keep the baseball discussion going by following former and future Cape league players.
I was in Cincinnati this weekend and caught a Reds game with [...]

Aug

20

2007 Cape Cod Baseball Season-in-Review

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A little over one year ago, I wrote my first post for CodBall, a 2006 season in review. Andrew, who was writing about the league on his own blog at the time, I believe remains the only comment on that original post.
Nearly 150 posts (and scores of comments) later, it’s time for the second [...]

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