Wallace Watch List Includes Past and Future Cape Baseball Players
It’s that time of the year again. Watch lists for the most coveted collegiate baseball awards are being posted and preseason rankings are beginning to appear. Major college baseball is still a few months away, but the drum rolls begin now. In this post I’ll look at the Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award. The College Baseball Foundation has posted the 2008 pre-season watch list, which includes a lot of names we recognize on the Cape and a few we may see this season. Last year we posted on the pre-season watch lists on Jan. 4. Like last year, Cape Cod Baseball League players also topped the preseason watch list for player of the year. This year, I would estimate that 25-30 percent of the players on the watch list played on the Cape. That...
Read MoreHall of Fame at the JFK Museum in the Spring
The Cape League Hall of Fame was originally slated to be moved to the JFK Hyannis Museum last fall. CodBall has learned that it is now scheduled for spring 2008. The JFK Museum on Main Street is open year round and features photographic exhibits and a video gallery celebrating the life of the 35th president. A newly dedicated statue in front of the museum depicts JFK walking on the beach. The museum is located near the town green in Hyannis and is about a half-mile from McKeon Park, home of the Hyannis Mets. Additional space in the museum is being renovated to house the Hall of...
Read MoreRichardson Finds Cape Baseball Good for Resume but “Backbreaking” for Memory
The campaign folks at Bill Richardson for President still have not responded to our invitation for an interview about the Governor’s pitching experience on Cape Cod. But the campaign continues to promote Richardson’s credentials as a bona fide pitcher in the premier summer collegiate baseball league. In his latest comments, Richardson has given the Cape a sort of back-handed compliment. When the Associated Press asked what were the worst jobs candidates for president had, Richardson pointed to his time laying sod on the Cape. “Backbreaking work,” Democrat Bill Richardson said of his summer of laying sod on Cape Cod. A banker’s son and Tufts University sophomore, he worked for a meager wage to cover room and board while pitching in...
Read MoreMerry Christmas, CodBall Readers
Below is a very poor spoof of ‘Twas the night before Christmas. But it was the best I could come up with. Happy holidays to all. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the league Not a creature was stirring, not even a scout; The sanies were hung by the dugout with care, In hopes that our GM soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of autographs danced in their heads; And mamma in her three-quarter sleeve, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap, When out on the infield there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see who was the batter. Away to the clubhouse I flew like a flash, Tore open the lockers and pushed aside the trash. The moon on the crest of the...
Read MoreAll Lit Up Again in Hyannis
It’s Christmas-time on Cape Cod, and one Cape field was lit up for the occasion the other night. Lights have finally returned to McKeon Park! Please donate to help support some the upgrades in Hyannis (including renovations to the press box/concession stand). Hope everyone has a happy and safe holiday from all of us at CodBall.
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