MLB and Cape League Announce Deal
The Cape Cod Baseball League and Major League Baseball, which have been at odds over the licensing of team names, have reached an agreement announced just today. CodBall reported on this earlier in the year. The timing of the agreement is odd. We were told a deal was imminent earlier in the season, but MLB and CCBL waited until after the season to make this announcement. Let us know if you have insights and we’ll also look around. Here is the announcement, which we just received. CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROPERTIES COME TO AGREEMENT ON USE OF TRADEMARKS The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) and Major League Baseball Properties (MLBP) have come to an agreement that will allow the CCBL to continue using the trademarks of Major...
Read MoreCapeCast Covers the Cape League
The Cape Cod Times Online’s CapeCast visited Lowell Park during the playoffs. Animated host Eric Williams and company interviewed fans, umpires, and players. Eric interviewed Ivan “Have a Hit” Partridge (also see our CodBall Conversation with Ivan). Brice Kelly (Wesleyan), who didn’t see any game action this season for Falmouth, was also interviewed in the segment.
Read MoreShorter Season?
Much has been said and written about the length of the Cape League season and how it affects the comings and goings of the players. This year did not seem much different from any other year, but by the time the final game was played, the Cotuit Kettleers were not the same team that had played so well down the stretch. They were missing three positional players – Jason Kipnis, Kevin Patterson and Matthew Holliman and they had only one positional player on the bench. Sam Brown, a pitcher, was the starting leftfielder in the last game. Brown did not have an at-bat in his college season at N.C. State. There seems to be a feeling around the league that something needs to be done to fix the problem. During the playoffs, Mike Roberts and Steve Englert both called...
Read MoreChange in Brewster
Apologies in advance if this has already been reported on CodBall. It was reported back on August 13 in the Cape League Insider by Russ Charpentier that Bob Macaluso is out as manager of the Brewster Whitecaps. I recently returned from a couple weeks on the Cape and have read through the postings and comments on CodBall and did not see this mentioned so I thought I would post this info even though it is apparently “old news.” Here is the story….. “According to commissioner Paul Galop, Brewster Whitecaps manager Bob Macaluso won’t return in 2009. Galop said he didn’t know the reason for the Macaluso-Whitecaps split. Macaluso managed Brewster for six seasons. The Cal-Irvine assistant had a three-game suspension this season...
Read MoreCodBall Conversation: Greg Shaw Interviewed on WCAI (End of Season)
CodBall’s Greg Shaw sat down with Dan Tritle (WCAI-FM) to discuss the end of the Cape League season on August 15th. Greg talked about how the season ended and the always-hot issue of players leaving early. Since we announced our partnership with WCAI on December 10, 2007, we have provided a number of exclusive interviews including: John Garner (CCBL PR and Broadcast Director); John Wylde (Wareham Gatemen President), Part 2; Judy Scarafile (CCBL President), Part 2; Paul Galop (CCBL Commissioner); and Neal Conan (NPR’s Talk of the Nation). Our latest CodBall Conversation is our 8th since announcing the partnership, and the 9th we have done with WCAI: Download from...
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