Touching the Game: Alaska – Release Date Pushed Back
The Touching the Game: Alaska DVD is now targeted for a summer/early fall 2009 release. The rough cut is being submitted to the Tribeca Film Festival (Apr 22-May 3, 2009). The DVD tells the story of the Alaska Baseball League, and is by the same people that released the CCBL DVD in ’04. For more details on the progress of the DVD, visit the Touching the Game blog.
Read MoreWareham’s John Wylde Dies After Heroic Battle
EDITOR’S NOTE: I received word by phone this morning of John’s passing, and the media advisory below was issued today by the Cape Cod Baseball League. CodBall has devoted a lot of space and time to the words and wisdom of John Wylde. We encourage you to type his name into the search function of the blog to read the stories and interviews. All of us at CodBall mourn his passing and offer our thanks to his enormous contributions to baseball. I am very sad but also very appreciative. Media Advisory: Veteran and distinguished Wareham Gatemen president and GM John Wylde, died early this morning after a long and heroic battle with cancer. Wylde, who also served as head statistician and official scorer, official tryout coordinator, a Major League Baseball...
Read MoreRosters to date
By my count, only Chatham, Falmouth and Harwich are missing 2009 rosters. Someone correct me if I am wrong. Last season I note that we reported on Harwich’s new roster on March 5 and Chatham’s on March 24. With March blowing in next week perhaps we’ll start to see some new rosters. About this time every year I copy and paste the team rosters into a Microsoft Word document, which serves the purpose of placing all rosters in one place. Through Word’s “find” function I can then easily search for schools and players before I watch a regular season college game. I have a complete set of rosters for every season in a Word document going back a few seasons so that I can also find Cape alums who still may be playing college or rookie...
Read MoreUrban Invitational on MLB Network
The college baseball season begins this weekend. For those looking for an early-season baseball fix, the Saturday games of the MLB Urban Invitational Tournament will be televised on the MLB Network. Bethune-Cookman plays the University of San Diego at 2:00 followed by Southern Univ. and San Diego State at 6:00. Some recent, or soon to be Cape Leaguers, will be featured in both games. The players with Cape League connections include Michael Thomas (Southern; Falmouth ’08), Tyler Marmion (San Diego State; Y-D ’08) and Cory Vaughn (San Diego State; Cotuit ’09). The University of San Diego is well represented with players who have ties to the Cape. Those Toreros include ex-Chatham players Victor Sanchez, Sammy Solis and Kyle Blair; James Meador...
Read MoreAround the League
A report last Friday out of Harwich summarizes a variety of field improvements and personnel changes around the Cape League. I was not aware of this little fun fact about the Harwich Mariners: In 2009, the team will help the team will help the Harwich Historical Society as they reenact a historical baseball game from 1884, as they’ll play host to the Providence Grays.
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