Mar
31
Bourne Rosteree is Pitcher of the Week
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Cody Wheeler, the left-handed sophomore pitcher from Coastal Carolina, was named today as pitcher of the week by the National College Baseball Writers Association. Cody is currently on the Bourne Braves roster for this coming summer season on the Cape.
Wheeler, a Spotsylvania, Va., native recorded Coastal Carolina’s first nine-inning no-hitter in the Gary Gilmore era, [...]
Mar
23
A Postcard from the Cactus League
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So I walk into a bar and grill at the Phoenix airport Sunday afternoon and strike up a conversation with a guy wearing a bright red Orleans Cardinals shirt. This sounds like the opening of a joke, but the guy turns out to be none other than the Orleans skipper, Kelly Nicholson, who had spent some [...]
Mar
17
Early Look at the ‘09 Commodores
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My son, an avid fan of the CCBL, has brought to my attention that although Falmouth has not updated their roster page, you can get an early look at the 2009 Commodores by going to: http://www.falcommodores.org/springstats09.htm
There are 29 players on the roster, with four of those players listed as temps. The roster includes seven possible returnees. Joey [...]
Mar
16
The Barnstable Bat Company in Centerville is one of the Cape League’s top wooden bat suppliers. In this video, CapeCast takes a look at Tom Bednark’s bat making process.
To learn more about the Barnstable Bat Company, listen to this 2006 interview by WCAI-FM with Tom Bednark and visit the Barnstable Bat website.
Mar
10
Big league managers and pitching coaches in the World Baseball Classic, like their colleagues in the Cape League, are learning the pain and the gain of having great pitching talent on their tournament squads but having to answer to coaches for the controlling teams.
George Vecsey’s column in today’s New York Times observes that Team USA’s pitching [...]




