Aug

31

Umpiring and the Cape League

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A few weeks back the Cape League awarded umpire John Leeds the Curly Clement Award, the league’s top recognition for officiating.
According to the League press release:
During this past summer, Leeds umpired in over 20 Cape League games, including Game 1 of the Cape League championship series at Bourne, which was called an official game in [...]

Aug

25

Joey Wong: Beaver, Commodore, Dust Devil

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One of the great satisfactions we get from writing CodBall is watching Cape League players succeed in college and eventually the pros.
I watched two games this week between the Yakima Bears (Diamondbacks) and the Tri-City Dust Devils (Rockies). The Dust Devils are in contention and the Bears are definitely not. The Devils won both games, which [...]

Aug

17

2009 Post-season selections for Cape all-stars

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The league today issued its post-season 2009 selections for all-stars. I had received some emails over the weekend with independent choices for post-season all-stars.
Curious to hear what people think.
1B Mickey Wiswall Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox
  
2B Pierre LePage Bourne Braves
  
SS B.A. Vollmuth Falmouth Commodores
  
3B Jedd Gyorko Brewster Whitecaps
  
INF. UTILITY Nick Crawford Hyannis Mets
  
INF. UTILITY Zack Cox Cotuit Kettleers
  
OF Todd Cunningham Falmouth Commodores
  
OF Gary Brown Orleans Firebirds
  
OF Austin Wates Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox
  
OF Brian Fletcher Falmouth Commodores
  
OF George Springer Wareham Gatemen
  
DH Kyle [...]

Aug

14

The hits keep coming… thanks to you

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CodBall, which celebrates its third year this month, has almost never stopped to ponder its own existence. We write about baseball, not blogging.
Three seasons ago when I wrote the first post for CodBall, I had no idea how long it would last. As I explained then, I just wanted an outlet for my thoughts and prodigious [...]

Aug

14

D’Antona (Chatham ‘02) out for three weeks

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[Editor's Note: The season may be over again, but stay with us at CodBall as we look forward to next season, review the 2009 season, and stay in touch with some names of past seasons!]
Jamie D’Antona (Chatham ‘02), one of the most interesting characters in Jim Collins’s The Last Best League, is headed to the [...]

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