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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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

[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 [...]