The Bourne Supremacy–Bourne Wins 1st CCBL Championship
The Bourne Braves have won their first ever Cape Cod Baseball League championship after a 5-1 win in game 2 at Lowell Park in Cotuit. MVP: Kyle Roller (East Carolina) – Bourne Braves “Here’s a situation where the Bourne Braves just had more gas in the tank than Cotuit… Great way to finish it and good relief pitching by both teams.” – John Garner, CCBL PR/Broadcast...
Read MoreA Grimm day at the park for Wareham
I live near the Nobska lighthouse in Woods Hole during the so-called summer. Every morning this summer the deep groan of the fog horn has awakened me from sleep, indicating fog and rain. But today it was quiet. The sun was bright. The air was warm, and you could see for miles in the haze-free August skies. Hall of Famer Ernie Banks once said of a day like this, “It’s a beautiful day for a ball game. Let’s play two.” That was the plan today in the Cape Cod Baseball League as Friday was set aside as the first round of playoffs for two games. Four teams hoped to advance to the semi-finals against the division champion Bourne Braves (West) and the Y-D Red Sox (East). We decided to forego the Orleans v. Chatham night game. Instead, I drove...
Read MoreOn to the playoffs!
The Commodores gave their fans a fond farewell last night as Falmouth beat the playoff-bound Wareham Gatemen 6-4. Falmouth and Hyanis cancelled their Thursday game as it was moot considering neither team advanced to the playoffs. So it was autograph night after the game last night. While Falmouth signed autographs for kids on the field after season awards were handed out, Wareham sat near the grub wagon to wolf down burgers and fries. I had a chance to talk with Gatemen GM Tom Gay who was curious to know the outcome of the night’s game since Wareham is fighting for homefield advantage. I was able to read him scores from Twitter, which has been quite useful this season. Wareham will need to win today and Cotuit lose or tie in order to have homefield...
Read MoreSummer Catch: Addison Johnson’s Diving Stab
If anyone has videotape of Addison Johnson’s dramatic centerfield catch last night for the Chatham Anglers you should send it immediately to ESPN. It is a guaranteed top web gem. Unfortunately, the only evidence of his spectacular, full-speed leap near the 357-foot mark in Chatham’s centerfield is a deep set of skid marks – gashes really — in the warning track dirt and a simple L-8 in the scorebook to deny Brewster’s Zach Jones of a much needed extra bases hit. “It was to tough to see because the fog is a big deal here in Chatham,” Addison told CodBall after the game. “I knew he hit it pretty good and it was going to be close to the fence so when I started getting close I decided to dive and try to make the catch. I got a...
Read MoreCotuit by sun, Falmouth by fog
A pop-up that vanished into the Falmouth fog last night may have kept the Commodores’ hopes alive in the West. A bewildered Hyannis Mets right fielder peered upward into the clouds and then watched as the ball plop onto the field in front of him. The umpires promptly gathered near the mound and delayed the game. The score, 2-0 Mets, was eventually wiped away and the game will have to resume at some point with a Falmouth player on second in the 5th. Friends visiting from Virginia, my son and I had arrived a few innings earlier after taking in a bright, sunny 5 pm game in Cotuit, where the Ketleers took on the Chatham Anglers. Cotuit prevailed 2-1 in what was probably the best game I’ve seen all season. Craig Fitsch, Navery Moore and Ben Rown pitched...
Read MoreThe rivalry that is Falmouth-Cotuit
What is the best rivalry in the Cape League? Is it Chatham v. Y-D? Wareham v. Bourne? Brewster v. Harwich? Orleans v. Y-D? These are all good, and you will add obvious match-ups that I’ve missed. But for me Cotuit v. Falmouth is the one I enjoy the most. It’s close to home. The Cotuit fans show up for road games and it seems their games always matter. Like tonight. After a 4-3 win this evening, Falmouth stays alive in the West with a 14-19 record. Cotuit falls behind .500 with a 15-16 record. The 5:30 game was surprisingly a pitcher’s duel with Falmouth’s Nick Tepesch (Missouri) squaring off against Cotuit’s ace Chad Bell (Walters State). The score remained a 2-2 tie into the 7th. Talking with Falmouth GM Dan Dunn before...
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