Cape cod baseball league all star game

Bowers, who passed away in , was presented by his former boss in scouting with the Boston Red Sox Amiel Sawdaye, current assistant general manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and accepted by his daughter Linda. After playing seven seasons from in the Philadelphia Phillies organization, Bowers spent 60 years as a major league baseball scout.

Horan, a Middleton, native presented by his father Roy, was a Virginia Tech product who starred in the Wareham outfield in leading them to the Cape League championship. It soon became a pregame ritual. He was drafted by San Francisco and played five years in the minors, batting. As both a pitcher and an outfielder, he was selected to the Upper Cape All-Star squad. He signed with the Yankees in as a pitcher and won 18 games in two seasons of Class A ball before a rotator cuff injury curtailed his career.

Newman, the current shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was presented by his former Falmouth assistant coach Brad Stoll. He stated how happy he was to be able to show his wife Shayne and newborn daughter Addison where he played for two summers. A two-time Cape League batting champion, Newman led Falmouth to the playoffs in and He hit. Massachusetts governor John A. Volpe was on hand called the park the finest community field in New England.

The first one was played at Yankee Stadium and the Cape League won Future major-leaguer Paul Mitchell Falmouth was the winner, the first of his two all-star victories. A group of Cape League all-stars played the defending champion Commodores and lost as Jim Riggleman hit two home runs. Riggleman was the hero in as he hit the first all-star game grand slam in a win over the ACBL at Yankee Stadium.

Falmouth hosted again in as the ACBL got the first of its two victories, Future major leaguer Rich Gale Falmouth struck out the side in his one inning of work. The game made its second appearance at Fenway Park in and Steve Balboni Yarmouth and Falmouth hit two three-run blasts over the Green Monster to power the Cape to a win. Darling started in right, and singled, doubled , homered and drove in two runs as the Cape came back from a deficit to take a lead.

With runners on first and second and one out, Darling came in from left and struck out the first batter he faced and retired the final batter on a popup to first to save the win. Mike Loggins and Casey Close combined to drive in seven runs.

Loggins was named MVP as he tripled, scored three runs and drove in four. The Cape Cod Baseball League has selected 48 players from all 10 of its member teams to make up its All-Star rosters, the league announced Tuesday.

Bourne and Harwich lead the way in team selections, with both squads having nine players on the East and West teams, respectively. The Braves had four position players and five pitchers selected and the Mariners tallied five position player and four pitcher selections. On the East team, Bryce Hubbart, another Seminole, has dominated for Brewster, including Monday night when he threw nine strikeouts in a win against Cotuit.