EASTHAM — Nauset High junior Chase Beach eats, sleeps, and breathes baseball. “I’m thinking about baseball all the time,” says Beach. “When I wake up, I’m thinking about baseball, and […]
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SPRING TRAINING
Baseball Is Back, Despite Its Major League Troubles
The Cape League gets ready for a busy, full season
For a while, as Major League Baseball and its players association argued over a collective bargaining agreement, it looked as if the 2022 baseball season might not happen. The negotiations […]
CAPE LEAGUE
Four Firebirds Make All-Star Lineup
Orleans defeats first-place Bourne, 10-5
ORLEANS — The Orleans Firebirds had four players named to the 2021 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Team. Outfielder Chase DeLauter (James Madison U.) and utility player Peyton Chatagnier (Ole […]
CAPE LEAGUE
Firebirds Hit Seven Homers in One Game
ORLEANS — Something was in the air on the night of Friday, July 2 because the Orleans Firebirds managed to hit seven home runs in a 19-6 rout of the […]
ON THE DIAMOND
Nauset Baseball Falls in Quarterfinals
Orleans plays to scoreless tie against Yarmouth-Dennis
ORLEANS — The Nauset Regional High School baseball team was one out away from advancing to the Division 2 South Sectional semifinals. Junior Cam Beer was on the mound at […]
CAPE LEAGUE
Summer Baseball Returns to the Cape
Fans, folding chairs, and the Firebirds make a Father’s Day comeback
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Baseball Finishes Undefeated
Girls track team also has a perfect season
EASTHAM — Nauset Regional High School’s baseball team finished its regular season with a perfect 12-0 record after a 5-1 victory over the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins on Monday. The team captured […]
DIAMONDS
Practice and Patience Pay Off for Nauset Baseball
The team sets its sights on winning the Cape and Islands crown
EASTHAM — The Nauset High baseball team’s first game this season was on May 12, nearly two years since it last took the field in June 2019. “The kids are […]
WARRIORS WATCH
Nauset Baseball, Softball, Track Teams Are All Unbeaten
A preview of this week’s Nauset High sports
Thursday, May 20 Girls golf: The Warriors tee off against the Dennis-Yarmouth Dolphins at Blue Rock Golf Course in South Yarmouth at 3:30 p.m. The team is 3-1 so far […]
DIAMOND TIME
Batter Up! Cape Cod Baseball Is Back
The season starts June 20, but host families are still needed
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) released a two-word statement on April 22 that had local sports fans excited. It read, “We’re back.” The league is returning to action this […]
DIAMOND TIME
Little League Takes the Field
The Nauset league is planning a full season starting this month
BREWSTER — Little League baseball is back on the Lower and Outer Cape, as the Nauset Little League will be operating for the first time under its new name this […]
BASEBALL
Dan Okrent Is the Father of Fantasy
The inventor of Rotisserie League Baseball on its strange legacy
Major League Baseball (MLB) returned to play last week with no fans in the ballparks but plenty of people watching on TV from their living room couches. Some of those […]
ARTISTS
William Ciccariello’s Paintings Play Ball With Lost Time
Archival photos are reborn as heroic portraits
If you’re a baseball fan, William Ciccariello’s paintings of players will soar like a home run sailing over the Green Monster, up into the light and then gone, into the […]
It’s a Sad Summer With (Almost) No Baseball
In the first round of this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) draft, 35 percent of the players selected were alumni of the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL). June 13 would […]
SUMMER OF NO BALL
Cape League Baseball Is Called Out
General managers vote 6-4 to cancel the season
The boys of summer will not be coming to the Cape this year. The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) canceled its 2020 season on April 24. The news, though expected, […]