Kyle Schwarber (Indiana) homered twice for the Gatemen, including this two-run shot in the 10th inning, to help lead Wareham to an 8-6 win and the league championship.

Wareham Wins 2012 Cape League Championship

There is no easy road to a league championship.  On July 9th, Wareham’s record stood at 10-9.  Over the Gatemen’s next five games, Wareham faced Cotuit ace Kevin Ziomek (Vanderbilt) twice as well as the Cape’s top pitcher, Hyannis’s Sean Manaea (Indiana State).  In between battling some of the Cape’s top arms, the Gatemen blew …

Red Wilson Field at Dennis-Yarmouth High School

2012 Cape League Finals Preview

In a season dominated by the bat, two of the three best hitting teams will face off in the 2012 Cape Cod Baseball League Championship as the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox face the Wareham Gatemen.  Top-to-bottom the Red Sox enter the Cape League Championship as one of the best hitting teams in league history.  Yarmouth-Dennis finished …

Orleans and Yarmouth-Dennis Playoffs 2011

Familiar Faces Meet in Division Finals

Perhaps the unexpected created the expected.  After the Bourne Braves and the Orleans Firebirds upset the two best regular-season teams in the Cape League, the division finals match teams with a lot of recent playoff history.  Orleans will meet Yarmouth-Dennis and Wareham will play Bourne in the third straight postseason.  Recent playoff history favors the …

Dennis Public Market

Dennis Public Market

The last time I was on Cape Cod, a scout recommended Dennis Public Market (653 Route 6A, Dennis, MA) as a good place to pick up a sandwich between games.  Maybe a little out of the way from the games I planned to watch (Harwich and Brewster), but pretty convenient to Yarmouth-Dennis’s Red Wilson Field …