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MIAA REALIGNMENT ENDORSED
The MIAA again addressed the issue of playoff participation
(only 18% of EMass schools have the opportunity to make
football playoffs) when the tournament committee voted to
endorse a revised EMass football realignment proposal for
2011. The  proposal would accept a three-league split
(Hockomock/Middlesex/Tri-Valley) with each league
receiving a second playoff spot-increasing the post-season
field from 31 schools to 34. Another division would have to
be added as a result of the splits. The result would be eight
four-league divisions playing their semi-finals on the
Tuesday following Thanksgiving, with Super Bowl(s) on the
following Saturday.
COVERING CAPE COD SPORTS
BRAVE NEW WORLD-  Bourne accomplished
something no Cape club has managed in at
least 14 years; collecting the Commissioners
Cup (top organization) & Western Division
Trophy, in  addition to seeing
Grayson Garvin
(Vanderbilt) and
Tony Zych (Louisville)
collect the Whitehouse, Ford & McNeece
awards for Best Pitcher, Relief Pitcher and
Outstanding Pro Prospect.

2010 AWARDS- SORENTI MVP/Kolten Wong
(Hawaii)-SILVA SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD/
Joe
Panik
(St. John's)-CLAFFEY N.E.
PROSPECT/Matt Watson (B.C.) ROBELLO
10TH PLAYER/
Clint Moore (West
Point)-CURRAN MNGR OF THE YEAR/
Scott
Pickler
-CLEMENT AWARD (UMP)/Michael
Sadowski
.

SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE- RHP Brandon
Workman
$800,000/BOS (Wareham '08/09), OF
Gary Brown
$1.3 M/SF (Orleans '09), C
Yasmani Grandal
$3 M/CINN (Brewster '08),
RHP Matt Harvey
$2.5 M/NY METS (Chatham
'08/09), LHP Anthony Ranaudo
$2.55 M/BOS
(Brewster '10), IF Zack Cox
$3.2 M/STL (Cotuit
'09) and RHP Kyle Blair
$580,000/CLE
(Brewster '09) all finalized deals.
                IJHL Champion Cubs open play Sept. 18th at 7:00/HYCC.
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                    Grayson Garvin wins BFC Whitehouse Award
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              Kolten Wong (.341/.426 OBP/22 SB) named Cape League MVP.  
CAPE LEAGUE PERSPECTIVE
The 2010 Cape Cod Baseball League season recently
wrapped up at Red Wilson Field in Yarmouth. It was a nice
punctuation to a wonderful summer, from great weather to
great baseball to great stories about players from Hawaii to
Texas to West Point. Attending a Cape League game is an
invitation to be presented with opportunities to take mental
snapshots of the diverse crowd, the fan passion and those
'little' moments, whether teaching a son or daughter how to
score a game or helping tackle the condiments. When
Anthony Ranaudo left the Brewster Whitecaps after his
impressive 5-game audition to strengthen his Major League
bargaining position, it was a splash -in-the-face reminder to
me about what the league can be about. My rose-tinted
sunglasses lost their luster for a while. I was ticked off at
Ranaudo in particular, and the Cape League in general.
Mercenaries, I thought. No joy, no fun.  A cold-blooded
business with 'advisors' whispering in the wings. Then I
walked on the turf at Red Wilson Field to capture images of
the Cotuit Kettleers celebrating their championship. And I
didn't see cold-blooded mercenaries, I saw 19 and 20-year
olds hugging and jumping up and down enjoying their moment,
a host-family's moment . . Cotuit's moment. It was a
rejuvenating feeling. And after wrapping up my duties, I
walked back to my parking spot an hour after the final out,
and noticed three people standing by a car loaded with
baseball gear and suitcases. One of the Cotuit pitchers was
saying good-bye to his host family. It was a touching,
emotional moment. I felt guilty taking it in. But I felt a sense of
gratitude for witnessing it.

T. Pappas
                           Red Raider Scrimmage @ Marshfield moved to Sunday.
    07 DAYS TO 2010 KICKOFF
MaxPREPS TOP 10
PRE-SEASON  FREEMAN RANKINGS/MASSACHUSETTS
#1                   GLOUCESTER
#2                      XAVERIAN
#3                     WACHUSSET
#4                      READING
#5                      ST. JOHN'S
#6                      BROCKTON
#7                         EVERETT
#8                        DRACUT
#9                        BILLERICA
#10                       METHUEN
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