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Vermont natives Oliver Pudvar, a pitcher for the Chatham Anglers out of UConn, and Chase Whitman, a student at Bryant University, grew Chip’s Sunflower Seeds from an idea originally created for a high school business class. PHOTO COURTESY CHASE WHITMAN

Chatham Pitcher, Partner Grow Sunflower Seed Brand Through Cape...

Scan the fringes of a baseball field right in front of the dugouts, and you’ll quickly realize that sunflower seeds are as much a part of the...

Brewster Whitecaps first baseman Dane Harvey (Ohio State) high fives teammates in the dugout after scoring last Friday against Orleans. Brewster won 6-3. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Brewster Surging As Cape League Regular Season Nears End

SOUTH YARMOUTH – Yarmouth-Dennis seemed unstoppable. As recently as July 10, the Red Sox led the East Division with a 10-point cushion (equivalent...

Harwich Mariners first baseman Quinton Coats (Cincinnati) swings at a pitch during the 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game at Whitehouse Field last Saturday. The game was suspended in the third inning and subsequently cancelled due to rain. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTOS

Rain Brings Abrupt End To Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game In...

HARWICH – The 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star at Whitehouse Field had no final result Saturday. There was no winner, no loser. No MVP awards...

Orleans manager Kelly Nicholson looks on as second baseman Adam Magpoc stands in the batter’s box against Yarmouth-Dennis last Saturday. Nicholson was Magpoc’s math teacher at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Math Teacher, Student Reunite As Manager, Player For Orleans Firebirds

ORLEANS – Walking around the halls of Loyola High School in Los Angeles, Adam Magpoc always knew his algebra teacher, Kelly Nicholson, was a...

Adrian Beltre Jr. (San Diego) stands on the infield dirt at Fenway Park during the Orleans Firebirds’ and the Cape Cod Baseball League’s day of workouts at the historic ballpark June 2. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Fenway Day A Return To Familiar Place For Some Firebirds

BOSTON – For some participating players, the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Fenway Day on June 2 constituted their first ever visits to the historic...

Brady Miller, a Harwich native and Boston College student, made his first home start for the Mariners on Sunday against the Chatham Anglers. Harwich won, 3-2. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

‘Awesome To Be On This Field’: Harwich Native Brady Miller Makes...

HARWICH – Brady Miller has played on these fields before. For Nauset at home at Eldredge Park and away at Dennis-Yarmouth’s Red Wilson Field, or in...

Pete Daniel (Virginia Tech) of the Brewster Whitecaps fields a ball at shortstop during the Cape Cod Baseball League’s Fenway Day on Thursday, July 2. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Dreams, Journeys Rise To Forefront At Cape League’s Fenway Day

BOSTON – Penmen Field in the town of Hooksett, home of Southern New Hampshire University’s baseball team, has seating capacity for about 200...

Shrouded by fellow celebrating teammates, Ryan Gerety (Northeastern) wore Harwich’s home run hat after the Mariners walked off Orleans on June 19. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Cape League: A Top Hat For Top Offense In Harwich; Whitecaps Book...

HARWICH – On his 22nd birthday two weeks ago, Harwich Mariners outfielder Ryan Gerety (Northeastern) bought himself and his teammates a...

Born and raised in Sweden, Björn Johannessen, left, is an assistant coach on Chatham Anglers manager Dennis Cook’s staff this season. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Swedish Baseball’s Björn Johannessen Touches Down In Chatham

CHATHAM – Björn Johannessen kept calling and calling, but the baseball coach at Santa Barbara City College just wouldn’t pick up. Johannessen left...

Rayner Heinrich (Tarleton State) swings during the Orleans Firebirds’ 7-2 loss to Yarmouth-Dennis on Sunday. CAMPBELL MULLIGAN PHOTOS

Cape League: Former Big League Catcher Returns To Coach In Orleans

A trio of new players for Brewster walked into Stony Brook Field as the Whitecaps took on the Falmouth Commodores last Sunday.They wore street...

The 2026 Cape Cod Baseball League starts Saturday, June 13. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Cape Cod Baseball League Season Starts Saturday

After a long, cruel winter, the Cape Cod Baseball League is finally back. The 2026 season starts Saturday, June 13.All Lower Cape teams begin their...

“Cape Cod Baseball League: From College Stars to Big League Futures,” edited by Mike Richard and Bill Nowlin, was published this spring by the Society for American Baseball Research.

New Book Tells Cape Baseball’s Story As League Navigates Era Of Change

Last November, Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith stared down Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Shane Bieber in the 11th inning of Game 7 of the World...

Michele Pavlu announced she had stepped down from her roles as athletic training coordinator and assistant medical director after 20 seasons working in the Cape Cod Baseball League. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTO

Michele Pavlu, Nauset Trainer Who Helped Steer Cape Baseball...

December 23, 2025

NORTH EASTHAM – Michele Pavlu remembers the first time she saw 100 miles per hour pop on a Cape Cod Baseball League scoreboard.She was an athletic...

William Walker, one of six inducted into the Cape Cod Baseball League's Hall of Fame on Sunday, hit .432 for the Chatham Townies in 1957. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Chatham Townies, Orleans Postseason Sluggers Among Six Inducted To...

November 19, 2025

EAST HARWICH – The Cape Cod Baseball League inducted six new members into its Hall of Fame, including a postseason record holder for Orleans in...

Harwich manager Steve Englert walks past the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox after losing game one last Friday. EREZ BEN-AKIVA PHOTOS

Harwich Falls To Yarmouth-Dennis In East Finals

August 12, 2025

HARWICH – There will be no repeat championship for Harwich this summer.A year after beating the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox in the East Division finals...

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