2011 Final Results
2011 Results and Divisional Standings

The Framingham Orioles, led by Manager Chris Currie, continued their winning ways and won their third straight Cape Cod Classic Baseball Tournament. Kevin Allegrezza , tournament MVP, had several big hits and pitched a 9 inning complete game win, 8-5 in the Semi Finals vs the Worcester Stars. Brian Lindsey pitched 6 1/3 outstanding innings in the Finals vs the Thunder for the 8-6 win. Eric Cormier continued his winning ways with a win and 13 strikeouts in game 1, 6-0 vs the Tides, and the save in the Finals.

Despite several players injuries, the Orioles found ways to win 4 of their 5 games with key contributions from just about everyone. Kevin Allegrezza, (.474 batting avg 9 hits and 4 RBI), Chris Currie (.412 batting avg, 7 hits and 4 RBI), Carlos Cintron (.375 batting avg and 6 hits), Sean Potter (.333 batting avg, 6 hits and 3 RBI), Cory Parker (.375 batting avg and 6 hits), Dave Jaffe had a triple in the finals that drove in the game winning runs, Dave Notaro, pitched 6 1/3 innings in a 3-1 win vs the Connecticut Top Hats, Al Dayhoff, our "Iron Man" was a beast all weekend and caught all 5 games and was hit by 4 pitches. Defensively, Kenny Hamm, Bob Galvani, Mike Masciarelli, BJ White and Alex Scott played All Star caliber defense and were huge in key parts of almost every game.

Recap:

Unlike 2009, the weather did not cooperate. Though there was an outcry from many to cancel the tournament with the prospects of Hurricane Earl steaming up the coast a serious threat to bust up the party. The show went on as planned, more or less. The scheduled games for Friday and Saturday were rained out as Earl took blew out as fast as he blew in. The tournament directors spent the early morning hours, (6:00 am departure) working the fields to get games played. At the managers meeting the schedule was re-worked on the hood of a pickup truck in the Veterans field parking lot and games began in ernest on Saturday afternoon. Unfortunatly, the results page was lost as it was either swept out to sea or misplaced due to exhaustion.

Recap:
The only resembalnce to the 2009 tournament were the results. The Framingham Orioles claimed their second of back to back titles, this time defeating a game Ct Top Hats team. Day one and two rainouts forced the semi finalist to play three games on Sunday to make it to the Monday finals. The 14 team tournament concluded on Labor Day at Veterans Field in Chatham as Framingham erased an early Top Hat lead to claim the title.

If you could order weather for a tournament, and there was one 5 star entry on the menu, we picked it. Four days of sunshine and upper 70's and a cool ocean breeze will go down as the best weekend ever for the CCC. As expected there were some tremendous matchups and close games all weekend long. Both semi finals decided by a run, and the final was a tight 3-1 win win for the 2009 Champions, Framingham Orioles.

Recap:
The 16 team tournament concluded on Labor Day as the Bourne Division winners, Framingham Orioles defeated the Sagamore Division champs, Mashpee Pirates 3-1 to capture the 2009 Championship.  Game was played at Veterans Field in Chatham under perfect conditions. In the semi finals, the Orioles edged the Worcester Stars, (2008 finalist)  2 - 1 while the Pirates nipped Club Franz 4-3 (2007 Champion). For the Orioles of the Metro West Adult Baseball League, it was their first CCC championship in 6 year at the tournament. Eric Cormier and Phil Shaffer were the O's tournament co-MVP's as each had a win and a save. In the Championship game, Shaffer got the win going 7 2/3 giving up just 3 hits, 1 unearned run, 0 walks and 2 k's. Cormier was 1-3 with 2 RBI including the game winner and save in the title game.

2008 Final Results
2008 Results and Divisional Standings

Based on some of the results, some tremendous baseball was played this year on Labor Day weekend at the CCC.
Waltham Red Sox sore 5 in the 9th to edge the Black Sox. Defending Champs Club Franz tie The Black Sox in 11 innings (1-1), Top Hats tie the Red Sox 2-2 in 12, and a walk off home run leads the Stars over the Orioles 1-0 in 10 innings.

Recap:
Top Hats win their first CCC Championship with a 12-6 win over the Central Mass Stars 12-6. Top Hats Rob Ayala had 2 hits and 3 rbi (one of the hits was a tremendous bomb over the right center fence in the 2nd) Would have cleared the scoreboard at Whitehouse field.
Bobby Pagel had 2 hits and 3 rbi (bases clearing triple in the 6th put the nail in the coffin). He also made one of the best plays at short.
Dove to his left (full out)...got up and threw the guy out at first.
John Kroeger had 2 hits scored 3 runs and pitched a complete game.
Those are the highlights and the stars of the game. Team effort all the way.

2007 Final Results
2007 Results and Divisional Standings

Despite rain outs on Friday night, and a sprinkler incident on Saturday night, it was another great weekend at the CapeCodClassic. Thing don't always go as exactly scripted and planning for every potential problem in impossible. So you do the best you can and hope everyone understands that we try to do the right thing for the tournament.

Recap: Club Franz repeats as CCC Champion with a 6-2 victory over the Black Sox in Monday's Championship Finals. The Rockies led 2-0 going into the 8th inning - a true pitcher's duel between their own Mark Nickerson and O'Connor of the Blacksox, when Vermont's John Luter hit a two-out, two-run home run to square things up. Club Franz came storming back in the bottom half of the 8th, scoring 4 runs powered by Robby Linn, Jon Tenney, Eli Munkholm, Ryan Radabaugh & the legendary Franz Strassmann. Nickerson finished it up in the 9th to get the complete game victory, spinning a gem against a Blacksox offense that had previously been averaging over 10 runs a game. In the Bourne Semi finals, Club Franz defeated a much improved Rockies 8-6. The Black Sox run ruled the Rangers in the Sagamore Semi Final.

2006 Final Results
2006 Results and Divisional Standings

It took the rainiest summer on record to force the first cancellation of CapeCodClassic games. The Sunday wash-out resulted in a day of 3 inning shoot-outs to determine the division champions. Several games went to extra innings, where the extra frames started with the bases loaded, no outs. The Astros versus Stars game went 6 innings with the Astros coming back with two runs in both the 4th and 5th inning to tie the score. It was an exciting day of ball.

Recap: In a Classic Championship game pitcher's duel, Eli Munkholm and Pete Lucido from Club Franz outlasted Rob Monti and Brian Cassidy of the Scituate Tides 3-0 in 11 innings. Monti threw a blank slate through 8, but gave way to Brian Cassidy with a leg injury in the 9th inning. Greg Davis of Club Franz led off the 11th with a single, followed by consecutive hits from Ryan Radabaugh, Eli Munkholm, Mickey Garcia and Rob Linn to push across the 3 runs. Hats off to both teams for a crisp, well-played game where pitching and defense ruled, reminiscent of a 1970's Ali-Frazier Heavyweight Bout. RS

2005 Final Results
2005 Results and Divisional Standings

Recap: Defending their 2003 and 2004 championship, The Middlesex Thunder became the second team to win 3 CCC 
titles in a row, and win their 4th overall tournament title.  

The new 4 division format provided several win and in scenarios on Sunday.

Sagamore 1:
The Middlesex (MA) Thunder held on to a 3 run lead to beat the CT.Top Hats 3-2.
Sagamore 2:
The Bethlehem (CT) Plowboys go 3-0 with a 5-4 victory over the So. Burlington (VT) Black Sox.
Bourne 1:
Waltham (MA) Red Sox score 4 runs in the 9th inning to edge out the Naragansett (RI) Salts, 6-5
Bourne 2:
The only division to come down to the fewest run tie breaker with 3 teams 2-1, Club Frans (MA) allows 6 runs to advance.

Both Club Franz and Thunder advanced to Mondays final with one sided wins in the divisional finals.

The Championship game broke open in the 2nd inning when the Thunder sent 14 to the plate. Literally 
the ball bounced the Thunders way scoring 6 runs, highlighted by Russ Wards bases clearing double and 
Bobby Orr like scoring dive.  Steve Donavan overcame some middle inning trouble to win his 4th CCC 
championship game. 

Recap: The Middlesex Thunder defended their 2003 championship and in the process, tie The Scituate Twins
with 3 championships in tournament history.  

The Thunder scores their third championship in four years by defeating the Mashpee Knights 6-4.
It marked the first time each team made it to the finals with a tie during divisional play. 
A 2-1 game into the late innings, each team traded runs and the Thunder held off a couple of late
Knights threats to pull out the win.

Bourne Div:
The Knights finished 3-0-1, but needed to wait out the last game scheduled on Sunday to see 
if they would play another day. The Rangers knew before the game, they must win and hope for an 
earlier Knights loss or tie to advance. The 3-0 Black Sox needed a win and their in their second finals.  
Rangers beat the Sox 3-0, advancing the Knights. The Black Sox allowed a ridiculous 5 runs in 4 games.

Sagamore Div:
The Thunder faced their old foe the Twins on Friday night and neither team would blink in an 8-8 tie.
As expected the "Original Six" division took turns beating each other senseless, (Salt beat Twins, 
Stars beat Club Franz, Club Franz beats Salts, Twins beat Stars) in close 1 and 2 run games.
Thunder ace Steve Donavan (48) pitched 9 on Saturday and 9 in the finals for his 3rd CCC championship win.

Recap: The Thunder scored one run in the top of the 7th and held off several
Central Ma. Stars scoring threats in a 1-0 victory in the Championship game.
This is the second time the two teams had met in the finals (2001 & 2003).

Bourne Div:
The Stars finished the divisional play with a perfect 4-0 record, but had to
sweat it out for the results of the Sunday night game between
the 2-1 Black Sox and the 3-0 Orioles.  The Orioles needed a win and allow
less than six runs to make it to the finals. The Black Sox pulled out a 6-2 win in
11 innings that advanced the Stars to Monday.

Sagamore Div:
The Thunder faced The Mobic Reds on Sunday morning, both teams at 2-0. Mobic scored
3 in the 8th inning to take a one run lead. A 9th inning Homerun tied, and a 11th inning grand
slam sealed a win and a spot in the finals for the Thunder.  The Plowboys ended up a 1-0 loss 
to the Astro-Sox away from a spot in the finals after beating the Thunder 8-6 in the 
afternoon game.