catching up

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Apparently, I go into hibernation in November and December.

Time to catch up on a few things.

• The Y-D roster has been out for a little while now. At first glance, it might rival Cotuit's roster for the best group of freshmen. The most notable names in that bunch are Chase Davidson and Michael Palazzone of Georgia and Brett Mooneyham of Stanford. Other big names include LSU's star catcher Micah Gibbs, and returnees Josh Rutledge of Alabama and Andy Wilkins of Arkansas.

• It looks there are still four rosters that haven't come out -- Brewster, Chatham, Falmouth and Harwich.
  

• Brewster announced its new manager last month. It's Tom Myers, who's also the pitching coach and recruiting coordinator at UC-Santa Barbara. As far as I can tell, he and Harwich's Steve Englert are the only two Cape League managers who are also D-I assistants. I believe Myers is also the only D-I pitching coach.
  

• While home for Christmas, I discovered a bunch of old Cape League programs, going back as far as 1994. I thoroughly enjoyed flipping through them and seeing all the familiar names that, back then, were just names I'd never heard before. Also, I wrote in an earlier post about Kevin Seitzer's son being on the Hyannis roster that I thought Kevin Seitzer was a Cape League alum. I didn't know for sure, but one of the old Chatham A's books did confirm it. He played for the A's, and apparently, the 12-year-old version of me who insisted on keeping every Cape League book I got knew that the 25-year-old version of me would someday need that information.

That's it for now. I'll keep an eye out for new rosters and post some thoughts whenever they come out. After that, maybe some college baseball updates, and before we know it, it'll be time for the early looks at every team. I think that was the best thing I did last year, so I'll definitely be doing it again. I'll probably plan on a March start date for those.

Thanks for reading. Happy New Year, people.