Hargrove Named to Cape Cod Baseball All-Star Game
7/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
July 28, 2006
CAPE COD, Mass. - University of Houston righthander Ricky Hargrove will be busy this weekend as he competes at Red Wilson Field in South Yarmouth during the Cape Cod Baseball League's 44th-annual All-Star Game.
The game is scheduled to begin at 3:05 p.m. (CDT), Saturday and will be streamed at www.capeandislands.org. Fans can also tune into the Cape Cod Baseball League Network powered by Cape.Com, available online at www.capecodbaseball.org, which includes instructions for listening both online and by phone.
This summer, Hargrove has compiled a 2-0 record with 27 strikeouts and a minuscule 0.76 ERA as a member of the Chatham Athletics. He was named to the East Division All-Star Team in voting by the league's 10 field managers.
As a sophomore for the 2006 Cougar squad, Hargrove compiled an 8-6 record with 82 strikeouts and a 3.31 ERA in 100.2 innings of work. The Katy, Texas, native was honored as the Conference USA Pitcher of the Week on May 8 after limiting UCF to only two runs (one earned) with a career-best nine strikeouts in 8.1 innings.
The first modern-era Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game took place in 1963 with a game between the best of the Cape League and the best of the Cranberry League. Cape League All-Stars took on the stars of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League from 1970-1987 in Cape League parks as well as at Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium and Veterans Park.
The Cape Cod Baseball League changed to an East versus West game in 1988, and the divisional battle has been ongoing ever since. Last year at McKeon Park in Hyannis, the East squad squeaked out a 1-0 victory in the ninth inning to earn their third straight All-Star game victory over the West, highlighted by a Colin Curtis (Orleans) leadoff double and eventual winning run. Curtis (Arizona State) and Daniel Bard (North Carolina) were named the game's most valuable players.
A record total of 198 Cape League players were on Major League Baseball rosters last year, including Boston Red Sox catcher and team captain Jason Varitek (Hyannis '91 & '93), slugging infielders Brian Roberts (Chatham '98) of the Baltimore Orioles and Nomar Garciaparra (Orleans '93) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, outfielders Lance Berkman (Wareham `96) of the Houston Astros and Jason Bay (Chatham '99) of the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitchers Mark Mulder (Bourne '97) of the St. Louis Cardinals and Barry Zito (Wareham '97-'98) of the Oakland A's.
The West-leading Cotuit Kettleers placed eight players on the All-Star team. The East-leading Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox also had eight selections, while the Falmouth Commodores and Brewster Whitecaps each had six.
Shaun Seibert (4-0, 0.00 ERA, 30 SO) of the Brewster Whitecaps has been selected as the starting pitcher for the East, while Charlie Furbush (2-1, 1.85 ERA, 31 SO) of the Hyannis Mets is the starting hurler for the West.
Starters for the East squad include first baseman Matt LaPorta (.273, 4 HR, 15 RBI) of Brewster, second baseman Chris Carrara (.282, 0 HR, 3 RBI) of Chatham, shortstop Buster Posey (.299, 2 HR, 15 RBI) of Y-D, third baseman Reid Fronk (.319, 0 HR, 8 RBI) of Chatham, catcher Josh Donaldson (.324, 4 HR, 18 RBI) of Harwich, designated hitter Matt Wieters (.330, 5 HR, 15 RBI) of Orleans, left fielder Luke Sommer (.276, 2 HR, 13 RBI) of Y-D, center fielder Justin Snyder (.248, 2 HR, 10 RBI) of Brewster and right fielder Antone DeJesus (.242, 0 HR, 3 RBI) of Harwich.
East reserves include infielders Josh Satin (.266, 0 HR, 17 RBI) of Orleans, Brad Emaus (.230, 3 HR, 20 RBI) of Y-D and Matt Cusick (283, 1 HR, 9 RBI) of Brewster and catcher Danny Lehmann (.254, 1 HR, 5 RBI) of Y-D. Joining Hargrove and Seibert on the mound are Brett Cecil (8 SV, 1.52 ERA, 31 SO) of Orleans, Joshua Fields (9 SV, 1.98 ERA, 20 SO) of Y-D, Terry Doyle (4-1, 3.32 ERA, 43 SO) of Y-D, Tony Watson (4-1, 2.25 ERA, 40 SO) of Harwich, Dan Merklinger (3-0, 1.04 ERA, 38 SO) of Harwich, Clayton Shunick (4-3, 1.37 ERA, 30 SO) of Orleans, Nate Boman (2-1, 1.54 ERA, 27 SO) of Y-D, Will Atwood (2-0, 1.61 ERA, 20 SO) of Brewster, Donnie Hume (3-0, 2.52 ERA, 34 SO) of Y-D and Scott Maine (3-1, 1.80 ERA, 19 SO) of Brewster. (Note - all statistics are through 24 July 2006.).
The starting lineup for the West includes first baseman Justin Smoak (.288, 6 HR, 19 RBI) of Cotuit, second baseman Eric Farris (.330, 0 HR, 12 RBI) of Cotuit, shortstop Reese Havens (.286, 2 HR, 12 RBI) of Cotuit, third baseman Matt Mangini (.310, 1 HR, 13 RBI) of Hyannis, catcher Mitch Canham (.344, 2 HR, 8 RBI) of Falmouth, DH Brett Wallace (.270, 4 HR, 13 RBI) of Falmouth, left fielder Jeffrey Rea (.291, 0 HR, 18 RBI) of Cotuit, center fielder Brad Chalk (.296, 0 HR, 7 RBI) of Falmouth and right fielder David Cash (.300, 0 HR, 5 RBI) of Bourne.
West reserves include catchers Joel Collins (.258, 1 HR, 3 RBI) of Wareham and Sean Gaston (252, 2 HR, 14 RBI) of Cotuit, infielder Brett Bartles (.279, 1 HR, 16 RBI) of Bourne and outfielder Warren McFadden (.263, 6 HR, 15 RBI) of Falmouth. Reserve pitchers include Jeremy Bleich (1-1, 1.60 ERA, 26 SO) of Wareham, Travis Banwart (2-1, 0.90 ERA, 16 SO) of Wareham, Connor Graham (2-0, 2.81 ERA, 20 SO) of Wareham, Andrew Carignan (3 SV, 0.00 ERA, 14 SO) of Bourne, Tom Farmer (1-2, 1.56 ERA, 26 SO) of Bourne, Daniel Latham (7 SV, 1.69 ERA, 15 SO) of Hyannis, James Simmons (4-1, 1.24 ERA, 33 SO) of Cotuit, Jay Brown (3-0, 0.00 ERA, 17 SO) of Cotuit, Cory Gearrin (6 SV, 1.80 ERA, 27 SO) of Cotuit, David Kopp (2-2, 0.66 ERA, 16 SO) of Falmouth and Sam Demel (8 SV, 1.56 ERA, 25 SO) of Falmouth.
Managing the West Division All-Stars this year will be Field Manager Harvey Shapiro (Bourne), assisted by Mike Roberts (Cotuit), Jeff Trundy (Falmouth), Greg King (Hyannis) and Cooper Farris (Wareham).
Managing the East Division All-Stars will be Field Manager Kelly Nicholson (Orleans), assisted by Bob Macaluso (Brewster), John Schiffner (Chatham), Steve Englert (Harwich) and Scott Pickler (Y-D).
