- Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox
The Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, or Y-D Red Sox, is an amateur baseball team based in
South Yarmouth, MA . The team is a member of theCape Cod Baseball League and plays in the league's Eastern Division. The Red Sox currently play their home games atRed Wilson Field in the town of South Yarmouth.The Red Sox are the defending Cape Cod Baseball League Champions after defeating the
Falmouth Commodores two games to none in the championship series in 2007. Y-D also won league titles in 2004 and 2006 and has made the playoffs in four of the last six seasons.History
The Pre-Modern Era
Baseball in the towns of Yarmouth and Dennis dates back to the early days of the Cape League. The
Yarmouth Indians won the Cape League title in 1958 after beating Sagamore in the championship series four games to three [ [http://www.ydredsox.org/history.htm 1958 Yarmouth Indians] . Retrieved2007 -07-04 ] . The Indians won the series again in 1960, just three years before the beginning of the Modern Era.The Modern Era
Yarmouth's first appearance in the league championship series in the Modern Era came in 1973, despite the team posting a losing record in the regular season. Yarmouth beat the regular-season champion
Chatham Athletics before losing to theCotuit Kettleers in the championship series in five games.The team's next appearance came four years later, in 1977 after again beating Chatham in the semi-finals. The now Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox would once again fall to Cotuit in the championship series three games to two.
Y-D would not return to the championship series until 1987. Despite losing the championship series to the
Harwich Mariners that year, the 1987 season marked the beginning of a four-year stretch in which the Red Sox would make the playoffs every season until 1990. During this span, Y-D would win three consecutive Eastern Division titles between 1988 and 1990 and would finally earn their first league championship in 1989 by sweeping theHyannis Mets in two games. The Red Sox would repeat this feat a year later, knocking out the Wareham Gatemen two games to one in the championship series.The Red Sox have enjoyed much success in the 21st century, winning the championship three times in the past four seasons. They defeated the
Falmouth Commodores to sweep the 2004 and 2007 championships two games to none, and came back to beat Wareham in 2006 two games to one after dropping the first game of the series at home. [ [http://www.capecodbaseball.org/archives/Records/awards_Champions.htm Cape League Championships] . Retrieved2007 -07-04 .] The 2007 team featured 2008 top-ten draft picks Jason Castro, Buster Posey, and Gordon Beckham.Red Sox in Media
The Red Sox hosted the 2006 All-Star Game, which was broadcast on
National Public Radio on Cape Cod. The game was broadcast by the team's play-by-play announcer,Dan Rubin , and the League's Director of Public Relations,John Garner .In the 2001 movie
Summer Catch , scenes where theChatham A's play on the road at Y-D were filmed at Red Wilson Field.Famous Alumni
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Craig Biggio 1986
*Morgan Ensberg 1997
*Brad Hawpe 1999
*Philip Humber 2003
*Brandon Morrow 2004-2005
*David Newhan 1993-1994
*J. J. Putz 1997 (Hyannis 1998)
*Russ Ortiz 1994
*Buster Posey 2006-2007
*Gordon Beckham 2007Fan Culture
Additionally, the Y-D Red Sox is the official home of the Sinker Burger and the Hurler Burger. The Sinker is a hamburger on a donut, with three varieties: down-the-middle, low-and-away, and high-and-inside (plain, powdered, and cinnamon). The Hurler, for those more adventurous, is a hamburger with a squirt of easy cheese gently nestled in the loving halves of a lightly-grilled jelly donut. [ [http://community.myfoxboston.com/blogs/marktherrien/2007/07/06/Just_What_Are_They_Feeding_YDs_Red_Sox2 Just What Are They Feeding Y-D's Red Sox!!!?] , Retrieved
2007 -07-06 ] [ [http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070706/SPORTS/707060320 Cape League characters: Y-D's Bob Phillips] , Retrieved2007 -07-09 ] [ [http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070725/LIFE/707250302 CapeCodTimes.com - Big hits in Cape League concessions] , Retrieved2007 -07-27 ]References
External links
* [http://www.ydredsox.org/ Y-D Home Page]
* [http://www.capecodbaseball.org/ CCBL Home Page]
* [http://baseball.cape.com/ CCBL Broadcast Page]
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