Where are they now? Cape Cod League edition

by anomaly_kat on Nov 21, 2008 10:26 PM PST

Last month, my mom and I went to Cape Cod for a family wedding. Since the mom enjoys seeing presidential libraries and such, we went to the JFK Museum in Hyannis. In a moment of serendipity, we found out that the Cape Cod Baseball League's Hall of Fame and Museum had just opened in the basement of the JFK Museum last July.

We ventured on down...

I got excited... (yeah, I know... no real relation, but you have to admit they have a great logo and mascot!)

The hallway as you exited the elevator...

...and I saw that they had some leftover media guides for the Wareham Gatemen. I grabbed one, thumbed through it, and what should I see....

Nice to hear what he's up to. :)

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Buckley!!!

He’s a good guy.

by mikev on Nov 21, 2008 11:21 PM PST reply actions

He gave my fiancee a baseball after a game in Chicago once

Went into the dugout to get it, came back out, and flipped it to her.

I’m glad he’s still in baseball.

"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -Bill Watterson

by nevermoor on Nov 22, 2008 10:17 AM PST up reply actions

He gave my brother pitching lessons.

We’re related via marriage.

by mikev on Nov 22, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions

I never knew why he left the A's....

was it because Chavez the Lessor needed a baseball job?

"You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat."--The Boys of Summer

by alox on Nov 22, 2008 10:48 AM PST up reply actions

No, he was already on the team

Your 2008 Athletics: It's Nothing Personal.

by PaulThomas on Nov 22, 2008 11:11 AM PST up reply actions

No, it was because he wanted to stop traveling and be with his family year round.

by mikev on Nov 22, 2008 12:18 PM PST up reply actions

I thought it was because the relief pitchers kept asking to ghostride his Volvo

by Englishmajor on Nov 22, 2008 3:20 PM PST up reply actions

Good post - thanks!

My grandparents, and now parents, live in Chatham so I grew up a fan of the Chatham A’s. I love looking back at my old programs that I’d get autographed to find names like Jeff Bagwell, Dmitri Young, Jason Bay, David DeJesus, Eric Byrnes, Brian Roberts, etc. I’ll have to check out the museum next time I’m back home.

Interestingly the Chatam A’s and the other Cape League teams have been just recently told they can’t use MLB team names without paying some exorbitant sums for licensing, so the Chatam A’s are from now on going to be the Chatham Anglers. Appropriate, as it was first and foremost a fishing town.

by Sliderule on Nov 24, 2008 9:26 AM PST reply actions