Best Week Ever?

I think it might be. I realized this tonight as I was (a) doing research for the Harwich early look, (b) watching a Super Regional, (c) keeping tabs on draft rumors and (d) taking a nap. The nap is beside the point, but the other stuff: a perfect representation of a fantastic time of year.

After Thursday, the Cape League season will speed to August like a runaway train, one night of games blurring into the next. Players whose names I’ve already forgotten will become stars. Teams will create identities. Stories will be told. And then, in a blink, it’ll all be over. But now, now we have endless possibilities. We’ll have Omaha soon, too, and that’s always fun to watch. Then you’ve got the draft, where you can look at your buddy who doesn’t know know who Grant Green is and laugh.

So, yeah, this is kind of an awesome week.

I’ll see what I can do to make it a little better. The draft is set to start tomorrow, so I’ll be posting some updates on that. We’ve got a lot of former Cape Leaguers ticketed for the first round. There are also some names on ’09 rosters that could go pretty high.

I will also be trying my hardest to get all the early looks done. I have three left and three days left before the season starts. Perfect timing, if I didn’t have to still write them. I’ll give it a go, and even if they’re not all done by Thursday, they will be very soon. Also, I posted college stats for every player in the league last year, and I am planning on doing that again. That, too, might have to wait a little bit, but it’ll be there.

I’m planning on posting some general preview stuff, too, and I can tell you right now what the angle’s going to be: we’ve got some talent coming. I’ll go into detail later, but I really feel like the overall depth of talent in the league is going to be up from last year.

For now, I think you should check out the Wareham Gatemen twitter page, if you haven’t already. The Gatemen have already played two exhibition games, and that page has some nice updates. If I may make a ridiculously premature proclamation, Alex Dickerson, Ryan LaMarre and George Springer are looking like the best outfield in the league.

Also on the subject of the Gateman, there was a real interesting article on South Coast Today detailing “Life after a legend.”

Finally, I stumbled across some good stuff on PG Crosschecker. They posted mid-season All-American picks for each class in April, and from a Cape League perspective, the freshman and sophomore lists are both worth reading. With so much focus on draft-eligibile players, it’s sometimes hard to get a pre-summer feel for which Cape Leaguers are getting the most attention. This helps.

Alright. That is all I have. Yahoo for baseball. It’s almost here.

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