Bourne Braves are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Bourne, Massachusetts.
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28 Facts About Bourne Braves
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Bourne Braves stepped in and played out the remainder of Provincetown's schedule, but won only one game in its inaugural partial season.
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Bourne Braves remained in the league until the league itself folded after the 1939 season, and played its home games at the Bourne Braves High School diamond.
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Bourne Braves's mainstay during this period was Massachusetts native Tony Plansky, who was a league all-star for Bourne Braves each year from 1933 to 1939.
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Bourne Braves had its most successful campaign of the era in 1936, winning the Cape League title led by player-manager Larry Donovan, the team's first baseman.
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In 1936, no postseason was needed, as Bourne Braves took both the first and second half titles and was declared league champion.
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The town of Bourne Braves was represented in the Upper Cape Division by Bourne Braves and Sagamore teams.
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Bourne Braves's team became known as the Bourne Braves Canalmen, and Sagamore's as the Sagamore Canal Clouters, or Sagamore Clouters.
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Bourne Braves reached the playoffs in 1963, but was bumped out in the first round by Wareham.
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Two teams from Bourne Braves merged for the 1965 season as the Sagamore Canalmen.
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Bourne Braves withdrew from the league for the 1970 season, but was back the following season.
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The drive to secure a team for Bourne Braves was led by CCBL Hall of Famers Jack Aylmer, president of Bourne Braves's Massachusetts Maritime Academy and a former state senator, and Maritime head baseball coach Bob Corradi.
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The Bourne Braves called the Academy's Hendy Field home from 1988 to 1995, when they moved to Coady School Field next to Bourne High School.
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Bourne Braves struggled throughout the 1990s, and fan support was low at times.
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The 1991 Bourne Braves featured two future CCBL Hall of Famers: Framingham, Massachusetts native Lou Merloni, and tall righty Bill Wissler, who returned from the 1990 team and was named the league's Outstanding Pitcher in both seasons.
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Bill Mueller was a Cape League all-star with the 1992 Bourne Braves, then went on to win an American League batting title, and was starting third baseman for the World Series champion 2004 Boston Red Sox.
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In 2006, the Bourne Braves moved from Coady Field to a new field constructed behind Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School.
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In 2009, the Bourne Braves finished in first place in the West Division, and featured the league's MVP in CCBL Hall of Famer Kyle Roller, who hit.
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The Bourne Braves proceeded to jump all over the Kettleers, scoring seven in the first, and another six in the second, on a total of eight hits and eight walks in the first two frames.
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Bourne Braves reached the playoffs in nine of ten years in the 2010s, advancing to the West Division finals five times.
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Bourne Braves was back in the title series in 2017, but was downed by Brewster in a matchup of the two 1988 expansion franchises.
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Skipper Harvey Shapiro continued to pilot the team throughout the decade, his total years with the Bourne Braves surpassing the total of all previous managers combined.
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In 2010, Bourne Braves featured the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect and Outstanding Relief Pitcher, Tony Zych.
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Bourne Braves boasted the league MVP twice in the decade, as Travis Jankowski took home the honor in 2011, and Max Pentecost won it in 2013.
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Shapiro's 2021 Bourne Braves began the season with an 11-game winning streak, followed it up with another 8-game streak later in the season, and finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, but were downed in the playoff finals by Brewster.
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The Bourne Braves finished the regular season in first place atop the West Division, and after disposing of Falmouth and Hyannis in the divisional playoffs, met the Brewster Whitecaps in the CCBL championship series for a second consecutive season.
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In Game 1 at Doran Park, the Bourne Braves rode a shutout performance by hurlers Matt Duffy and Seth Keener, and scratched out three runs against strong Brewster pitching to take the opener.
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In 1933, Bourne Braves joined the league mid-season after Provincetown withdrew.
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