Cotuit Kettleers are a collegiate summer baseball team based in the village of Cotuit, Massachusetts, which is in the southwest corner of the town of Barnstable.
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26 Facts About Cotuit Kettleers
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Cotuit Kettleers took both ends of a July 4 doubleheader against Falmouth in 1904, and repeated the feat in 1905, sweeping Falmouth in another holiday twin bill.
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Cotuit Kettleers finished atop the Upper Cape Division standings for the 1949 season's second half, but was downed by first half champ Falmouth in the Upper Cape finals.
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The Cotuit Kettleers joined Wareham, Falmouth, Bourne and Sagamore in the Upper Cape Division.
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In 1963, the Cotuit Kettleers continued to ride their success into the newly-reorganized league, returning many of the same faces, including McCarthy, Kilroy, Mayo, Helzel, Sikorsky, and Butkus, who was the league's Outstanding Pitcher with a minuscule 1.
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The Cotuit Kettleers took the semi-final series against Falmouth, two games to one, and met fourth-place upset winner Chatham in the best-of-five Cape League title series.
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Cotuit Kettleers tied it in the top of the eighth, and Herbst found his redemption at the plate in the ninth.
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Cotuit Kettleers skippered the club for nine seasons, qualifying for postseason play in all nine campaigns, and winning three league titles.
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In Greer's first season, the Cotuit Kettleers starred CCBL Hall of Fame second baseman and future major leaguer Tim Teufel, who hit.
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In 1981, the Cotuit Kettleers starred CCBL Hall of Famer Jeff Innis, who led the league with a 2.
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Cotuit Kettleers was joined by CCBL Hall of Famer Terry Steinbach, who led the league with a stunning.
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Cotuit Kettleers took the decisive final game on the strength of Vaughn's three-run homer in the sixth, claiming its 11th championship crown.
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The '85 Cotuit Kettleers boasted the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect in John Ramos, as well as future major leaguer Ruben Amaro Jr.
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The 1986 Cotuit Kettleers featured the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect, Cris Carpenter, and reached the league title series for the fourth consecutive season, but fell to Orleans.
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Game 2 provided more late-inning drama as Josh Gandy tossed seven scoreless innings and Cotuit Kettleers won it in the 10th on Brandon Berger's two-run dinger.
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Cotuit's Ryan Lynch pitched brilliantly in Game 3, and the game was scoreless until the eighth when the Kettleers pushed across the game's only run on a sacrifice fly to win the series.
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Coutts sent Gandy to the hill, and the game was tight until the Cotuit Kettleers erupted for seven runs in the fifth, punctuated by Glenn Davis' three-run bomb.
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Coutts' 1996 Cotuit Kettleers returned hurlers Cressend and Gandy, and both had memorable seasons.
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Cotuit Kettleers met Wareham in the playoff semifinals, and swept the Gatemen in two straight.
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Cotuit Kettleers met Chatham in the finals for the third time in the decade, having split the previous two meetings.
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Garrett Quinn piloted the Kettleers to a first-place finish atop the West Division in 2002, as Cotuit set a new Cape League record by winning its first 13 games of the season, a streak which included a combined no-hitter against Chatham at Lowell Park by Kettleer moundsmen Joe Little, Jarred Stuart, Kevin Ool, and Josh Banks.
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The Cotuit Kettleers reached the league championship series in 2008, but were downed by Harwich.
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Roberts' 2010 Cotuit Kettleers finished the regular season with a losing record, but qualified for the playoffs out of the third place slot in the West Division.
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In Game 3, Cotuit Kettleers got a homer and a single from Mike Yastrzemski and three hits from Joey Hainsfurther, while Nick Tropeano was shutting down the Red Sox on the mound.
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Game 2 at Eldredge Park was tight until the eighth, when Cotuit Kettleers blew it open with four runs on an Orleans error and a two-run knock by Nolan Clark.
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Cotuit Kettleers took home top honors in 2017 as Greyson Jenista was named league MVP, and Griffin Conine, son of former major leaguer and Orleans Cardinal Jeff Conine, was named the league's Outstanding Pro Prospect.
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