Falmouth Commodores
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The Falmouth Commodores are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Falmouth, Massachusetts
. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League
and plays in the league's Western Division. Falmouth currently plays its home games at Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field, one of 6 ballparks in the Cape League with the luxury of lights. Like other Cape League teams, the Commodores are funded through merchandise sales, donations, and other fundraising efforts at games such as fifty-fifty raffles.
In 2007, the Commodores finished the season with 44 points, placing them in second place in the Western Division and in the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. Falmouth has not won the league championship since 1980, despite reaching the championship series three times since then.
, a former Commodors shortstop in 1919, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948, becoming the first former Falmouth player to earn that honor.
three games to one to win the crown. The Commodores went on the win the Cape League championship four consecutive years between 1968 and 1971, culminating a span of six years in which they won the league title five times.
The only other championship for Falmouth came in 1980 when they again defeated the Chatham Athletics three games to two. The Commodores have lost in the finals four times since that year, most recently in the 2011 season, when they fell to the Harwich Mariners
two games to none.
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Falmouth is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States; Barnstable County is coextensive with Cape Cod. The population was 31,531 at the 2010 census....
. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League
Cape Cod Baseball League
The Cape Cod Baseball League is a collegiate summer baseball league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, in which many college baseball stars play during the summer. Many future Major League Baseball players have started there during their college years; MLB has provided...
and plays in the league's Western Division. Falmouth currently plays its home games at Arnie Allen Diamond at Guv Fuller Field, one of 6 ballparks in the Cape League with the luxury of lights. Like other Cape League teams, the Commodores are funded through merchandise sales, donations, and other fundraising efforts at games such as fifty-fifty raffles.
In 2007, the Commodores finished the season with 44 points, placing them in second place in the Western Division and in the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. Falmouth has not won the league championship since 1980, despite reaching the championship series three times since then.
Pre-modern era
Falmouth has been a member of the Cape League since its inception in the early 1900s. Pie TraynorPie Traynor
Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and radio broadcaster. He played his entire Major League Baseball career as a third baseman with the Pittsburgh Pirates . He batted and threw right-handed...
, a former Commodors shortstop in 1919, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948, becoming the first former Falmouth player to earn that honor.
Modern era
Falmouth was the dominant team in the Cape League from the mid-1960s through the early 1970s. Falmouth reached the championship series six consecutive times beginning in 1966, when they defeated the Chatham AthleticsChatham Athletics
The Chatham Anglers, more commonly referred to as the Chatham A's and formerly the Chatham Athletics, are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Chatham, MA. Prior to the 2009 season, the team changed its name to the Chatham Anglers due to Major League Baseball Properties' trademark of...
three games to one to win the crown. The Commodores went on the win the Cape League championship four consecutive years between 1968 and 1971, culminating a span of six years in which they won the league title five times.
The only other championship for Falmouth came in 1980 when they again defeated the Chatham Athletics three games to two. The Commodores have lost in the finals four times since that year, most recently in the 2011 season, when they fell to the Harwich Mariners
Harwich Mariners
The Harwich Mariners are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Harwich, MA. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League and plays in the league's Eastern Division. Harwich currently plays its home games at Whitehouse Field in the historic village of Harwich Center...
two games to none.
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