Beach Chairs and Baseball Bats
A Celebration of the Cape Cod Baseball League



          
More than three dozen players found in this fine book were selected in the Major League Baseball draft, and many have already made the majors! See and hear from future stars like these:


Pick
Drafted
by

Player

Pos.

'08 Club(s)
2004
Round 6 / #182

PHI

Sean Gamble

of

'06: Lakewood (A)
Round 41 / #1226 ARI Frank Curreri c Mobile (AA)
Tucson (AAA)
         
2005
Round 1 / #21

OAK

Cliff Pennington

ss

Midland (AA)
Sacramento (AAA)
Round 1 / #23 BOS Jacoby Ellsbury of BOSTON (AL)
Round 1 / #24 HOU Brian Bogusevic lhp Corpus Christi (AA)
Round 1 (supp.) / #31 ARI Matt Torra rhp Mobile (AA)
Tucson (AAA)
Round 2 / #52 COL Daniel Carte of Tulsa (AA)
Round 2 / #65 PHI Mike Costanzo 3b Norfolk (AAA)
Round 2 / #66 SD Chase Headley 3b Portland (AAA)
SAN DIEGO (NL)
Round 3 / #90 DET Chris Robinson c Tennesee (AA)
Round 3 / #102 CLE Jensen Lewis rhp Buffalo (AAA)
CLEVELAND (AL)
Round 4 / #121 PIT Brent Lillibridge ss Richmond (AAA)
Round 4 / #126 FLA Gaby Sanchez c Carolina (AA)
Round 4 / #132 SF Ben Copeland of Connecticut (AA)
Fresno (AAA)
Round 5 / #157 PHI Brett Harker rhp Clearwater (High A)
Reading (AA)
Round 6 / #187 PHI Justin Blaine lhp '07: Lakewood (A)
Round 7 / #210 DET P.J. Finigan rhp '07: Erie (AA)
Round 7 / #216 FLA Chris Leroux rhp Jupiter (High A)
Round 10 / #291 ARI Cody Evans rhp Visalia (High A)
Tucson (AAA)
Mobile (AA)
Round 12 / #380 STL Daniel McCutchen rhp did not sign
Round 13 / #382 KC Andrew Larsen of '07: Wilmington (High A)
Round 18 / #546 FLA Kyle Padgett ss '07: Jupiter (High A)
GCL Marlins (Rookie)
Round 21 / #651 STL Ryan Rohlinger ss did not sign
Round 23 / #681 ARI Travis Tully of '06: Yakima (Short A)
Round 25 / #762 SF Barry Gunther c Fresno (AAA)
Lake Elsinore (High A)
Round 26 / #789 TEX Ben Crabtree c '06: Clinton (A)
Bakersfield (High A)
Round 27 / #810 DET Will Rhymes 2b Erie (AA)
Round 32 / #963 BAL Josh Faiola rhp did not sign
         
2006
Round 1 / #17

SD

Matt Antonelli

3b

Portland (AAA)
Round 2 / #69 CLE Wes Hodges 3b Akron (AA)
Round 3 / #86 ARI Dallas Buck rhp '07: Visalia (High A)
Round 3 / #99 HOU Nick Moresi cf Lexington (A)
Salem (High A)
Round 3 / #101 CLE Adam Davis ss Kinston (High A)
Lake County (A)
Round 5 / #166 STL Shane Robinson cf Springfield (AA)
Memphis (AAA)
Round 6 / #176 SF Ryan Rohlinger ss San Jose (High A)
Connecticut (AA)
SAN FRANCISCO (NL)
Round 13 / #402 LAA Blake Holler lhp '07: Cedar Rapids (A)
Rancho Cucamonga (High A)
Round 13 / #404 NYY Daniel McCutchen rhp Trenton (AA)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Indianapolis (AAA)
Round 14/ #433 BOS Matt LaPorta 1b '06: Brewster (Cape League)
Round 17/ #517 PHI Jay Miller lf Clearwater (High A)
Lakewood (A)
Round 22/ #657 ARI Danny Perales cf Dayton (A)
Sarasota (High A)
Round 24 / #715 BAL Josh Faiola rhp '06: Bluefield (Rookie)
Aberdeen (Short A)
Round 35 / #1066 STL Jim Rapoport of Palm Beach (High A)
Springfield (AA)
Round 37 / #1102 DET Ryan LaMotta rhp did not sign
         
2007
Round 1 / #7

MIL

Matt LaPorta

lf

Huntsville (AA)
Akron (AA)