Brewster Whitecaps

The Brewster Whitecaps are an amateur baseball team based in Brewster, MA. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League and plays in the league's Eastern Division. Brewster currently plays its home games at Whitecaps Field, Brewster's new field which opened in 2006 [ [http://www.brewsterwhitecaps.com/newfield.htm Whitecaps Field] . Retrieved 2007-07-04] . Like other Cape League teams, the Whitecaps are funded through merchandise sales, donations, and other fundraising efforts at games such as fifty-fifty raffles.

Last season, Brewster finished in third place in the Cape Cod Baseball League's Eastern Division. The Whitecaps' last playoff appearance came in 2006, where they lost the Eastern Division Championship Series two games to one to the eventual Cape Cod Baseball League Champion Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. The Whitcaps won their only league championship in 2000, when they finished twelve games above .500 and swept the Hyannis Mets in the championship series.

History

The Whitecaps first season in the Cape League was 1988 when both they and the Bourne Braves were inaugurated into the league [1993 Brewster Whitecaps Yearbook, p. 9] . Brewster would qualify for the post-season the next year, when they lost in the Eastern Division Championship Series to Yarmouth-Dennis two games to none. Brewster would again be eliminated in the Division Championship Series in 1992 by the Chatham Athletics.

Brewster's first championship series appearance came in 1994 after defeating the Orleans Cardinals in the Division Championship Series two games to one. The Whitecaps would, however, be swept by the Western Division Champion Wareham Gatemen that year, two games to none.

Brewster finally broke through in 2000 when they claimed the league championship after winning 28 games that season. In the playoffs, Brewster defeated Chatham two games to one to advance to the championship series, where they swept the Hyannis Mets in two games. This title in 2000 remains the Whitecaps only Cape League championship to date.

Brewster's recent success in the regular season has not translated into post-season success. Though they have qualified for the playoffs in three of the last five years, Brewster has been unable to get past the Eastern Division Championship Series, losing each year to the eventual Cape League champions. [ [http://www.capecodbaseball.org/archives/Records/awards_Champions.htm Cape League Championships] . Retrieved 2007-07-04.]

Famous Alumni

*Geoff Blum 1993
*Sean Casey 1994
*Bobby Kielty 1998
*Mike Myers 1988, 1989
*Aaron Rowand 1996, 1997
*Chase Utley 1998
*Billy Wagner 1993
*Todd Walker 1994
*Kip Wells 1998
*Ryan Braun 2004

References

External links

* [http://www.brewsterwhitecaps.com/ Brewster Whitecaps official site]
* [http://www.capecodbaseball.org/ CCBL Home Page]