TEAM USA UPDATE-  USA Baseball announced their roster now that the trials period has concluded.  Among the six Gatemen that were invited, Kendal Volz (Baylor), Andy Oliver (Oklahoma State), Mike Minor (Vanderbilt) and Derek Dietrich (Georgia Tech) have all been named to the final roster.  Rick Hague (Rice) has notified the Gatemen that an injury during the college world series will require rehab this summer and that he will not be playing for Team USA or the Gatemen this summer.  Josh Phegley (Indiana) was not among those listed on the final roster but has notified the Gatemen that he is returning to Indiana for an MRI and his status is unknown at this time.  USA Baseball still has 2 remaining roster spots to fill.  Team USA roster announcement

EARLY SEASON LEAGUE LEADERS-  Thanks to 2 shutout wins in the first week of the season, Max Perlman (Harvard) and Brandon Workman (Texas) are tied for the league lead in era at 0.00 and wins with 1.  Brett Eibner (Arkansas) is tied for the lead league in stolen bases with 4.

BLAKE DEAN CONTINUE IS CWS-  Gatmen OF Blake Dean from LSU hit a GW double to cap an incredible come from behind victory over Rice at the College World Series in Omaha, NE.  LSU plays the rain-delayed conclusion to their game vs. North Carlolina in a elimination game today. (6/20).

See Youtube video of dramatic hit below.

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     Brett Eibner (Arkansas)

Email our broadcasters during the game

     McKeon Park in Hyannis.

SUCCESS IN NEW BEDFORD - The Gatemen are now 2-1 in New Bedford for the past three seasons and have on more game at Walsh Field on July 11th.  The Gatemen defeated Orleans 2-0 last Monday evening.  Wareham was 0-4 vs. Orleans last season.

HYANNIS LIGHTING CEREMONY -  Saturday (6/21) night's game in Hyannis will be preceded by a ceremony to dedicate the new light's at McKeon Park.  For the first time in year's the Mets will have night games in Hyannis.

GOOD YEAR BLIMP TO FLY OVER SPILLANE-  The GoodYear Blimp will fly over Spillane Field on June 13th as part of the ceremonies honoring Gatemen President John Wylde.  For a complete list of all pregame ceremonies, see this story from gatemen.org.

FIRST NEW BEDFORD GAME SET FOR MONDAY-  The Wareham Gatemen will play the first of two "home" games in New Bedford, MA vs. the Orleans Cardinals on Monday, June 16th at 6:30pm (est.).  The Gatemen have played a game in New Bedford each of the past two seasons and will play two games at Walsh Field in '08.  

ZACH BREWSTER "SUMMER BASEBALL" BLOG - Gatemen LHP Zach Brewster from Georgia Tech is writing a blog on the Georgia Tech website all summer; discussing his experience on Cape Cod and with the Wareham Gatemen. See Zach's blog.

HARVARD/GATEMEN CONNECTION -  Harvard University Baseball and the Wareham Gatemen have a special connection.  Harvard Head Coach Joe Walsh is former Gatemen coach, President John Wylde is a distinguished member of the Harvard alumni and many Crimson players have worn the Gatemen uniform.  This year is no exception as four Harvard players competed for the Gatemen during the preseason; two remain on the roster.  Tyler Albright and Dan Zailskas played in the 3 preseason game vs. the Columbus All-Americans and RHP Max Perlman and OF Tom Stack- Babich remain on the roster; Perlman on the permanent roster and Stach-Babich hoping to make the team as a non-roster invitee.

The "Harvard-Gatemen" Connection

Be sure to tune into our live broadcast of "John Wylde Night" on June 13th beginning at 4:35pm(est.)

Zach Brewster pitching for Gatemen vs. Columbus All-Americans.

The Gatemen open up the 2008 Season on Friday, June 13th at 7:00pm.

BLAKE DEAN PLAYING IN COLLEGE WORLD SERIES -  Gatemen OF Blake Dean from LSU along with USA-Invitee Rick Hague from Rice are the only two member of the Wareham Gatemen roster remaining in the College World Series.  Dean was recently named a Baseball America First Team All-American.  Buster Posey from Georgia and the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox was named their Player of the Year.  Baseball America All-American Team.

MORE ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS ANNOUNCED -  Rivals.com has also named their All-American Team and includes former Gatemen OF/1B/LHP Ike Davis from Arizona State on the first team and LHP and USA Invitee Andy Oliver from Oklahoma State on the second team.  Additionally, Ping Baseball named Ike Davis to their first team and USA Invitee Josh Phegley from Indiana to their second team.

DEREK DIETRICH NAMED NCBWA FRESHMAN "HITTER OF THE YEAR" -  The National College Baseball Writers Association named Derek Dietrich from Georgia Tech; a Gatemen roster player and USA-Invitee, as their National Freshman Hitter of the Year.  They also named Dietrich to their All-Freshman First Team and added fellow USA-Invitee and Gatemen roster player Rick Hague to the second team.  See story.

RYAN PINEDA NAMED BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR -  Recently signed Gatemen INF Ryan Pineda from Cal State Northridge was named the Big West Conference Freshman of the Year.  Ryan was also announced as a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American.  See story.

GATEMEN ROSTER CHANGES -  The Gatemen have made a number of roster changes.  Russell Moldenhauer from Texas injured his knee in the last game of the season for the Longhorns and will not be coming to Wareham this season after having surgery.  Also, Chris Hicks, drafted by the Houston Astros last week, was signed for his 3rd season with the Gatemen after coming off of an All-Star season in Wareham in '07 as the closer.

TEAM USA INVITES 6 GATEMEN-  USA Baseball has announced their second round of invitees that will tryout for the national team.  The list includes six Gatemen roster players, including Andy Oiver - Oklahoma State, Kendal Volz - Baylor, Mike Minor - Vanderbilt, Josh Phegley - Indiana, Rick Hague - Rice and Derek Dietrich - Georgia Tech. See entire list.

COLLEGE BASEBALL SUPER-REGIONALS SET-  The Super-Regionals take place this weekend and many Gatemen remain in contention.  Gatemen players still in contention are playing for LSU, Rice and Stanford.

MLB 2008 DRAFT JUNE 6TH-Tune into ESPN or follow along online on Thursday to see the 2008 MLB Draft.  Come back to www.gatemen.org to find out which Gatemen have been selected.

MILITARY ALL-STARS COME TO CAPE - The Military All-Stars will once again come to Cape Cod to play a pair of games vs. a select CCBL roster; representing all teams.  The Gatemen are pleased to announce that three players will be participating in these games.  LHP Alex Simas from Massasoit CC, SS Shea Vucinich from Washington State University and 3B/RHP Dan Zailkas from Harvard University will be on the Cape Cod League roster.  For more details, goto to www.capecodbaseball.org.

ALL STAR GAME IN CHATHAM TO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON NESD - For the second consecutive year, the CCBL All-Star game will be televised on the New England Sports Network but this time it will be live.  The game will also be broadcast live once again on NPR radio.  More All-Star Game details will be posted at a later date.

"GATEMEN WEEKLY" SHOW ON MONDAYS -The previously announced "Gatemen Weekly" show, hosted by Gatemen broadcasters Sam Eshelman and Justin Ienuso will be broadcast live on Mondays all summer at 4:00. (Check schedule for exact dates.)  The show will be broadcast on Teamline like our game broadcasts and will be archived and available for "anytime" listening.  Check out our pressbox page for more details.

The Gatemen will open up the regular season on Friday, June 14th vs. the Falmouth Commodores.

Aaron Baker from Oklahoma was one of many roster additions made by the Gatemen this week.

The Military All-Stars vs. the CCBL will take place this weekend at YD and Harwich.

GATEMEN MAKE NUMBER OF ROSTER CHANGES-  The 2008 Gatemen roster was updated with a number of roster changes that are reflected on our roster page.  These are the changes:

No longer on roster:  Dustin Dickerson - Baylor (taking summer classes and will play in Texas Collegiate League), Dean Keikhefer - Louisville (injury), Ben Blanton - Vanderbilt

Non-roster players removed from roster:  Ike Davis - Arizona State, Diallo Fon - Arizona, Riley Boening - Texas

Team USA Invitees -  Kendal Volz - Baylor, Mike Minor - Vanderbilt, Derek Dietrich - Georgia Tech, Rich Hague - Rice, Josh Phegley - Indiana, Andy Oliver - Oklahoma State

Additions as Non-Roster Invitees - Shea Vucinich - Washington State, Dan Zailkas - Harvard, Matt Way - Washington State, Chase Anderson - Oklahoma, Aaron Baker - Oklahoma, Tyler Albright - Harvard, John Folino - UCONN, Matt Giusti - Stonehill, David Hike - Mass Maritime, Andrew Martin - Thomas College, Ryan Pineda - Cal St Northridge, Jimmy Saris - Georgetown, Alex Simas - Massasoit CC, Tom Stack-Babich - Harvard

GATEMEN SIGN LOCAL PITCHER-  The Waeham Gatemen have signed LHP from Massasoit CC, Alex Simas from Wareham, Massachusetts.  Alex pitched for Wareham High School and played his home games at Spillane Field. Alex is signed as a non-roster invitee and has been invited to represent the Gatemen in the Cape Cod Baseball League vs. Military All-Stars in the annual games that are being played this weekend.

IKE DAVIS NAMED FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN-  2007 Gatemen LHP/1B Ike Davis from Arizona State was named a first team, Louisville Slugger All-American.  Josh Phegley from Indiana was named to the second team.  You will find many familiar Cape Cod League names among those honored.  See list.

TWO GATEMEN SHORT-STOPS NAMED FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICANS-  Derek Dietrich - Georgia Tech and Rick Hague - Rice, both invited to the team USA Trials, have been named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans.  See list.

BLAKE DEAN NAMED NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK-  Blake Dean from LSU and an incoming 2nd year OF for the Gatemen was named the National Player of the Week for his outstanding offensive performance in the SEC Tournament.  See story.

2008 PLAYER BIOS AND PICS NOW AVAILABLE-  The 2008 Gatemen player bios and pictures are now available from our roster page.  Click on the camera icon next to each player's name and learn more about the team.  Click here to goto our roster page.

CONFERENCE TOURNEYS IN FULL SWING-  Heading towards the NCAA Tournament and 2008 College World Series, the conference tournaments across the country are in full swing, with many conference tournament finals being playing today. (Sunday, May 25th)  Many Gatemen roster players are helping their teams; including OF Blake Dean from LSU; who hit a grand slam to help the Tigers win their 19th straight game by leading LSU to the SEC final.  Follow the action on our roster page by clicking on the team sites or by going over to our extensive baseball links section.

Blake Dean mobbed by his teammates after grandslam.

NCAA SELECTION SHOW-Tune into ESPN on Memorial Day at 12:30pm to see the 64 teams that will be selected and/or have qualified to participate in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.  Rivals.com updated their projected list of participants.  See story.

FOX 25 BOSTON TO BROADCAST FROM SPILLANE - The Fox affiliate from Boston will broadcast their sports report live from Spillane Field on John Wylde Night, June 13th.  Tune it to see game highlights and other features.

GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD SEMI-FINALISTS -USA Baseball has released their 50 semi-finalists for the Golden Spikes Award; given annuall to the nation's top player.  Ike Davis, Gatemen OF from Arizona State University, has been named to this distinquished list.  See complete list.

Ricky Hague, SS from Rice, named to Conf-USA All-Freshman Team

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CONFERENCE HONORS FOR GATEMEN- Many conferences around the country have announced their all-league teams and many former and current Gatemen have been honored:

JOHNNY BENCH AWARD SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED- The 12 semi-finalists from across the country that have been named as Johnny Bench award semi-finalists include Gatemen catcher and CCBL All-Star Josh Phegley from Indiana.  See complete list

GATEMEN ALUMNI-  If you played for the Gatemen at anytime during our history, drop us a note. We are having a great response to our request to gather contact information from our former players.  We'd love to hear from you!! Click here to fill out a simple form to be include in our database.

ROGER CLEMENS AWARD SEMI-FINALISTS ANNOUNCED- The 16 semi-finalists from across the country that have been named as Roger Clemens Award semi-finalists include Gatemen LHP Andy Oliver.  See complete list

BASEBALL AMERICA POLL-  The latest Baseball American top 25 list places the University of North Carolina at the top followed by Arizona State and Miami.  See complete poll

NEW GATEMEN WEBSITE LAUNCHED-  The brand new Wareham Gatemen Baseball website was launched on on Wednesday, May 8th.  We are excited about the new look and features and hope that our fans, parents and followers enjoy the site.  Some new features to check out:

* Our alumni page features a listing of all all Gatemen players that have been on the roster since 1965.

*  The navigational menu has been expanded to make it easier for vistiors to browse the site.  

*  The "Gatemen Pressbox" page is all ready for easy viewing of our live webstreaming of games from Spillane Field.  Teamline logos and links are in place and ready to go for our first preseason game on June 8th.

*  You can now reach Gatemen officers and other organizational members by accessing the email addresses that are conviniently located on our "Contacts" page.

*  The new photos section will continue to grow as we open up the 2008 season.  The new layout of this page is hopefully something our Gatemen Parents and Fans will enjoy!

*  Our "Sponsors Page" is also new and improved, providing a much better layout for our very important advertising clients.

*  In case you miss any of the news items, the "News Archives" page will be a great source to catch up on Gatemen news, events and announcements.

We will be adding new features and other improvements over time so check back frequently to www.gatemen.org.

BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 25 -  Miami continues to be the #1 team in the country followed by the University of North Carolina and Arizona State University.  Check out the entire top 25.

TEAM USA INVITEES ANNOUNCED - The first dozen players have been invited to the Team USA trials in Cary, North Carolina.  The list includes two pitchers that are currently the Gatemen 2008 Roster; LHP Mike Minor from Vanderbilt and returning Gatemen LHP Andy Oliver from Oklahoma State.  Press Release.

JOSH PHEGLEY HONORED - Returning Gatemen catcher Josh Phegley from Indiana University has been named to the Johnny Bench Award watch list.  The award is given annually to the nation's top catcher.  See list.

DEREK DIETRICH NAMED ACC PLAYER OF WEEK - Incoming Gatemen SS Derek Dietrich from Georgia Tech has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week.  Derek is 2nd in the conference with 14 homeruns.  See story.

Derek Dietrich - Georgia Tech

Josh Phegley - Indiana University

RIVALS.COM NCAA PROJECTIONS-  Rivals.com has projected the 2008 College Baseball regionals by making their projected qualifiers.  See story.

NEW GATEMEN WEBSITE UPDATE- We are slightly behind but the new www.gatemen.org will be up and running well before the start of the season.  Check back soon for updates.

GATEMEN PARTNER WITH TEAMLINE - The Wareham Gatemen organization is pleased to announce that we have partnered with Teamline as our broadcast affiliate for the 2008 season.  All 22 home games , up to 3 preseaon games and any playoff games that the Gatemen hope to play in this season will be brought to you free of charge. Live video and/or audio will be streamed over the internet and available on your telephone.  More details to follow.

STOPPER OF THE YEAR LIST -The NCBWA has released their "Stopper of Year" midseaon watch list.  The list features two former Gatemen pitchers; Chris Hicks from Georgia Tech and Nick Cassevechia from Baylor.  See list.

Ike Davis has 15 homeruns for Arizona State University

GATEMEN HOMERUN TOTALS- Back by popular demand...an updated look at the homeruns hit so far by incoming Gatemen players. (As of April 26th)

GATEMEN FRESHMEN LEADING THE WAY-  Many incoming Gatemen are off to great college careers and leading their respective college teams in 2008. Dereck Dietrich from Georgia Tech is leading the Yellow Jackets in most offensive categories.  He is hitting .356 to go along with 9 homeruns, 27 rbi, 64 total bases, 12 walks, 6 doubles and 31 hits.  He has started all 24 games for Georgia Tech.  Brett Eibner from Arkansas is also leading his Razorback team in many offensive categories.  He is hitting .333 with 26 hits, 2 triples and is tied for 5th in homeruns with 3 and is 2nd on the team in rbi with 23. (On the mound, Brett is 2-1 and has  made 6 appearances and 2 starts)  Ricky Hague from Rice has been equally impressive in his college debut by hitting .364 to go along with 4 homeruns, 8 doubles, 22 rbi and 32 total hits. (See pitching performances below.)

RICKY HAGUE NAMED C-USA HITTER OF WEEK- Gatemen SS Ricky Hague was named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week for his 8 rbi, 2 homer, 17 assist effort for the Owls last week.  See story.

NCAA STATS RELEASED - For the first time this season, the NCAA has released their overall statistics. Click here to see all stats.

BASEBALL AMERICA TOP 25 - For the week beginning March 24th, of the 31 players on the current Gatemen roster, 15 of them are playing for nationally ranked teams.  (Arizona State #1, Arizona #6, Vanderbilt #9, Rice #12, Texas #13, Stanford #17, Baylor #20, Florida #24)

Brett Eibner - Arkansas

Brandon Workman - Texas

IMPRESSIVE EARLY SEASON PITCHING PERFORMANCES-  The 2008 Gatemen pitching staff is shaping up to be an impressive group based upon the early season college baseball statistics. (as of March 28th)

JOHN WYLDE HALL OF FAME PLAQUE AT LIBRARY - The John Wylde Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame plaque is on display at the Wareham Free Library.  If you have the chance, stop by and take a look at the full display.

NEW GATEMEN WEBSITE UPDATE - Work continues on the new www.gatemen.org.  The design and layout has been finalized and all content and information has been loaded to the new site.  We are now working on internal page(s) designs, links and other features.  We hope to launch the new site within a couple of weeks.  Our short-terms goals are to have a professional, easy-to-navigate site that includes all of the current features that our fans, parents and baseball followers have enjoyed.  Once the new  site is launched, we hope to enhance some specific areas including an expanded Gatemen alumni section.  We will keep you posted.

COUNTDOWN 'TIL OPENING DAY - As of the release of this edition of Gatemen News & Notes, there are only 72 days until the first preseason game vs. Lowell and only 77 days until John Wylde Day and the opening day of the 2008 Cape Code Baseball League regular season opener.  Make your plans for "John Wylde Day" now because the Gatemen organization and the CCBL iare planning a night of events that you will not want to miss. More details to follow on www.gatemen.org.