I got a chance to talk to an old friend the other day.
Plainfield High baseball coach John Schiffner has a fun summer job, he manages the Chatham A's of the Cape Cod Baseball League, one of the premiere wooden bat summer leagues in the country.
Schiffner has had his troubles this summer with injuries. His A's sport a 15-19 record thus far in the Cape Cod League, only six points out of a playoff spot, but that's not as easy as it may sound.
Chatham has been battling injuries, the A's have eight players out with injuries currently and with only a couple of weeks left in the season, six points is a lot of ground to make up.
Check out the Norwich Bulletin on Sunday for a special feature on how the Cape Cod League has stocked teams like the Boston Red Sox and Schiffner's take on those former Cape players who are now in Red Sox uniforms.
On another note, it hasn't been a good day for American Legion Zone VI baseball teams in the play-in round of the state tournament.
Danielson was beaten by Orange this morning, 5-0, in South Windsor. Jewett City was in East Hartford and lost a morning game to Glastonbury. New London was on the field this afternoon and lost to Middletown.
As of about 6 p.m. Saturday, that left just Norwich, Montville and Niantic still with a chance to qualify for the state tournament next weekend.Niantic doesn't have to play until Sunday at 1 p.m. in New Britain.
Also on Sunday in the Bulletin, we'll have complete coverage of the Waterford Speedbowl Saturday night program.