Nate Taylor’s ceiling is sky-high. He simply wants a chance to prove it.

by Cooper Andrews
Friday, July 11, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — Nate Taylor doesn’t flinch. It’s a quality he developed naturally. He recovered from a traumatic leg fracture suffered in his childhood. His family moved from Western Pennsylvania to the Atlanta suburbs while he was a teenager. His high-school starting pitching debut was a surprise start for Buford High School (Georgia) in a state playoff game, and he still shoved.

Taylor isn’t bothered by adverse situations; not even entering the transfer portal.

On June 27, Taylor hit the portal after spending his freshman season at Georgia — where he logged just nine appearances. Being labeled as Perfect Game’s No....

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Game 23 Preview: Chatham vs. Orleans

by Cooper Andrews
Saturday, July 12, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — Jockeying for fourth place out of five teams in the East Division is never an ideal spot to be in, but it’s reality for both the Anglers and Firebirds heading into...

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Anglers unload season-best 12 runs to defeat Mariners, snap 2-game skid

by Mauricio Palmar
Friday, July 11, 2025

HARWICH, Mass. — For the A’s, the first inning of their contest against Harwich Friday went just like their previous 19 innings: they were blanked.

Minutes before first...

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Chatham begin 2nd half of summer with 2-0 loss to Brewster in defensive battle

by Cooper Andrews
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

BREWSTER, Mass. — As high as Roman Martin (UCLA) jumped, it wasn’t far enough to scrape a reality where Chatham’s offense was playing to its potential.

Amid a...

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Chatham can’t rally after 80-minute lightning delay, falls to Y-D 3-0

by Mauricio Palmar
Tuesday, July 08, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — Luke Jackson just can’t catch a break.

On the Fourth of July, the Anglers’ righty was set to pick up his third start of the season, hoping to secure a...

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Ashton Larson’s grand slam defines wild affair as Chatham beats Falmouth 11-8

by Cooper Andrews
Sunday, July 06, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — Ashton Larson clutched his all-black wooden bat with both hands below his waist as he slowly inched forward along the first-base line, admiring the hellacious seed he’d...

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Pitching inconsistencies cause Chatham to fall on road against Harwich

by Mauricio Palmar
Saturday, July 05, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — Harvey Dent, better known as Two-Face, is a supervillain in the DC Comics Universe, existing purely to antagonize Batman.

Canonically, Dent was formerly a...

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For a 2nd time, Henry Ford is leaving Charlottesville to blossom in Tennessee

by Mauricio Palmar
Saturday, July 05, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — They must’ve forgotten something. Mike Kinney — then a co-head coach at the Baylor School (Tennessee) — was done with his recruiting pitch. The Fords had just...

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Chatham controls final 2 innings in 7-5 win over Orleans on 4th of July

by Cooper Andrews
Friday, July 04, 2025

ORLEANS, Mass. — Dennis Cook got much more than he bargained for.

With Chatham’s lead dwindling against Orleans Friday night, Cook put Isaiah Lane (San Diego) in at...

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Anglers fall 4-0 in lightning-shortened loss to Firebirds

by Mauricio Palmar
Thursday, July 03, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — In the Disney XD show, “Zeke and Luther,” there is an episode aptly named, “Ice Heist, Baby,” in which the protagonists combat a heat wave that has...

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Chatham beats Brewster 10-6, now ranks as CCBL's highest-scoring offense

by Cooper Andrews
Wednesday, July 02, 2025

BREWSTER, Mass. — Isaiah Lane is the best defensive shortstop Dennis Cook has coached across his five seasons in Chatham. He made the bold proclamation Wednesday amid his first year as the...

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Situational hitting sparks Chatham’s season-high 11 runs in win over Wareham

by Mauricio Palmar
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

CHATHAM, Mass. — On Sunday, Ashton Larson (LSU/transfer) could’ve been the hero. The Anglers were down 9-7 to Falmouth in the top of the ninth, with two runners on and one out on the...

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Chatham continues hot offensive stretch, still falls to Falmouth 9-7

by Cooper Andrews
Sunday, June 29, 2025

FALMOUTH, Mass. — The fifth-inning fog at Veterans Field works in mysterious ways. So much so that it directly altered Chatham’s pitching plans against Falmouth a day later.

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