{"id":60756,"date":"2008-03-12T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-12T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2008\/03\/12\/cape-cod-league-gets-plunked-by-mlb\/"},"modified":"2008-03-12T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-12T18:00:00","slug":"cape-cod-league-gets-plunked-by-mlb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/cape-cod-league-gets-plunked-by-mlb\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Cod League gets plunked by MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capecodonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080307\/NEWS\/803070339\/-1\/NEWS\"><img alt=\"Cape Cod League gets plunked by MLB\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.usatodaysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/2016\/09\/efd29-capecodleague.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Money-strapped Major League Baseball (note sarcasm) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capecodonline.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20080307\/NEWS\/803070339\/-1\/NEWS\">is going after the Cape Cod League<\/a>, a regular nuturer of major-league talent. MLB is targeting six of the 10 teams that share monikers with major-league teams, seeking to receive royalties on apparel bearing the teams&#8217; names. The teams are the Chatham Athletics, Bourne Braves, Harwich Mariners (whose name predates the birth of the Seattle team with that name), Hyannis Mets, Orleans Cardinals, and the Y-D Red Sox. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capecodbaseball.org\/\">The Cape Cod League <\/a>presently runs on a meagre budget of less than $2 million. The teams are debating whether to change their names instead of paying what would be a costly expense.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Fenway West- The Western Home to Red Sox Nation http:\/\/www.fenwaywest.com<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Money-strapped Major League Baseball (note sarcasm) is going after the Cape Cod League, a regular nuturer of major-league talent. 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