Cape Catfish

A familiar name will help the Cape Catfish baseball team attempt to build a footprint in the region. The organization announced Thursday the hiring of Cindy Gannon as assistant general manager. Gannon was a longtime fixture at Southeast Missouri State, coaching the volleyball team for 16 years -- with four Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors -- before moving into administrative roles, including senior associate director of athletics. In total, her stint at SEMO lasted 31 years...

The Cape Catfish's first-ever game is 11 months away, but the roster-building process is in full swing. The collegiate summer baseball team, which will begin play in the Prospect League in June 2019, could announce its first players as early as August, having already identified several targets...

The fans have spoken. In January, the announcement came a Prospect League baseball team would be taking up residence in Cape Girardeau and April 24 voting opened to allow the public to choose the name of the team. Friday, the results of that voting were announced and the team formerly known as Cape Prospect League LLC now has an identity: the Cape Catfish...

Three months ago, the announcement came that Cape Girardeau would be home to a new baseball team. On Tuesday, the team took a major step toward finding its identity, and it could be slippery, flighty or full of smoke. Representatives of Cape Prospect League, LLC -- the soon-to-be-named collegiate wood bat league team that will begin play at Capaha Field in the summer of 2019 -- gathered with their partners at BOLD Marketing to unveil the three team names and mascots fans may vote on to grace the new franchise.. ...

The nexus of baseball in Cape Girardeau gathered in front of the podium, representing the sport in the city for the last 50-plus years. They were not there, though, to discuss the old, but rather to usher in the new. The next era of baseball in Southeast Missouri will include what is currently formally known as Cape Prospect League, LLC, as the City of Cape Girardeau announced Friday afternoon at the Cape Girardeau SportsPlex that a wood bat college summer league team will be playing at Capaha Field beginning in June 2019.. ...