Cape Catfish

Steve Larkin will coach the Cape Catfish during their inaugural season, as the team announced his hiring Tuesday. The Catfish will begin play in the Prospect League in June 2019 at Capaha Field. Larkin, the brother of Baseball Hall of Farmer and former Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin, has coached in the Prospect League for the last three years...

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.. ...