The Chatham Anglers, more commonly referred to as the Chatham A's and formerly the Chatham Athletics, are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Chatham, MA. Prior to the 2009 season, the team changed its name to the Chatham Anglers due to Major League Baseball Properties' trademark of "Athletics and A's". The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League and plays in the league's Eastern Division. Chatham currently plays its home games at Veterans Field in the town of Chatham. The A's have been operated by the non-profit Chatham Athletic Association since 1963. Like other Cape League teams, the Chatham Anglers are funded through merchandise sales, donations, and other fundraising efforts at games such as fifty-fifty raffles.
In 2007, Chatham finished the year in second place in the Eastern Division with 53 points and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since 2005, where they were swept by eventual champion Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Chatham last won the league championship in 1998, when they defeated the Wareham Gatemen three games to two in the championship series.
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“If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms—never—never—never!”
—William Pitt, The Elder, Lord Chatham (1708–1778)
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