Hyannis Mets
| Hyannis Harbor Hawks | |
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| League | Cape Cod Baseball League (Western Division) |
| Location | Hyannis, MA |
| Ballpark | McKeon Park |
| League championships | 1978, 1979, 1991 |
| Post-Season Division championships | 1989, 1991, 2000, 2015 |
| Regular Season Division championships | 2011, 2013, 2015 |
| Former name(s) | Hyannis Mets |
| Mascot | Ossie Osprey |
| 2011 season | 29-15-0, 58 points 1st place, Western Division |
| Management | Brad Pfeifer (President) Tino DiGiovanni (General Manager) |
| Manager | Chad Gassman (Field Manager) |
The Hyannis Harbor Hawks, formerly the Hyannis Mets, are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Hyannis, MA. The team is a member of the Cape Cod Baseball League and plays in the league's Western Division. Hyannis currently plays its home games at McKeon Park, which opened for play in 1979. The team is owned and operated by the non-profit Hyannis Athletic Association and, like other Cape League teams, are funded through merchandise sales, donations, and other fundraising efforts at games such as fifty-fifty raffles.
Hyannis finished the 2007 season in third place in the Western Division with 43 points, falling a single point shy of earning a playoff berth. Hyannis qualified for the playoffs in 2011 after winning the division in the regular season, but were swept in the Division Semi-Finals by the Falmouth Commodores.
The Harbor Hawks finished first place in the Western Division in 2015, only to lose to the Y-D Red Sox in a deciding game 3.
The Harbor Hawks were formed in 1976, as the Mets, with the help of former state senator Jack Aylmer after the Bourne Canalmen ceased operations in 1972. The team finished in fourth place in the eight team Cape League that season and qualified for the playoffs, losing to the Chatham Athletics in the semifinals two games to none. They were named the Mets because the founders thought that it might lead to financial support from the New York Mets. This never happened.
In only their third year in the league, Hyannis finished the 1978 season with a 31-11 record, the best in the league. The Mets would eliminate the Orleans Cardinals in the semifinals three games to two and ultimately defeat the Harwich Mariners three games to one in the championship series to win the league crown. Hyannis would repeat the feat in 1979 after finishing the regular season with 33 wins, a single season record which still stands today. That team would again defeat Harwich in the championship series in four games to become the first team to defend their Cape League title since the 1975 Cotuit Kettleers.
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