Sorry for being out of touch for a bit -- life "at the office" has been a little hectic. I'm hoping to run a series of these quick hits to catch-up anyone who hasn't been following the summer scene thus far. Today I’ve rounded-up a series of pieces on the Cape Cod All-Star game, which took place at Fenway at the end of July. Here are the links -- they’re all good reads:

• Keith Law posted his thoughts on the Cape All-Star Game for his and Jason Churchill's blog at ESPN (requires Insider Membership).
• Baseball America's Aaron Fitt put together a nice piece featuring Zack Cox, INF, Arkansas.
• Codball, a great blog focusing on the Cape League, ran four entries covering the event, including a roster preview, recap of the homerun derby, game wrap and sites-and-sounds piece.
  

I’ll be out in Chicago this weekend for the Under Armour All-America game at Wrigley. I’ve posted a brief snippet on five kids I’ll be paying particular attention to over at my blog for DraftAmerica.com. We’ll start rolling out reports and video next week, and I’ll have a full write-up of the event both here and at CamdenDepot.com.

I’m going to try to get the Team USA Top 15 out next week. Not sure if the full write-up will accompany the rankings, but I’d greatly prefer that it does for fear of the days getting away from me. I’ll have a Cape Cod Top 20 towards the end of the month, in addition to rankings and write-ups for both the Aflac and Under Armour showcases.

That’s it for tonight -- next week I’ll try to get you some reading materials on some of the high schoolers. If I have time, I’ll post some of my thoughts on the Perfect Game National Showcase, which took place in Minneapolis back in June.

Talk to you soon,
- NJ