orleans was skippered in the 1960s by dave gavitt, an orleans pitcher in the late 1950s, and later the ceo of the boston celtics and member of the naismith memorial basketball hall of fame. gavitt brought orleans to the league championship series in the 1963 inaugural year of the modern era, but the team fell short against cotuit. ccbl hall of famer lou lamoriello played for orleans in 1963, as did fellow ccbl hall of famer tom yankus, a three-year league all-star who threw a no-hitter for orleans on july 4, 1965. yankus would later manage orleans from 1974 to 1980. the 1965 season also saw ccbl hall of famer john awdycki lead the league with a .407 batting average.