in 1949, ccbl hall of famer laurin "pete" peterson joined the team as catcher/manager and piloted the club for the next 14 years. peterson's 1952 red sox faced perennial upper cape powerhouse sagamore in that year's best-of-five cape league championship series. the red sox swept the clouters, with pitchers bruninghaus and bill mccrae allowing sagamore only two runs in the series, as orleans took games 1 and 2 by tallies of 5-1 and 3-1, then sealed the deal with a title-clinching 3-0 labor day shutout at eldredge park.