74; of West Yarmouth passed away at Eagle Pond Rehabilitation Center in South Dennis after a long illness.
He was the husband of Alice (Berry) who predeceased him in 2012. They had been married for 52 years.
He spent his career in the newspaper and media business, initially working for the Cape Cod Times as sports editor. Joe then went on to work in television, talk radio and for newspapers in Boston and Brockton. He also spent time as a minor league hockey executive with the Cape Cod Cubs in the 1970’s. A scene in the movie Slap Shot was based on a moment in his hockey tenure.
In the 1960’s he volunteered as the Cape Cod Baseball League’s publicist and statistician and was instrumental in guiding the Cape League into the “modern era” starting in 1963, which combined the Upper and Lower Cape Leagues into one entity. This began the process of becoming sanctioned by the NCAA, where all competing players would have remaining college eligibility.
Following his retirement from The Enterprise newspaper in Brockton after 29 years, he rejoined the Cape League in 2006 as web-site editor and later director of special projects. For 10 years he contributed stories to the website and the league's thrice-yearly publication, Cape League Magazine, and was a member of the league’s Hall of Fame Committee's advisory board.
When it came to baseball publicity, Sherman was a jack-of-all-trades and did it all with panache and a bulldog tenacity. Single-handedly he conceived and oversaw the 2011 “Spaceball” project which resulted in a Cape League baseball traveling six million miles as it was carried to and from the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle Endeavour by shuttle commander Capt. Mark Kelly. This resulted in a moving ceremony preceeding the 2011 CCBL All-Star Game at Fenway Park, where NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman presented the baseball to the family of 9-year-old shooting victim Christina-Taylor Green.
His knowledge of ‘who's who’ in baseball was next to none. In many ways he was a one-man show, always striving to get the Cape League more publicity. Joe loved surprises and frequently honored long-ago Cape League alumni who had not been on the Cape in decades.
Sherman was proud of being one of three former Air Explorers who received special recognition in 2008 for their efforts as volunteer firefighters nearly 58 years before. The trio were teen-age members of Air Explorer Squadron 45, Otis Air Force Base, on May 8, 1957, when they battled a major forest fire in Mashpee caused by the crash of a jet plane from Otis and another fire in the Myles Standish Reservation in Plymouth. They spent approximately 20-1/2 hours on the fire lines. The following November, the trio’s exploits were chronicled in a full-page "Scouts in Action" feature in Boy's Life, Scouting's national magazine, but there was no formal recognition on the local level until the ceremony in 2008.
Sherman is survived by his son, Stephen of West Yarmouth, daughter Janice and son-in-law Steven of West Bridgewater and grandchildren Christopher of Kansas City, MO and Catherine of Channahon, IL.
He was the husband of Alice (Berry) who predeceased him in 2012. They had been married for 52 years.
He spent his career in the newspaper and media business, initially working for the Cape Cod Times as sports editor. Joe then went on to work in television, talk radio and for newspapers in Boston and Brockton. He also spent time as a minor league hockey executive with the Cape Cod Cubs in the 1970’s. A scene in the movie Slap Shot was based on a moment in his hockey tenure.
In the 1960’s he volunteered as the Cape Cod Baseball League’s publicist and statistician and was instrumental in guiding the Cape League into the “modern era” starting in 1963, which combined the Upper and Lower Cape Leagues into one entity. This began the process of becoming sanctioned by the NCAA, where all competing players would have remaining college eligibility.
Following his retirement from The Enterprise newspaper in Brockton after 29 years, he rejoined the Cape League in 2006 as web-site editor and later director of special projects. For 10 years he contributed stories to the website and the league's thrice-yearly publication, Cape League Magazine, and was a member of the league’s Hall of Fame Committee's advisory board.
When it came to baseball publicity, Sherman was a jack-of-all-trades and did it all with panache and a bulldog tenacity. Single-handedly he conceived and oversaw the 2011 “Spaceball” project which resulted in a Cape League baseball traveling six million miles as it was carried to and from the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle Endeavour by shuttle commander Capt. Mark Kelly. This resulted in a moving ceremony preceeding the 2011 CCBL All-Star Game at Fenway Park, where NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman presented the baseball to the family of 9-year-old shooting victim Christina-Taylor Green.
His knowledge of ‘who's who’ in baseball was next to none. In many ways he was a one-man show, always striving to get the Cape League more publicity. Joe loved surprises and frequently honored long-ago Cape League alumni who had not been on the Cape in decades.
Sherman was proud of being one of three former Air Explorers who received special recognition in 2008 for their efforts as volunteer firefighters nearly 58 years before. The trio were teen-age members of Air Explorer Squadron 45, Otis Air Force Base, on May 8, 1957, when they battled a major forest fire in Mashpee caused by the crash of a jet plane from Otis and another fire in the Myles Standish Reservation in Plymouth. They spent approximately 20-1/2 hours on the fire lines. The following November, the trio’s exploits were chronicled in a full-page "Scouts in Action" feature in Boy's Life, Scouting's national magazine, but there was no formal recognition on the local level until the ceremony in 2008.
Sherman is survived by his son, Stephen of West Yarmouth, daughter Janice and son-in-law Steven of West Bridgewater and grandchildren Christopher of Kansas City, MO and Catherine of Channahon, IL.
74; of West Yarmouth passed away at Eagle Pond Rehabilitation Center in South Dennis after a long illness.
He was the husband of Alice (Berry) who predeceased him in 2012. They had been married for 52 years.
He spent his career in the newspaper and media business, initially working for the Cape Cod Times as sports editor. Joe then went on to work in television, talk radio and for newspapers in Boston and Brockton. He also spent time as a minor league hockey executive with the Cape Cod Cubs in the 1970’s. A scene in the movie Slap Shot was based on a moment in his hockey tenure.
In the 1960’s he volunteered as the Cape Cod Baseball League’s publicist and statistician and was instrumental in guiding the Cape League into the “modern era” starting in 1963, which combined the Upper and Lower Cape Leagues into one entity. This began the process of becoming sanctioned by the NCAA, where all competing players would have remaining college eligibility.
Following his retirement from The Enterprise newspaper in Brockton after 29 years, he rejoined the Cape League in 2006 as web-site editor and later director of special projects. For 10 years he contributed stories to the website and the league's thrice-yearly publication, Cape League Magazine, and was a member of the league’s Hall of Fame Committee's advisory board.
When it came to baseball publicity, Sherman was a jack-of-all-trades and did it all with panache and a bulldog tenacity. Single-handedly he conceived and oversaw the 2011 “Spaceball” project which resulted in a Cape League baseball traveling six million miles as it was carried to and from the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle Endeavour by shuttle commander Capt. Mark Kelly. This resulted in a moving ceremony preceeding the 2011 CCBL All-Star Game at Fenway Park, where NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman presented the baseball to the family of 9-year-old shooting victim Christina-Taylor Green.
His knowledge of ‘who's who’ in baseball was next to none. In many ways he was a one-man show, always striving to get the Cape League more publicity. Joe loved surprises and frequently honored long-ago Cape League alumni who had not been on the Cape in decades.
Sherman was proud of being one of three former Air Explorers who received special recognition in 2008 for their efforts as volunteer firefighters nearly 58 years before. The trio were teen-age members of Air Explorer Squadron 45, Otis Air Force Base, on May 8, 1957, when they battled a major forest fire in Mashpee caused by the crash of a jet plane from Otis and another fire in the Myles Standish Reservation in Plymouth. They spent approximately 20-1/2 hours on the fire lines. The following November, the trio’s exploits were chronicled in a full-page "Scouts in Action" feature in Boy's Life, Scouting's national magazine, but there was no formal recognition on the local level until the ceremony in 2008.
Sherman is survived by his son, Stephen of West Yarmouth, daughter Janice and son-in-law Steven of West Bridgewater and grandchildren Christopher of Kansas City, MO and Catherine of Channahon, IL.
He was the husband of Alice (Berry) who predeceased him in 2012. They had been married for 52 years.
He spent his career in the newspaper and media business, initially working for the Cape Cod Times as sports editor. Joe then went on to work in television, talk radio and for newspapers in Boston and Brockton. He also spent time as a minor league hockey executive with the Cape Cod Cubs in the 1970’s. A scene in the movie Slap Shot was based on a moment in his hockey tenure.
In the 1960’s he volunteered as the Cape Cod Baseball League’s publicist and statistician and was instrumental in guiding the Cape League into the “modern era” starting in 1963, which combined the Upper and Lower Cape Leagues into one entity. This began the process of becoming sanctioned by the NCAA, where all competing players would have remaining college eligibility.
Following his retirement from The Enterprise newspaper in Brockton after 29 years, he rejoined the Cape League in 2006 as web-site editor and later director of special projects. For 10 years he contributed stories to the website and the league's thrice-yearly publication, Cape League Magazine, and was a member of the league’s Hall of Fame Committee's advisory board.
When it came to baseball publicity, Sherman was a jack-of-all-trades and did it all with panache and a bulldog tenacity. Single-handedly he conceived and oversaw the 2011 “Spaceball” project which resulted in a Cape League baseball traveling six million miles as it was carried to and from the International Space Station on the Space Shuttle Endeavour by shuttle commander Capt. Mark Kelly. This resulted in a moving ceremony preceeding the 2011 CCBL All-Star Game at Fenway Park, where NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman presented the baseball to the family of 9-year-old shooting victim Christina-Taylor Green.
His knowledge of ‘who's who’ in baseball was next to none. In many ways he was a one-man show, always striving to get the Cape League more publicity. Joe loved surprises and frequently honored long-ago Cape League alumni who had not been on the Cape in decades.
Sherman was proud of being one of three former Air Explorers who received special recognition in 2008 for their efforts as volunteer firefighters nearly 58 years before. The trio were teen-age members of Air Explorer Squadron 45, Otis Air Force Base, on May 8, 1957, when they battled a major forest fire in Mashpee caused by the crash of a jet plane from Otis and another fire in the Myles Standish Reservation in Plymouth. They spent approximately 20-1/2 hours on the fire lines. The following November, the trio’s exploits were chronicled in a full-page "Scouts in Action" feature in Boy's Life, Scouting's national magazine, but there was no formal recognition on the local level until the ceremony in 2008.
Sherman is survived by his son, Stephen of West Yarmouth, daughter Janice and son-in-law Steven of West Bridgewater and grandchildren Christopher of Kansas City, MO and Catherine of Channahon, IL.
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