A ticket to The Show

Last summer, I went to Game 3 of the Eastern Finals, when Orleans beat Chatham, 9-7, to advance to the championship series.It was played at place. I drove by the field with my family we drove by it before the game. family hugged. After a questionable strike call, one of the managers shouted, "There's a high school game missing an umpire!" When the final out was called, a family hugged each other. the access, the hospitality of the host families and volunteers. To me, that game represented what's great about the Cape League: the access to the game, the hospitality of the host families, the overall atmosphere.

If you've come across this website, you obviously have more than a casual interest in the Cape League so I'm not going to bore you with an introduction about the league. You know all that stuff.

What I am going to do is mix researched reporting with analysis about all things Cape League. The Cape League doesn't get that much coverage aside from its official website and blurbs in the Cape Cod Times, and with this site I will attempt to change that. Over the next month and a half I'll be posting daily updates with news/profiles/analysis. Starting July 5th I'll be reporting from game sites.

Because this is a blog after all, I'll get my opinions and biases out the way:

Summer Catch was the worst baseball-related movie ever made.

The best part of Touching the Game was Peter Gammons talking about Buck Showalter's summer job painting fences at the Kennedy compound: "Stroke, stroke, look for Caroline."

The second-best part of Touching the Game was the story about Mark Kotsay bagging groceries for Gammons when he was playing at the Cape, then when he made it to the big leagues he went up to Gammons and gave him a paper bag.

Gammons should really write a book about the Cape League.

If I had to choose between Monster seats at Fenway and a sandy beach chair behind the dugout with a cool breeze blowing in salty air, I going with the latter.

The host families and volunteers are invisible hand that keep the Cape League running. They don't get enough credit.

Choose between sitting

Baseball by the Beach and The Last Best League had moments of greatness, but at the end of the books I somehow wasn’t satisfied.

If I had to guess, the best part being a player in the CCBL is when you tell a girl that you're a player. "So you play in the Cape League? That's so cool..." It's like carrying a baby around--girls are instantly attracted.

Thompson’s Clam Bar stayed in the same location.
Hopefully no field gets a video scoreboard.
Everyone playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League, they have the same dream: making it to the big leagues. But for a select few, their summer in the Cape League will be their ticket to recognition and a ticket to The Show. They still dreaming of. Something that every kid who plays little league has. goes away. Some have already been drafted and assured a spot on a team. go to the minors and play. Player to come out of nowhere. For some players its a barometer. Hitters its a reality check. For pitchers its a tuneup. For some, its their last chance to get a ticket to the Show.