Cape Cod - Index

Cape Cod - travel_guide_2008 - Index

DID YOU KNOW?
■ The Cape Cod Baseball League is 122 years
old. It reorganized in 1963 with the
support of the NCAA.
■ The league exists as a 10-team, non-profit
0rganization.
■ In 1984,the league switched from aluminum
to wooden bats to more accurately reflect
the game as its played at the Major League
level.
■ Players pay “house parents” $50 a week for
room and board.
■ Chewing tobacco is banned.
■ Players use birch bats made locally by
Barnstable Bat Co. in Centerville.
■ All games are broadcast on the Internet.
For more information, visit the league’s
website at www.capecodbaseball.org.
Each franchise also has its own website,
chock full of statistics, rosters and gear.
■ The Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of
Fame is moving to the John F. Kennedy
Hyannis Museum and reopening in the
summer of 2008.
■ The league hosts a blog at www.codball.com
Above: The Chatham Athletics engage
in pre-game exercises.
Below: Fans in the stands
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