From the first organized game in 1865 on the fields owned by sea captain
Edward Nichols along School Street in Sandwich, the game of baseball has
prospered among the dunes and beaches of Cape Cod. Today, it is home to
the country's premier collegiate summer league. Located in one of the
most beautiful spots on the East Coast, Cape Cod has always attracted
visitors in the summer, and along with sunshine and salty air, baseball
has been there for more than one hundred years. The Cape Cod Baseball
League is now a steppingstone to the major leagues, with some former
players enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Baseball on Cape Cod chronicles through pictures the rich heritage and
tradition of the game from its earliest organized beginnings to today's
high-profile players. Every summer, fans from across the country flock
to the Cape for some of the finest amateur baseball in the nation.