Cape Cod Baseball League is More Then Premier

Cape Cod, home of fantastic seafood, beautiful lighthouses, great beaches, and the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Cape League has for years been called the primmer summer collegiate baseball league. It has no real competitor for the top spot. Primmer is an understatement, the Cape Cod Baseball League is one of the top baseball leagues in the country and is the undisputed  collegiate baseball league/conference (Includes summer leagues and NCAA Conferences).

Why? It is quite simple. The CCBL has all the qualities of a great league. The scouts get they want by the players using wooden bats. In college players use metal bats which is much different. By using wooden bats, scouts can see if a player can hit well with a wooden bat. If they don't the scouts learned something they never would have known before. It will also show the scouts if the fielders will react differently for when the ball comes off a wooden bat. All in all, the Cape League is a scouts heaven

2007 Y-D Red Sox

The scouts also see top players vs. top players. They see how great players work with each other. One prime example of this is the 2007 Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. Players on the team included C Buster Posey (5th overall pick in the 2008 MLB Draft, 2010 NL Rookie of the Year, 2010 World Series Champ, Injured but on San Francisco Giants roster), INF Gordon Beckham (8th overall pick in the 2008 MLB Draft, 2009 Sporting News AL Rookie of the Year, Currently with Chicago White Sox), C/1B/DH Jason Castro (10th overall pick in the 2008 MLB Draft, Injured but on Houston Astros roster), Collin Cowgill (5th Round pick in the 2008 MLB Draft, Currently on Arizona Diamondbacks roster). and many more stars. They blended really well and played really well. This showed them that they can fit well in a new environment and perform well.

The League 10 teams, Bourne Braves, Brewster Whitecaps, Chatham Anglers, Cotuit Kettlers, Falmouth Commodores, Harwich Mariners, Hyannis Harbor Hawks, Orelans Firebirds, Wareham Gateman, Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, that have great volunteers and workers. Withouy them there would be no league. They spend most of their summers working. Where do the players live during the season, in volunteers homes. Volunteers are the players that unofficially run the league.

The 2011 CCBL season ended 2 days ago in Falmouth with Harwich beating Falmouth in 7-5, sweeping them in the best of 3 series. Next year, I suggest you head to Cape Cod to see some games, go to the Hall of Fame (Yes they do have a Hall of Fame, it is located at the JFK Museum in Hyannis), and most importantly, have fun.