Summer Gloving

SI’s best photos from the 2022 Cape Cod Baseball League season

SI Staff | Aug 3, 2022

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From June through August more than 300 of the country’s best college players can be found in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where the fields are grass, the bats are wood and the pipeline to the big leagues is wide open.

Tommy Courtney of the Harwich Mariners and Chatham Anglers catcher Dominic Tamez are trying to follow in the footsteps of the more than 1,200 former Cape Cod League players who have gone on to the majors.

Cape Cod Baseball League seats — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Some fans of the Cotuit Kettleers (top) were able to work out a little pent-up energy at Lowell Park, while others preferred a more relaxed approach (bottom).

Cape Cod Baseball League bathroom — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

At Stony Brook Field, home of the Brewster Whitecaps, there’s at least one spot where it’s easy to run into a player.

Cam Collier plays for the Cotuit Kettleers — Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated

Seventeen-year-old Cam Collier—who got his GED after his sophomore year of high school, starred last season at Chipola College and is a projected top-10 pick this summer—got his Kettleers career off to a successful start, stroking a base hit off Chris Villaman of the Anglers on opening night.

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Published Aug 3, 2022

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