I read an article yesterday in the NCAA magazine on the Cape Cod League again. Everytime I read about it it gets better and better. I hope I can find the time to get down to a game.
What I like about it when I read about it is the community aspect of the game. I like that it's free, I like that the players live with families and get jobs during the day at local businesses. I like that the community members volunteer their time at games. It's all not for profit. All volunteer. All for the love of the game of baseball and I really think that makes the Cape Cod League so cool. Plus a large amount of MLB draft picks come from the Cape Leagues. Many of the 300 or so players in the league go on to get drafted.
It's good baseball, that brings an entire community together throughout the summer. I really think it's cool.
Community is a word that I think is a big difference between Division I college athletics and Division II college athletics. Division II colleges are trying to come up with an identity for themselves. Their way of doing this will be through the local community. There is a big push for community engagement programs among member schools for student-athletes. They want to be heavily involved in their colleges surrounding community.
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