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The Cape Cod Baseball League ('''CCBL''') is an amateur - 05-28 . The league is also notable for its continuing use of wooden bats. Because it draws top-tier college players, the level of play is often considered the equivalent of high-A Minor League Baseball . The CCBL Hall of Fame is being housed at Heritage Museums and Gardens in - 05-28 . THE TEAMS The Cape Cod League regular season starts in mid-June and runs through mid-August. The playoffs determine the East and West Division Champions, who then compete for the League Championship. Many of the teams in the Cape League are named after MLB teams, and the Hyannis Mets continue to receive their uniforms from the New York Mets .1 THE CAPE COD LEAGUE IN POPULAR CULTURE The Cape Cod League was the setting for the 2001 Hollywood film '' Summer Catch ''. The 2003 documentary film ''Touching the Game'' by Jim Carroll chronicled the 2003 CCBL season and explored the league's history. There are several books on the Cape League. ''Baseball by the Beach'' (ISBN 0-9719547-4-7) by Christopher Price was published in 1998 and discusses the league and its history. In 2002, writer Jim Collins followed the Chatham Athletics for the season and wrote ''The Last Best League'' (ISBN 0-306-81418-8) about the team and its players. ''Baseball on Cape Cod (Images of Baseball)'' (ISBN 0-7385-4508-7) by Dan Crowley has many photos of the early and modern Cape League eras. The 2004 novel ''Slider'' (ISBN 0-06-058033-X) by Patrick Robinson takes place in a Maine summer league, but is actually based on the Cape League. In 2005, ''Beach Chairs and Baseball Bats'' (ISBN 1-4196-0508-9) by author Steve Weissman and ''Cape Crusaders'' (ISBN 1-4137-6232-8) by author Mike Thomas were published. The latter focuses on player interviews, while the former goes behind the scenes of a typical Cape League season. EXTERNAL LINKS
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