The Cape Cod Baseball League, a premier summer collegiate baseball league, has cancelled its 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly 300 college players normally participate in the league's 10-team 44-game season each summer. The league's executive committee unanimously voted to cancel the season because it would be impossible to guarantee everyone's safety, including players, coaches, umpires and fans, given the pandemic. The last time the league cancelled a season was in 1945 during World War II.

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Cape Cod Baseball League cancels 2020 season due to
coronavirus pandemic
The CCBL is the premier summer league for college players and has helped develop many MLB stars
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For the past 73 years, many of the best collegiate baseball players have
flocked to the idyllic summer destination of Cape Cod, Massachusetts for a
chance to sharpen their skills in hopes of garnering attention from Major
League Baseball. Nearly 300 players participate in the Cape Cod Baseball
League (CCBL), a premier collegiate summer league, every summer.
On Friday, however, the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) announced it had
cancelled its 2020 season . The decision
was made through an unanimous vote from the league's 27-member
executive committee.
"The Cape Cod Baseball League Executive Committee has voted
unanimously to cancel the 2020 Cape Cod Baseball League season,"
. "The decision was based on the health concerns
and safety needs of all involved. Following CDC guidelines and medical
recommendations, the league determined it would be impossible to
guarantee the safety of players, coaches, umpires, host families, volunteers
and fans during this unprecedented health crisis.
"We would like to thank all our dedicated volunteers and sponsors for their
support and look forward to playing again in 2021. Thank you for your
continued support and stay safe and healthy."
The 10-team CCBL was scheduled to begin its 44-game regular season on
June 13. The league also hosts an All-Star Game and Home Run Derby along
due to the coronavirus pandemic
the
league said in a statement
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with an action-packed postseason. The last summer without a season on the
Cape was in 1945, when the league was shutdown due to World War II.
that
Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker's decision earlier in the week to keep
public schools closed for the remainder of the academic year was one of the
reasons that prompted the decision to cancel the season.
The league, a non-profit organization, is run entirely by volunteers, with
players spending their summers with host families and teams operating with
volunteer staff. The Cape league also offers daytime summer baseball clinics
for youth players. Sturtevant said being unable to guarantee everyone's
safety was the deciding factor.
In March, the NCAA cancelled all winter and spring championships,
. As a result of the COVID-
19 pandemic, ,
, impacting the sport at the
college, minor-league, international and levels.
Often considered one of the best pipelines for future MLB stars, the CCBL
has produced more than 1,250 MLB players, current MLB stars
like , and . Hall of Famers Frank Thomas,
Craig Biggio, Pie Traynor, Carlton Fisk and Jeff Bagwell all spent summers
playing on the Cape.
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League president Chuck Sturtevant told the Cape Cod Times
which
included the shutdown of the College World Series
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