Baseball
Veterans Field in Chatham is the home park of the Chatham Athletics, one of 10 teams in the widely known Cape Cod Baseball League. This league is an NCAA sanctioned summer league, first organized in 1885.
The Chatham A's are sponsored by the 400-plus member Chatham Athletic Association, which also supports a wide range of athletic activities in the community. The Cape League is partially funded by Major League Baseball, and in 1995 there were 105 major leaguers who had competed in the Cape League in previous years. The League season opens in mid-June and concludes in mid-August with playoffs pitting the two top teams in each division.
To play in the Cape League, a prospect must be enrolled in a two or four year institution, and have athletic eligibility remaining. Each player is given the opportunity to work a minimum of 28 hours each week during the league season, and is responsible for his own living expenses. Local families provide rooms in their homes at reasonable cost to players. Local businesses provide jobs for the players. Recruiting among Cape League franchises is highly competitive.
Games at Chatham start at 7 pm. VIEW SCHEDULE & RESULTS ARCHIVES
The Chatham A's, with the support of the Chatham Rotary Club, sponsor a Baseball Clinic at Veterans Field. It consists of eight (8) one-week periods of weekday sessions.