I don’t want to jinx it or anything, but we have had sun in New England on four consecutive days, which I’m pretty sure is some kind of record. Along similar lines, the league has gotten a full slate of games in for four consecutive days, which had not happened since June 13-16, the first week of the season.
So yeah, it’s been kind of a weird summer. The weather pattern looks like it has finally changed though, at least enough to break us out of the clouds-every-day thing we had going for a while.
It’s a good thing, too. The Cape League is about to get into the thick of its schedule.
If you break the summer down into stages, I feel like it’s the three weeks leading up to the all-star game that really define the season. Most all the players who are going to be here are here. Players who got off to big starts are either fading or officially delivering big summers. Top prospects are emerging.
Right now, it’s tough to get a feel for all that, but we’ll get there soon enough. Over the next 15 days before the all-star game on July 23, the league will stage 73 games, pretty much a full slate every night. Several teams will play 14 games over those 15 days, making this the most intensive stretch of the season.
So this is going to be fun. Let’s enjoy it.
And pray for sun.
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