Editing Cape Cod Baseball League (section)

====The early Cape League era (1923–1939)====
The "Cape Cod Baseball League" was formed in 1923, consisting of four teams: Falmouth, Osterville, [[Hyannis, Massachusetts|Hyannis]], and [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Cape Cod Baseball League | pages = 6 | newspaper = Falmouth Enterprise | location = Falmouth, MA | date = July 14, 1923 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=FEN%2F1923%2F07%2F14&id=Ar00607&sk=AE96C1BE&viewMode=image }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://falmouthcommodores.com/about-us/ |title=Falmouth Commodores' History in the Cape Cod Baseball League |publisher=falmouthcommodores.com |access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref> Teams were made up of players from local colleges and prep schools, along with some [[Semi-professional sports|semi-pro]] players and other locals. One notable player during this period was [[North Truro, Massachusetts|North Truro]] native [[Danny MacFayden|Danny "Deacon" MacFayden]], who went on to play for seventeen years in the major leagues.<ref name=HOF2012 /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/m/macfada01.shtml |title=Career statistics of Danny MacFayden |publisher=baseball-reference.com |access-date=August 5, 2019}}</ref>

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the composition of the league varied from season to season. Towns did not opt to field teams in every season, and teams from other towns such as [[Bourne, Massachusetts|Bourne]], [[Harwich, Massachusetts|Harwich]], [[Orleans, Massachusetts|Orleans]], [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]], and [[Wareham, Massachusetts|Wareham]] joined the league. Teams were not limited to league play, and often played teams from towns and cities in the larger region, as in 1929 when Falmouth played an exhibition game against the major league [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Falmouth to Play Braves | pages = 4 | newspaper = Falmouth Enterprise | location = Falmouth, MA | date = August 22, 1929 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=FEN%2F1929%2F08%2F22&id=Ar00416&sk=EB79C6ED&viewMode=image }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Falmouth Has Grip On League Winners Pennant | pages = 1 | newspaper = Falmouth Enterprise | location = Falmouth, MA | date = August 29, 1929 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=FEN%2F1929%2F08%2F29&id=Ar00103&sk=287D80B5&viewMode=image }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Braves Beat Falmouth 8–7 | pages = 12 | newspaper = Falmouth Enterprise | location = Falmouth, MA | date = August 29, 1929 | url = http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/APA/Falmouth/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=FEN%2F1929%2F08%2F29&id=Ar01200&sk=964E00A3&viewMode=image }}</ref>

The league enjoyed widespread popularity throughout the 1930s, and even engendered competition in the form of the Barnstable County Twilight League and the Lower Cape Twilight League. However, as the cumulative effects of the [[Great Depression in the United States|Great Depression]] made it increasingly more difficult to secure funding for teams, the Cape League disbanded in 1940.