For over a hundred years, Fenway Park has been a sacred monument to baseball, and one day each summer, the Cape Cod Baseball League trades its beachfront ballparks for one of the most iconic baseball cathedrals in the country. The Cape League has been a summer home for thousands of young players looking to make it to the big leagues.

Carlton Fisk, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek, Kevin Youkilis, Chris Sale and many more legendary Red Sox blossomed in the Cape League. Cape Cod remains the premier collegiate summer league in the country as the best college talent makes its way to the Cape before their path to becoming major leaguers.

On Thursday, July 2, players representing each Cape League team shipped up to Boston to join the Cape League's annual Fenway Park workout.

With temperatures nearing 100 degrees throughout the day, the Cape League's finest had the chance to take batting practice and play catch on the field. Many took their shot at hitting a ball over the iconic Green Monster.

For some coaches, like Boston native Steve Englert, Fenway Park has been a dream of a lifetime. Englert and nine of his Harwich Mariners grew up or went to school in New England and have dreamed of taking the field at Fenway Park.

However, one player has a unique outlook on the historic ballpark. Cotuit's Seojun Oh grew up in South Korea and only recently came to the United States to play college baseball. Oh attends High Point University and was ecstatic to experience Fenway Park for the first time.

"It's still like a dream right now; it's just so cool," Oh said. "Nothing better than this."

The Fenway trip was something he knew about and made sure he would be a part of.

Oh grew up idolizing the Hanwha Eagles in Daejeon, Korea, not the Boston Red Sox, but is fully aware of the storied history at the ballpark.

"I heard about coming here," Oh explained. "One of our coaches at High Point was on the Cape last year, and he told me about this experience. He said it was the coolest part of the summer. Now I'm here and wow."

Oh has batted in four runs this summer on the Cape and took a chance with his captivating power to take some hacks at the Green Monster. Oh gave Cotuit teammate Brady Christman the best chance on the roster to hit one onto Lansdowne Street.

"I think Brady Christman," Oh explained. "He will go for it."

Christman hit 12 home runs with Georgia Southern this spring and managed to land a few balls on top of the Monster.

Another team taking batting practice early in the morning was the Falmouth Commodores. First-year manager Jack Dahm was just as excited for the opportunity as his players were.

"First, I'm excited to be here; you can just see how excited the guys were when they walked in," Dahm said. "The opportunity to be on the field right now is really special for them. This is going to be one of those memories we'll never forget."

The monumental day began with Falmouth and Cotuit taking the field at 9 a.m. and ended with Orleans taking on the Red Sox scout team.

The Cape League brings together elite college talent who get to perform in front of scouts every night.

This occasion was no different, but the Orleans Firebirds had the unique opportunity to play a game.

Dressed in red, baggy, retired Red Sox uniforms, the scout team was a wild bunch of players ranging from elite high school recruits to former Cape League stars. 2025 Cape League postseason MVP Jon LeGrande featured for the scout team.

LeGrande hit .288 at Bourne last summer before a great spring campaign at St. John's, hitting .322 with six home runs and 27 stolen bases.

The first pitch was thrown by Brody Bumila. Bumila made national headlines this spring when he led his team to a Massachusetts high school championship while emerging as a first-round prospect on the baseball diamond.

Bumila, the 6-foot-9 southpaw from Raynham, Massachusetts, had a historic year at Bishop Feehan High School and is projected to be a top-15 pick, right before the Red Sox select at No. 20.

With the teams taking the field, Kelly Nicholson's Firebirds embraced the challenge head-on.

New addition Adam Magpoc rifled a ball deep to center field as Orleans stepped up to the big-league occasion. The ballpark was mostly filled with scouts and the families of the players.

One family was well accustomed to Fenway Park. Adrian Beltre Jr., an infielder and pitcher for Orleans, was cheered on by his family in the stands, including Hall of Famer and former Red Sox slugger Adrian Beltre. Beltre hit .321 with 28 home runs during his lone season with the Red Sox.

One MLB scout had a unique role on the day.

Peter Flaherty, the Washington Nationals' Northeast area scout, was assigned to coach the scout team.

But Fenway is nothing new for Flaherty, who grew up in Belmont and played at Belmont Hill School.

"It's pretty surreal because growing up in Boston, right outside the city, I came here all the time with my dad," Flaherty said. "We came to a lot of the 2004 playoff games, the ALDS against the Angels, the ALCS against the Yankees. It's a huge reason why I fell in love with the game."

Flaherty also has deep ties to the Cape League.

"I interned on the Cape, so it's another full-circle moment," Flaherty said.

Flaherty served as the Cape League's scout liaison from 2019 to 2022 and saw firsthand how closely tied the league remains to Major League Baseball. Now with the Nationals, he got the chance to scout and coach some of the brightest talent in the Northeast at the landmark of America's pastime.

For over a century, the Cape Cod Baseball League has remained baseball's premier summer proving ground, giving players a glimpse of what may lie ahead. With the 2026 season in full swing, on July 2nd the Cape League connected baseball's past, present and future on one of the game's grandest stages.