Postcards from Falmouth: Falmouth Heights Ball Field

If you’ve set out to enjoy Falmouth in the height of summer, chances are you’ve been to the Falmouth Heights ball field. But have you heard of the Falmouth Falcons, or learned how that ball field came to be?

Let the late Richard Kendall take you back in time, to a boyhood spent practicing, playing ball, and facing off against local legends on this iconic field. His oral history spans the early days of Falmouth Heights to the postwar era of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he rubbed shoulders with professional talent and watched new players get to know the game.