For EARNED founders Jack and Thomas, ages 11 and 10, baseball culture on Cape Cod isn’t something they visit. It’s been part of their baseball lives for years.

And getting the opportunity to throw out a ceremonial first pitch while representing the company they founded—for the second consecutive year—was a pretty special moment.

Jack and Thomas recently stepped onto the field before a Chatham Anglers game to deliver the ceremonial first pitch, adding another baseball memory in a place that has played a big role in their lives.

And it wasn’t their first.

In 2025, the brothers threw out the first pitch before a Y-D Red Sox game, making Chatham their second ceremonial first pitch at a Cape Cod baseball game.

Those moments on the mound are special, but they’re just one small part of Jack and Thomas’ connection to baseball on the Cape. That connection was built long before either of them ever stood on the field to throw a first pitch.

EARNED understands Cape baseball culture because we live it.

We’re a Massachusetts family with a home on the Cape. Jack and Thomas play travel baseball games here throughout the spring, summer and fall. Summers bring baseball camps, Wiffle ball with friends, mornings at the beach and nights spent at Cape ballfields.

On the Cape, baseball isn't just part of their summer. It's part of their life.

And Cape baseball culture is bigger than what happens between the lines.

It’s folding chairs behind the backstop. Kids chasing foul balls and waiting for autographs. Bikes leaning against the fence. Cool nights under the lights. Baseball gloves next to beach towels. Players staying with local families. Teammates becoming lifelong friends. And communities where baseball is woven into the rhythm of life on the Cape.

That connection runs through EARNED, too.

Many EARNED ballplayers have spent summers playing baseball on Cape Cod, becoming part of a tradition that has helped shape generations of players on their journey through the game.

So when Jack and Thomas walked onto the field in Chatham representing EARNED, it wasn't simply about throwing a baseball toward home plate.

It was another small chapter in a much bigger story.

Two Massachusetts kids growing up in the game. Two brothers whose baseball lives stretch from spring and fall travel games on the Cape to baseball summer camps, Wiffle ball and nights at Cape ballfields. And two founders building a brand around the baseball culture they actually live.

From Y-D in 2025 to Chatham this year, EARNED has been fortunate to take the mound twice.

But the mound is only part of the story.

Cape Cod is baseball culture.

And baseball culture is EARNED.