Sneaking in before the nor’easter drenched the city, the Greenwich Village Little League held Opening Day ceremonies Saturday at J.J. Walker Field. Clockwise from right: Art Shamsky, star slugger on the World Champion 1969 Mets and currently a manger in the new Israel Baseball League, tossed the season’s first pitch;
From left, Shamsky; Tom Ellett, G.V.L.L. president; Borough President Scott Stringer; and Council Speaker Christine Quinn during the national anthem; brothers Theo, 12, left, and Jacob Landsman, 10, played with their No. 1 fan, Atlas; Cardinals Sherman Cravens, 8, left, and Jacob McConaughy, 9, applauded the start of play. Opposite page top, the Cubs T-ballers took the field;
Bottom, Zachary Weiss stole a base…er, doughnut. Tobi Bergman, Pier Park & Playground Association president and the league’s founder, gave a speech saying why Pier 40 must be preserved for youth athletics. Ellett and Stringer donned T-shirts reading “We § Our Pier 40 Fields.”
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