Greenwich Village Little League alumni Harrison Rottman and Blas Lee will lead the Eleanor Roosevelt High School baseball team to its first-ever appearance in the Public School Athletic League AA Division Championship Game at Yankee Stadium on Mon., June 13, at 4 p.m.
The boys, who are both graduating seniors, have been playing ball together since Little League. Making it to the “Big Show” is an exciting way to cap off their New York City baseball careers before heading off to college in the fall.
Rottman, who batted .300 during the regular season, is red hot with a .545 batting average with one double and 3 RBI in the playoffs.
Lee, who batted .341 during the regular season, is also hitting at a scorching pace with a .667 batting average and a .727 on-base percentage with two doubles and four RBI.
The boys are also the product of the Pier 40 baseball program located at W. Houston St. and the West Side Highway.
It should be noted that Eleanor Roosevelt, a.k.a. “ELRO,” freshman Oscar Rachmansky is the team’s starting left fielder and is also a product of the Pier 40 baseball program, where upperclassman Lee was his coach. Rachmansky played with the Downtown Little League.
The ELRO Huskies finished the season 12-4 to earn the seventh seed in the playoff bracket. They defeated Port Richmond 11-1 and Lafayette 9-1, before eliminating the No. 2 seed, Beach Channel, by a score of 7-5 and No. 3 seed, Petrides High School of Staten Island, 4-3 this past Saturday.
Eleanor Roosevelt, at 411 E. 76th St., is a District 2 school zoned for Greenwich Village and Lower Manhattan. It was created in 2002 and was originally in Chelsea.
Last year’s PSAL AA baseball championship was won by the East Side High School Tigers from the East Village.
