Youth event held on Lower East Side in tandem with Our Lady of Sorrows Little League Opening Day
NEW YORK -- On a sun-soaked Saturday morning on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, nearly 400 kids participated in baseball drills and games at the launch of Major League Baseball's five-borough Play Ball tour of New York City.
At John V. Lindsay East River Park in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge, the kids smacked Wiffle balls in a home run derby, fielded ground balls and practiced baserunning on an expansive turf field. Most were celebrating their own Opening Day with the Lower East Side Our Lady of Sorrows (OLS) Little League -- the same league where Yankees reliever Dellin Betances got his start.