Future NY Yankees and Mets Taking Batting Practice for Roosevelt Island Little League Pennant Race!

The Roosevelt Island Little League season has begun. Future Jeters, Posadas, Arods, Wrights and Reyes' were brushing up on their batting skills at the Roosevelt Island Youth Center's batting cage in preparation for the rest of their little league season. Here is the season's schedule and the standings after first week.

STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 1:

MINORS:

ATHLETICS 1 - 0

CUBS 1 - 0

CARDINALS 0 - 1

TIGERS 0 – 1

MAJORS:

CARDINALS 1 - 0

TIGERS 1 - 0

CUBS 0 - 1

ATHLETICS 0 - 1

The April 26, 2008 Main Street WIRE Sportswire (not yet available on-line) reports:

The Roosevelt Island Youth Program Beacon Little League Baseball season got under way last week with a bang! And a boom, a stomp, and a clap. The source was a Saturday morning parade down Main Street, featuring a world-class marching band, a float with a six-foot novelty baseball cap, and all of the Little League players and coaches. The parade culminated at Tony Capobianco field, where everyone stood at attention while Little League coach Owen Johnston sang the National Anthem. The first pitch was thrown out by Umpoire Nestor, who has patrolled the base paths on Roosevelt Island for over 15 years.

A question. Why are there no Roosevelt Island little league team named Yankees or Mets?