PLAY BALL!

Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal
Cooperstown Youth Baseball’s Colorado Rockies lead the season opener parade down Main Street Saturday, April 30.  Behind them (in the blue shirt) is coach John Lambert.  Contamination at Beanie Ainslie Field at the end of Walnut Street caused the CYB to play its games this year at the Clark Sports Center, the Hartwick Little League field, and Beaver Valley Campground, Hartwick Seminary.

Shayne Chase takes a timeout for the traditional Little League snack, the hotdog, at opening ceremonies.

Batter Jack Poulson waits for a pitch as Little League action got underway on the diamond at the Beaver Valley Campground, Hartwick Seminary, which owner Dwaine Sharratt made available to the boys this year.  Scott Curtis is catching, and Dale Scuck, who drives out annually from Wyoming, is ump.

To see more pictures visit our facebook album -- Little League, 2011