“Play Ball!”

Congressmember Anthony Weiner (holding microphone) is backed-up by City Councilmember Dennis Gallagher (center) as he congratulates future big leaguers after the Opening-Day parade for the Ridgewood-Glendale-Middle Village-Maspeth Little League. Manager-Coach Jeff Catalano (left) looks on. The near-freezing early-April temperatures at Seither Field, 78th Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard in Glendale couldn’t cool the kids’ enthusiasm for the National Pastime.