Opening Day at PPBA
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer
Photo by Rich Schmitt, Staff Photographer
The Palisades Recreation Center was abuzz with activity Saturday morning for the Palisades Pony Baseball Association’s 55th annual Opening Day ceremony at the Field of Dreams complex. The event, one of the community’s oldest and proudest traditions, consists of a pancake breakfast and the ceremonial first-pitch, tossed this year by former Mayor of Los Angeles Richard Riordan. ‘This is what American is all about,’ Riordan said. ‘I saw the balloons and people eating breakfast outside . . . like a scene from a hundred years ago . . . that community feeling. We’ve captured that here in the Palisades.’ Games began immediately after the first-pitch ceremony in the Pinto (ages 7-9), Mustang (9-10) and Bronco (11-12) Divisions. The league also has three Pony Division (13-14) teams. For the full scoop on Opening Day see Sports.
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