Little League season begins!

And so the Yankees dynasty in Coeur d’Alene Little League has begun!

We had our first practice today in a chilly shadow of snow-covered Canfield Mountain. With a high of 40-degrees during practice (just a mere preface to the rainy 33-degree practice we will have tomorrow), we caught fly balls, hit into a chain link fence and fielded ground ball off a mushy baseball field.

It was messy, no doubt, but already I can tell a few things from such a soggy-at-best baseball practice: We have an AMAZING shortstop who was apparently an unstoppable pitcher last season’s majors league; we also have a great catcher, a couple lefties and some guys who can outrun a horse from home home plate to second base.

Give me a few more practices and some hitting-specific drills, and I bet we chalk up a .500 record at worst.

Go Yankees!