Despite predictions of a rainy day, 250 baseball and softball players marched up Post Ave. under a cloudless sky. They were headed to Community Field to officially open the first baseball season of the new millennium.

WABA wishes to thank their silent partners, "always there to help us out": Nassau County Police Department, Westbury Auxiliary Police, Saint Brigid's Church and School, Westbury Public Schools, Westbury Fire Department, and Village photographer Al Posillico.

The WABA baseball program is sponsored by many local merchants. This year, a journal is being prepared to say a special "thank you" to sponsors. Because of the generosity of local merchants, registration fees paid by parents are kept to a minimum. WABA thanks past sponsors for their support, and thanks new and returning sponsors for joining the team: Van Cleef Realty, Hicks Nursery, Dime Savings Bank, LI Animal Hospital, Stasi Brothers Asphalt Co., CFS Bank, Gino's Pizza, Old Country Pizzeria, Donohue's, Esposito Meat Market, Fire Department, VFW, Proschel's Florist, Sir Speedy Press, Minuteman Press, Medical Recovery CG, Inc., American Muffler, Megabytes, Century 21, Duke of Iron, Hickey's Auto, Wheatley Hills Auto, McEwan's Limousine, Financial Equities, TL Roofing and Sheet Metal Corp., AR Security Consultant, Brush Hollow Beverage, Westbury Chamber of Commerce, Post Ave. Deli Delight, Tony's Haircutters, Westbury Valet, Zorn's Cleaners, Pet Supplies Plus, Maria SS Del Assunta Society, and the Young family.

Journal Boosters this year are: Bagel Boss, Post Cafe, Westbury Dance Academy, Westbury Fish Company, CFS Insurance Agency, Baxter's Sporting Goods, and Lemon-X. "We couldn't do it without you!"