The Yastrzemskis lived two doors down, and we'd all play baseball on the local sandlot team.

For ten years, the Blue Ribbons fielded a team every season and played some of the best sandlot teams in the area.

Always enamored of football, he played linebacker and running back on assorted sandlot teams.

Built like a fireplug, he played football on our local sandlot team.

His successor, Joseph A. Fernandez, was a quarterback on a sandlot team in Harlem.

He is working as a security guard - and playing ball again, with a sandlot team in Central Park.

When Tolley drafted Tiki for that sandlot team, Ronde automatically came with him.

"It's like a sandlot team trying to fight the Major Leagues," she continued, adding, "A David and Goliath story."

Mr. Checo, who played for the rival Kennedy High School, was also on the sandlot team.

His manager at the sandlot team encouraged McCormick to switch positions to first base, citing how there was less competition for the spot compared to the outfield.