On Friday, May 1, at 7 p.m. the Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League will be hosting the first Friday Night Lights of the season. The CPLL Friday Night Lights is an event held every baseball season as an opportunity for Little League teams to play baseball under the lights. There are announcers and special events in between innings, and it’s a great night to reconnect with old Little League friends.
The May 1 event will feature Little League majors teams the Z Enterprise Phillies managed by Ray Cella versus the Howard Spielman Family Dentistry Mets managed by Andrew Liggio.
There will be an additional Friday Night Lights on May 15. More information can be found at the CPLL web site at cpll.org.
I always look forward to these events as an opportunity to re-connect with the local baseball community. Ray Cella will often reach out to old teammates he used to coach who are now in high school and invite them to the event to help coach his team. My son T.J. is a senior at North, and this will likely be the last time he will be in the area for a Little League reunion before he heads off to college. It’s always fun to see how big he’s grown when he stands next to the 10-12-year-old Little Leaguers and waves them on to take second base on a grounder through the gap.
Last year I believe all of the Friday Night Lights events were rained out. As this letter is being edited, the forecast calls for a cloudy day and a small chance of rain on May 1. Let’s all hope that the weather cooperates because I sure would like to say hello again to some old Little League friends.
Tim Hitchings
Plainsboro
