The annual Opening Day festivities for PAYS softball and baseball took place April, 12 on Main St. in Plympton. The celebration started off with a parade of players and coaches down Main St. and ended at Holt Field where the Plympton Fire Department was waiting with their hose truck to spray down approaching players and coaches. Mark Reilly led the opening ceremony with Arthur Bloomquist playing the National Anthem on the trumpet. Lindsay Platz threw the first pitch. Kona Ice Truck provided refreshments and the PAYS parents cooked hot dog lunches for all the players. Mike Slawson from the Plympton Public Library helped kids make their own baseball button-pins and volunteers worked the raffle table, snack shack, and painted glitter tattoos on attendees. Games kicked off in the afternoon and new and experienced players dusted off their gloves and mitts and got to work for the season. It was a wonderful, sunny spring Opening Day for the community to come together to celebrate the many volunteers, coaches, and kids who keep the PAYS organization going strong in Plympton. Thanks to the Plympton Police Department for traffic detail for the parade and the Plympton Fire Department for participating. Good luck, kids -and play ball!