“I was getting anxious and as time kept going on and as the rounds went on, I was getting more nervous when I didn’t see my name,” said the Royal Knights’ ace pitcher, a Jersey City resident who graduated from the school this month.

“I jumped out of my shoes,” said Roman, a righthander, when he saw he was their pick.

Even without LeBron James in the NBA Finals, Nike continues to run ads with the LeBron and Kobe Bryant puppets, playing on the theme that Kobe made the Finals and LeBron has to stay home baby-sitting the little kid next door, Lil Dez.