Kids can’t wait to play baseball

 

It doesn’t take long, just a few years and your child is already nagging you, they want to play sports. They have their favorites, whether it is basketball, baseball, soccer, or even football.

However, the number one favorite sport for the younger child is baseball.

As early as four years old, they want to play. Both girls and boys are encouraged to sign up for Little League at their neighborhood sign-up drive. Usually these are held at one of the local little league baseball fields.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_League_Baseball

It starts with T-ball.

It is where the ball is actually placed on a T and the child is encouraged to hit the ball and run to first place. It is so much fun to see the little ones get their first hit and get so excited that they forget where they are suppose to run to.

How many kids play Little League baseball in the US? How about over 50 million in the US alone and more than 100 million kids play little league in the world according to wiki.answers.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_League_Baseball

Playing Little League baseball teaches children all about fair play, rules and most importantly how to get along with other kids. It will teach them that losing is part of life and it is how we deal with the losses that helps built our children’s character.
http://www.ehow.com/list_7806834_little-league-baseball-age-rules.html

As parents of Little Leaguers we get to stand by our children, which means learn all the rules. We provide team snacks and encouragement for the whole team. There is also a really great side benefit for us, the parents. After spending countless hours watching our kids practice and then play game after game, we become very close to the other parents. We do the ‘car pool’ thing, exchange phone numbers and/or emails and we do it all for our kids. The funny thing is that long after our children have grown up and are no longer playing Little League, we, the parents are still friends and we still stay in contact with each other.
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Little League was founded by Carl Stotz in 1939 as a three-team league in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It is still is a non-profit organization based in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, which organizes local youth baseball and softball leagues throughout the U.S. and the rest of the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_League_Baseball

The non-profit organization of Little League does meet now and then, then take the opportunity to review the rules, make necessary changes it keep up with the times.

The latest rule change that will make a large impact is the change to the age limit. Starting in 2018, 13-year-olds will not be allowed to play in the regular Little League. However Little League will provide 13-year-olds with the option of playing in the intermediate 50-70 division or in its junior league classification

http://www.pennlive.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/04/rule_change_to_keep_13-year-ol.html

No matter how good or not so good your child plays baseball, the memories of playing baseball, hitting that baseball and their first catch will stay with them forever. It also does hurt that the local Major League baseball teams do support Little League and offer incentives to the kids. On April 27 of this year, over 10,000 little leaguers attending the Dodger game.

And on June 1 when the Dodgers play the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Dodgers will be hosting, the ‘Dodger Youth Baseball Parade Day #4 – celebrating Little League’s 75th Anniversary. Little Leaguers in uniform will get to parade the field before the game.
www.dodgers.com
There is also another benefit to playing Little League Baseball; your child might actually be good, good enough to make the high school baseball team, perhaps even a scholarship to college.
The grand prize would be if your child actually made it to the ‘Majors’. It not that farfetched, just about every single baseball player out there got their start playing baseball in Little League or some other youth baseball group.

Let’s Play Ball
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