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[quote=Anonymous]My 10-year-old daughter has been playing baseball for several years.  Our local Little League only offers baseball, but girls are allowed to play softball with a neighboring Little League.  My daughter tried out softball when she was 7 or 8 and said that she didn't have a preference between the two.  We decided as a family to go back to baseball with the local Little League, partly because the fields for practices and games were much more convenient and partly because our particular local league was more organized/better run.

She's had a great experience with baseball.  She enjoys the sport and likes playing with kids she knows from school.  The coaches and the other players have always treated her just like any other player, and she's never felt excluded even though she's usually the only girl on the team.

However, if your baseball and softball options are equally appealing in terms of convenience and other factors, I'd go with softball.  Like a PP said, there will likely be more camaraderie in softball for a girl.  I think my daughter would probably enjoy her time in the dugout during games more if she were with a group of girls.  DH and I have also noticed that the gap between her strength and the boys' strength in hitting and throwing has gotten wider each year, making it harder for her to keep up competitively, although this could be overcome if she was interested in doing more training in the offseason.  (She prefers to play other sports in fall and winter.)[/quote]

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