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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the cost of travel baseball depends greatly on the program.  We have kids in both travel baseball and soccer and baseball is much cheaper. 
It does take more time though---about 5 hours each Sunday for a double header vs 1 hour on Sunday for a soccer game. [/quote]

PP here-I can completely see that this is true.  For us, it wasn't even just the double headers that took up a ton of time, but the winter practices were difficult, too.  There was literally never a break from baseball, except for maybe two or three weeks in the summer.  I understand that travel sports require a higher level of committment, but at some point, it can really just be too much.  [/quote]

PP, did your kids wind up playing in h.s.?  Are they playing any baseball now?  If not, at what age did they stop?  [/quote]

My oldest son, who is now 16, initially decided not to play in high school.  He played for the "B" travel team in 7th grade (the first year we allowed him to try out for travel) and then made the "A" travel team in 8th grade, but had also played travel basketball for years and wanted to focus on that in high school. He's played varsity basketball and AAU since he was a freshman, but changed schools this year after being recruited by a private school and will play baseball this year.

My youngest son, who's 12, would like to play travel baseball but we've limited him to two travel sports.  He had played travel baseball, soccer, and basketball for two years but it was just too much, with the baseball being the biggest commitment by far.  Last year, he played rec baseball but then this past spring, he played AAU basketball instead of spring rec baseball.
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