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[quote=Anonymous]There are so many things about baseball, both physically and rules wise, that just aren't intuitive at all and it can take younger kids a couple of years of playing to figure some of this stuff out while I think a lot of other sports are just a lot simpler/more natural.

The thread is 3 years old but I don't think there is any reason why an older kid couldn't join a rec league and have a good time but the biggest issue is that unlike when they are little a newcomer, even if they are fairly athletic, is really going to be an outlier relative to the other kids in terms of their skills while they wouldn't stand out as much at 8 when everyone including the talented kids are trying to figure out how to hit a ball and what a force out is.

To provide a specific example in my teen son's baseball crew - there was a kid who moved to the neighborhood from Asia at 9 years old who had never played baseball or soccer.  In soccer he was able to start keeping up with the other kids after a few weeks and it was obvious he was a good athlete.

In baseball he was just completely lost the first year and the second year he started to hit the ball and figure out fielding but still made a lot of mistakes.

5 years later headed into HS he is maybe the most talented baseball player at his large MS.[/quote]

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