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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your kid is talented enough for the team it doesn't matter their birthday. Sorry, that's the way the world works. Some kids are so talented that they play up and are the youngest on an older team. I say this as someone who has a kid who is the youngest on their travel baseball team. I want my kid to work hard, not get a pass because of an unfortunate birthday.[/quote]

This. My middle son’s birthday is April 15.  Horrible travel baseball birthday as he is only 15 days from the cut off.  Still, he’s never failed to make an All-Star team or D1 travel squad.  For awhile I thought the birthday may come back to bite him in high school because he’s not the biggest kid out there. But I think we’ll be all right as he will have had the opportunity to be on the big field in 7th grade vs the summer birthdays who don’t get on the big field until the end of 8th grade. His size will be fine for a middle infielder.  The parents who argue that their March kid is too young usually gets quiet when they hear that DS is April.[/quote]

A lot of those summer birthday baseball players will play up to stay with their graduation year, even in middle school, so if he’s always been the youngest that should ease up a bit.[/quote]

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