Every year a thread here morphs into "my travel team could beat your LLWS team"
So what - as someone said it is apples and oranges. I like that they are moving the age down a 1/2 year this is a good change IMO.
LL does more than any organization to promote and develop youth baseball. At it's core it is a community based organization and not only develops youth baseball but also helps develop stronger communities, as does other local community based sports such as local basketball and soccer leagues, etc. Frankly my fondest memories of my son playing baseball go back to his LL years playing with all of his local friends and their families. I still have friends that we developed in those years that are irreplaceable. Two of my fondest stories about my son playing ball are from LL T-ball. Thank God for LL baseball.