Baseball isn't for everyone. It is a Darwinian journey with some portion of kids dropping out each year until you've got maybe 5-10% of former Little Leaguers making their HS varsity team. There's lots more to high school than participating in a sport that isn't a fit and isn't fun. One of my son's stopped playing baseball in HS and joined the cross country team. One of the best decisions he made. I asked why cross country - he said he wanted to do a sport that I (his dad) knew nothing about and couldn't "help" him with...