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There are advantages to be the late bloomer, younger kid if you’re talented enough to compete. These younger, talented kids have to be very fundamentally sound to play as well as the bigger kids.  Some bigger kids never become fundamentally sound and hit a wall when the competition gets tougher.

My son played on a large state LL state runner up. Only four of the kids played high school ball. Three went on to college ball. But, everyone else on the team was all conference in something (football, basketball, lacrosse) in high school. Most of the team was big. They outmuscled and outran the smaller 46/60 and 50/70 fields. But a majority of them lacked the baseball fundamentals to survive the 60/90 field.

Last edited by RJM
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