I was looking at the BASEBALL message boards this morning and came across this team website.

WE ARE A FIRST YEAR 4 AND UNDER TEE BALL TEAM. WE CURRENTLY PLAY LEAGUE AND TOURNAMENT BALL EXCLUSIVELY AT ***** BALLPARK.

OUR COACHING PHILOSOPHY IS TO TEACH TEAMWORK, SPORTSMANSHIP, AND THE BASIC FUNDAMENTALS OF BASEBALL.

MY COACHING DESIRES IS TO BUILD A TEAM THAT WILL BE TOGETHER FOR YEARS TO COME.
TEAM RULES:
ALWAYS BE ON TIME TO GAMES AND PRACTICES
NO CHILD UNATTENDED WITH A BAT IN HIS/HER HAND
TEACH GOOD SPORTSMAN SHIP
SAFETY, SAFETY, NO CHILD UNATTENDED WITH BAT OR BALL
CALL BY 9PM PRIOR TO MISSING A UPCOMING GAME/PRACTICE

I wonder who takes the kids to the bathroom and changes them if they have an accident? The parallel to wrestling is what age is too young? But I can guarantee you because I've seen it happen, that these baseball parents will do everything they can to get their kids to tryouts and if their son makes the team they will think they have the next A-Rod. Then unfortunately most of the kids will not be playing by 12 years of age.

By the way, this isn't a local team, this is a nationwide message board but it just goes to show you that this argument exists in ALL sports and generally with the same outcome, too much pressure, too early, then the kids drop out. And by the way, there is a t-ball world series out there!