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Youth Baseball Costs Soar Even for Six-Year-Olds

Original: Advanced Stats and $500 Bats: Why Baseball for 6-Year-Olds Is Breaking the Bank

A Wall Street Journal report examines how youth baseball has become a big-money pursuit starting as young as six, with families paying for $500 bats, travel teams, private coaching and even advanced statistics. Parents and commenters are expressing sticker shock at how early and how expensively competitive youth sports now begins.

Why now: Parents are alarmed by the escalating cost of competitive youth sports starting at very young ages.

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Evidence

• Advanced Stats and $500 Bats: Why Baseball for 6-Year-Olds Is Breaking the Bank · gmays · 10

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• ✉news #37 · 8 d ago

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