My dad was big into baseball when he was an athlete, and it spread to me. I quit soccer when I was 12 to move into baseball. After playing top level baseball until I was 16, I quit during what would have been my second year of Babe Ruth. For me, the problem was the weather, and the schedule. Training camp beginning in February, and a season that ran basically until the end of September when you include All Stars. That was too much, considering the first ~2 months are basically spent indoors using pitch machines and the old infield training centre.
It was tough for me to get into baseball mode while snow was falling and we were playing indoors. Add to that, I was always playing hockey which sometimes conflicted with the baseball schedule.
Baseball was my top sport athletically, but hockey was always my fave. I'm sure I would have let hockey take a back seat if I lived in BC growing up, and could have played the whole season outdoors. In Calgary, it was pretty miserable usually. I remember playing tourney's in the snow with aluminum bats in little league, not fun.
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