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These are inner city kids whose parents probably can't afford to put him on an AAU team. If you put him up to the next level 11,12,13 a 40mph pitch is a meatball now it becomes " Dangerous" for this 9yr old to be on the mound with older kids using aluminum bats hitting balls back at him. Getting hit by a pitched ball is safer than a ball that is hit . Also it's not like this kid pitches every game. I think the league is teaching these kids it's o.k. to quit in the face of a challenge.
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