User blog comment:Floatingforever/Huge Day For My Little Sister/@comment-1874924-20100502210943

For a goodly number of years, now, T-ball has been growing in popularity for kids below a certain age (I think 8 years old or thereabouts) because it lets batters actually put the ball in play. With pitched games in that age bracket, everyone tends to either strike out or walk, depending on whether the pitcher is good or not.