Are Kids Getting Priced Out of Baseball and Softball?
A NY Times article explores the era of the $250 baseball bat.
Have you bought a baseball glove for your Little Leaguer lately? Did you pay more than $100 for it? How about a $250 bat? A New York Times story headlined "Big Price Tags Attached to Even the Littlest Leagues," looks at the big business of equipping youngsters for participation in youth baseball and softball leagues, quoting those costs and more. "A batting helmet protects tiny heads for $39.99," the Times reports. "A pair of Nike Jordan Black Cat cleats will make your child fast and fashionable at $51.99 until he or she outgrows them." So what do you think? Has the cost of bats and gloves taken our kids too far from the simpler days of sandlot and playground ballgames? Or have you had better luck finding more modestly-priced equipment for…
Ken Esq
7:48 am on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
There's plenty of quality equipment available second-hand or on eBay. if you want to give your kid the same stuff the pros use...you're going to pay ridiculous prices. To play baseball at anything but HS and above we're talking a pair of sneakers, bat, cap and glove. Gloves and bats last for years. Every league is going to have some helmets. Hockey is always expensive, but aside from goalies it's… more ›