Factoids

Factoids

Stuff you didn't even know you wanted to know

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   Baseball is the fourth-most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 455,305 participants during the 1998-99 season, according to the athletics participation survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations. In terms of school sponsorship it ranks third with 14,486 schools nationwide offering the sport. In addition, there are 1,331 girls in 136 schools across the country who participated in baseball during the 1998-99 season.

   [Source: National Federation of State High School Associations]

   By the time boys reach ages 13 and 14, seventy percent have dropped out of organized baseball.

   [Source: National Youth Sports Coaches Association]

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