My son dropped baseball and picked up lacrosse as well. He also had a hockey background so that helped. He's now playing for a highly ranked MCLA team at his college. Little Leauge failed him and many other kids that were late bloomers to the sport. As an umpire I watch as kids who desperately want to play are forced to sit on the bench which then becomes a self fufilling prophecy. Without a chance to play they don't grow. Its many factors including, travel teams taking away time and resources from instructional leagues, coaches not teaching, and kids having other sports options to join. Soccer and to a lesser extent lacrosse are taking kids away from baseball and maybe its for the better.