Back to the Minors: The Talented 8-Year-Olds of LTRC
A very young travel team is making its mark on the baseball diamonds.
After the second or third game of a tournament, even the most talented and athletic members of the Orioles will start to blow dandelions in the outfield, get annoyed at the laces in their cleats, and cry if they strike out. That's because most of the players are 7 and 8 years old. However, they are also the first players to sprint excitedly towards a diamond, screaming with joy, when a game is scheduled to begin. The players’ enthusiasm offsets their young attention spans. The LTRC Orioles travel baseball team, composed of 13 boys, has taken rec baseball to a new level since its involvement, last year and this year, with the Baltimore County Metropolitan League, a league of 13 local teams that play each other. "Travel," for an 8-year-old…
