It was with great excitement that my 9-year-old son attended his first little league baseball practice. As I watched practice, I was dismayed by the difference of the size of the players. I later found out that the team consisted of third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade children. It makes absolutely no sense for a third-grade child to be playing any sport with a sixth-grade child.

One of the main reasons why the children of the Enumclaw community are not able to play with other children their same age is the egos of the adults who run the little league programs in this community. Evidently, the adults who run little league baseball in this community could not agree on certain issues and thus Chinook and Mount Rainier little leagues evolved.

To make this really simple for the adults in charge of both leagues…grow up. For the safety and enjoyment of the game for the participants, resolve your differences and do what is right for the little league baseball players of the community. One league would be very beneficial for all involved.

Tracy Albrecht

Enumclaw