When you fly over the US, there are thousands of baseball fields.  Sadly, however, there are more options (video games, computers, etc) for how kids spend their time.  Most new baseball players are in-sourced from the Dominican, Columbia, etc, too.  There are still 13-15 million people playing little league in the US.<p>Want to see decline - take a look at US Slow Pitch Softball - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.athleticbusiness.com&#x2F;Recreation&#x2F;slow-pitch-softball-s-participation-decline-challenges-rec-professionals.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.athleticbusiness.com&#x2F;Recreation&#x2F;slow-pitch-softba...</a>