The soaring price of youth sports: $50 to try out, $3,000 to play

Lindsey Rector added up the costs as she waited for her son to finish his baseball lesson. That was $60 a week right there. A new bat: $500. His club baseball team in Boynton Beach, Florida, and its three practices a week were $3,000 a year. Out-of-town tournaments cost extra. Last summer, the team...

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