At least my team is good for a giggle and some case studies..

[Robert Goodman]

Originally Posted by Manny A

Wow. Lemme guess: you'd allow a pitcher to deliver a pitch when the batter is digging into the box with his head down.

No, because that produces a danger that is greater than the ordinary play of the game. A rundown, however, is just common baseball, and is no more dangerous to kids whether they're doing it as part of a baseball game or just for its own fun.

From the logic of the post I was replying to, it seems that baseball is being treated by adults as an extraordinary danger to children that is to be allowed only by the fact that score is being kept. The kids, by contrast, probably see baseball as an excuse to run around and have fun which produces some numbers as a byproduct.