I played baseball as a kid. When my daughter got old enough to play my wife, who had played softball as a kid and a young adult, wanted her to play. I wasn't real turned on to the whole softball at five years old thing. I ended up coaching. I am still not enamored of girls or boys starting out as young as they do.
All that said, I'd really rather watch softball than baseball. It's a lot faster paced and there is more enthusiasm. There are too damn many rules.
