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Definitely keep it fun, it sounds like you are on the right track. 5 and 7 is still real young, a kid could start @ 10 and be the best one on his team @ 12 if he had the natural ability and proper instruction and practice. Baseball is a lot of fun for kids.

We watched a little league game in NYC a couple weeks ago with 5/6/7th graders, some of them were really good for their age. Everyone was having a blast and fortunately there were no psycho parents screaming. The worst thing about little league is the adults, usually.

Have fun and let us know how it goes!