Abstract
This article explores the mechanisms by which youth sports leagues facilitate the creation and mobilization of parental social ties and social capital. Through a qualitative examination of a youth baseball league in the Southwestern USA, I witnessed how organizational structures provided parents with opportunities to socialize and form ties with one another. In addition, I explore how players also influence the specific tie formation of their parents. The role of children in the social capital process has thus far been largely limited to that of passive recipient. Within this piece, I seek to alter this vision by repositioning children as active social agents with roles to play in the social capital formation of their parents.
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