Thanks for posting the full James Earl Ray quote.
When I was a pup, we played baseball constantly, often until dark and that was 10:30 pm or so in North Dakota.
We didn't need adults to organize games for us. The batting team would furnish the catcher who would also double as umpire to call balls and strikes. It worked well because any unfair calls were paid back in the next inning and we all knew it.
If we thought we needed uniforms, we made our own with a t-shirt and an oil based marker. The hats were plain colors with an emblem cut from iron-on tape.
All of us got more at bats in an afternoon that kids nowadays get in an entire season of adult organized baseball.
I actually had catcher’s gear, so I was always allowed to play, even though I was really bad.