The DOF is great in this photo. I guess it would have been more striking if the kid was mirrored so it seems like he was walking towards the big time ball players. I think that would have been a tremendous impact on this photo. Otherwise, it still gets one of my top votes.
Nice sentiment and idea. The cropping is a bit of an issue for me, with the background feels cluttered, given the cropped off men at the right and left upper corners.
Now if the guy on the left was cropped out and the guy on the right was not chopped in half this would be real nice. Its the small things which are important when composing a shot
i really like the juxtaposition, the little child hoping to one day be a real player. maybe you had no control over the kid, but it would have been nice if he had been watching the players admiringly, or even immitating them. the guy in the top left corner is really distracting, it would have been nice if you could photoshp him out. good title.