Many other players had done the same throughout the season, as promoted on the Little League’s social media, but the umpire still chose to give Marco the boot, citing a “safety concern” over the celebration. A judge overturned the “draconian” suspension mere hours before Thursday night’s game, asserting that the vague rules “can’t be enforced arbitrarily and capriciously.”
The Little League Baseball organization was frustrated by the ruling and insisted that Rocco’s behavior had been “unsportsmanlike conduct” worthy of removal.
Believe it or not, I agree with the league. That shit makes me crazy when I see any major leaguer do it, let alone a Little Leaguer.
I'm old school - you would have never seen Maris or Mantle or Aaron ever do that. That's the kinda bullshit behavior that puts the 'I' in team. It's just not appropriate - especially for a ten-year-old kid. Juss' sayin'...
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Obama judge? And what's "mercy-ruled."
ReplyDeleteMercy rule: when you beat the sh.t out of your opponent so end the game early to save them too much embarrassment.
DeleteLike the one time in my son's basketball game when we restarted our own score back to zero at half time instead of calling the mercy rule.
Trailing by ten runs after your last at bat. As far as the bat flipper, I had the same problem with pro football and all their antics. The kneeling during the National Anthem was the last straw and now with college football going the way the pros I'm done with them too. Not saying the kids should not get paid, but the transfer portal is way too loose and abused.
DeleteIf the umpires would suspend everyone who did it then that would be different. But this kid was the only one during the tournament who was suspended for it. Always enforce it or remove the rule.
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