CT Little League Bans Pitcher For Being Too Good
The New Haven Youth Baseball League had a problem: nine-year-old Jericho Scott was too good of a pitcher for the other kids. Their solution? Ban him from pitching. And when his coach sent him to the mound anyway, the league decided to disband his team. Parents protested, demanding that they let the little the junior Kelly Leak play, and as the AP reports, the whole thing has turned into a giant, litigious mess.
Parents of opposing teams say that Scott’s pitches are too dangerous for their kids, even though he hasn’t beaned anyone this season. I can feel his pain - I was told that I was “too dangerous” and asked to not play in my Little League anymore, but I vaguely remember something like “danger to myself and others” and “lack of motor skills” being used.
