9-year-old pitcher banned for throwing too fast, too hard
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Officials at the Youth Baseball League of New Haven want to bar 9-year-old pitcher Jericho Scott from playing because he throws too fast and too hard, the New Haven Register reports.
When Scott, whose pitches top out at 40 m.p.h, took the mound last week despite the league ruling, the opposing team forfeited the game and left, the Associated Press reports.
Now, officials for the three-year-old league, which has eight teams and about 100 players, plan to disband Jericho's team and redistribute the players among other squads, the AP reports.
Peter Noble, who represents the league, says parents and coaches, not players, expressed a fear of Jericho’s pitches. "Facing that kind of speed" is frightening for beginning players, he says.
"This is not a high-powered league," Noble says, according to the AP. "This is a developmental league whose main purpose is to promote the sport."
“I feel sad,” he says. “I feel like it’s all my fault nobody could play.”
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Officials at the Youth Baseball League of New Haven want to bar 9-year-old pitcher Jericho Scott from playing because he throws too fast and too hard, the New Haven Register reports.When Scott, whose pitches top out at 40 m.p.h, took the mound last week despite the league ruling, the opposing team forfeited the game and left, the Associated Press reports.
Now, officials for the three-year-old league, which has eight teams and about 100 players, plan to disband Jericho's team and redistribute the players among other squads, the AP reports.
Peter Noble, who represents the league, says parents and coaches, not players, expressed a fear of Jericho’s pitches. "Facing that kind of speed" is frightening for beginning players, he says.
"This is not a high-powered league," Noble says, according to the AP. "This is a developmental league whose main purpose is to promote the sport."
Nicole Scott, Jericho's mother, says she's dismayed. "I think it’s discouraging when you’re telling a 9-year-old you’re too good at something,” she says.
And Jericho? He says the whole flap bothers him and, besides, he misses pitching.“I feel sad,” he says. “I feel like it’s all my fault nobody could play.”
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