9-year-old boy told he's too good to pitch - ESPN

Rumors and Rants found this 8/26/2008 on sports.espn.go.com (flag)

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player -- too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch any more. When Jericho took the mound anyway last week, the opposing team forfeited the game, packed its gear and left, his ... (link)

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kellex

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This absolutely angers the hell out of me! Softie ass parents and crooked league commissioners...kids athletics have become even more of a joke than when I was a kid, and I didn't think that was possible.

Posted 8/26/2008 (reply) (flag)
The Zoner

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40 mph? I'm pretty sure my 5 year old throws that hard. That can't be right...

Posted 8/27/2008 (reply) (flag)

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Hey Kid, The Padres Have A Rotation Spot Open
Published 8/26/2008 by Phillips (noreply@blogger.com) at Rumors and Rants
I love stories like this so let me take a deep breath before diving in. OK, here goes. Nine-year-old Jericho Scott of New Haven, Connecticut is apparently just too damn good at baseball. Scott is a right-handed pitcher whose fastball tops out at around 40 mph. That's so hard some parents don't want their kids to have to face him. They voiced their complaints and the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that Scott he was no longer allowed to pitch. Well, when little Jericho took the mound again last week the opposing team just up and forfeited the ...

Parents suck
Published 8/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jason) at It is about the money, stupid
... Parents suck. When parents have to resort to lawsuits, calling the police and other sorts of unseemly things --all because a 9-year-old kid is too good of a pitcher-- then you know things have spiraled waaay out of control. ...

Jericho Scott, Harrison Bergeron, The Incredibles, and Me
Published 8/26/2008 by Rockabye at The Arena
... We, as Americans, like to believe we’re in a meritocratic society, one where gumption, skill, and diligence can compensate for all but the most grievous errors of caprice and circumstance. And, as such, this is troubling. Jericho Scott is a nine-year-old who throws a baseball 40 miles per hour. Chances are, excepting Latarian Milton, he’s the only person of that age who can manipulate a body other than phlegm with that kind of velocity. And, given that fact, I’ll bet that baseball is a lot of fun for him. Who ...

That 40 MPH Fastball Has More Heat On It Than You Think
Published 8/26/2008 by Dave at Sports Blog - football, basketball, and baseball
... When I was younger, I was so good at soccer, baseball, basketball and football that teams feared playing me. It wasn’t so much a fear of death, but a fear of getting embarrassed. Well, my athletic prowess has been surpassed, because there’s a nine year old out there that’s so good at baseball other teams are refusing to play. ...

Political correctness, or how we learned to reward mediocrity.
Published 8/26/2008 by Tim (noreply@blogger.com) at Boiled Sports
ESPN.com has an article up about how a little league pitcher has been told that he is too good to play. It really makes me want to punch people in the face. I guess a lot of things do that as I move into my cranky old age. Hey! Get off my lawn! Anyway, this really does speak volumes about how politically correct our culture has gotten. This player is "too good" because he's better than the other players. Guess what you useless new-age parents? Your kid isn't great at everything. Your neighbors kids aren't great at everything. Not everyone is a ...

Links of the Day 8/26/08
Published 8/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Ryan) at The Victoria Times
... instead of one of the God-awful arms in the bullpen. Nobody will miss Boof Bonser. There were these statements , in which Ron Gardenhire questioned Lamb's energy that give some indication of why he was cut. I wouldn't have had much energy either if I was losing to an obviously inferior player. But at least Lamb is taking it pretty well. In other poor baseball related decision making news... Oh Charlie . In other pitchers I wouldn't mind seeing in the Twins bullpen news . Labels: Links of the Day , Minnesota Twins

When young players are "too good"
Published 8/26/2008 by Howard Wasserman (noreply@blogger.com) at Sports Law Blog
No time to analyze this, but I wanted to call attention to this story about a youth baseball league in New Haven that has prohibited a 9-year-old on one team from pitching because he is "too good" (he throws 40 MPH, apparently with control) and now has taken steps to disband the team. There also seem to be some sub-surface issues about personal disputes between the adults running the league. ...

Can this kid pitch tomorrow?
Published 8/26/2008 by Peter Abraham at The LoHud Yankees Blog
Forget Sidney Ponson, the Yankees need this kid from New Haven who’s too good for his league.

Thoughts at Random
Published 8/26/2008 by Daniel-San at Sports At Random
... - The real loser in the whole 9-year-old Jericho Scott Little League ban story? The now-not-originally-named New York Jets Wide Receiver, Jerricho Cotchery. ...

Quick Hits
Published 8/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Dustin Parkes) at Drunk Jays Fans
... on field reaction through heckling. No, you're pathetic. If the first sentence of this over-played story doesn't make you a little sick in your mouth, so that you feel that acidic burn in the back of your throat, you probably think LOL Cats is funny. I hate your fucking guts. Hey, Scott Boras still represents everything that's wrong about baseball (and I don't just mean Alex Rodriguez). It's good to know that some things are constant. This kid's mechanics are totally off. I'm guessing whatever movie studio made Radio is ...

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CT Little League Bans Pitcher For Being Too Good

Rover found this 8/25/2008 on www.sportsbybrooks.com

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 ...

The Douchification Of America Continues

chimprage posted 8/26/2008 from www.deuceofdavenport.com

Somebody call the wahmbulance for America's parents. They disbanding Little League teams because they have pitchers who throw real hard. Nine-year old Jericho Scott has skills. When I say the boy has skills, I mean he has a 40 mph fastball. Instead of encouraging him, the Youth Baseball League of New Haven is trying to shut him down . The league told him coach that Scott wasn't allowed to ...

MY KID CAN BEAT UP YOUR KID

on 205th magazine: Stuff Guys Like. [Pop Culture ... found this 8/26/2008 on www.epiccarnival.com

by Sooze , Babes Love Baseball Nine-year-old little leaguer Jericho Scott was told by the Youth Baseball League of New Haven that he was pretty good at pitching. Too good, in fact . The kid's fastball tops out at 40 mph. You don't bench your secret ...

Revenge of the Runway Challenge

SOX & Dawgs found this 8/28/2008 on runwayramblings.blogspot.com

Greetings from New Haven, home of La Liga Juvenil de Baseball, the most famous pickup youth baseball league in the world. I was here at the Register offices when Bill Cloutier , our assistant sports editor, was breaking the story of Jericho Scott -- ...

Nine-Year Old Jericho Scott Too Good For Little League

Foul Balls found this 8/26/2008 on mlb.fanhouse.com

I remember when I was a little kid first starting to play Little League baseball. In the town I played in, the league for seven and eight year olds was called the "pioneer league", and I was a superstar just based on the fact my dad threw my pitches ...

Walls of Jericho: Little Leaguer Told He's "Too Good" to Play

firedoc posted 8/26/2008 from www.bostonsportz.com

Now I've seen everything. Well, maybe not, but this one is just nutters. Jericho Scott, a nine-year-old little leaguer from New Haven, who apparently throws a 40 mile per hour heater and strikes out basically every hitter he faces, has been told he can't pitch anymore. Isn't this akin to telling young Michael Phelps, "Hang up the trunks, kiddo. You're making us all look bad."? Here's the s

Jericho Scott Is A Free Agent

heitner posted 8/27/2008 from www.sportsagentblog.com

Everyone has their two-cents on the story about a nine-year-old boy, Jericho Scott, who was told by his youth baseball league that his stuff on the mound was too damn good that he was not longer permitted to play in the organization.

Parents Dominating Kids’ Play

VicTimes posted 8/28/2008 from victoriatimes.blogspot.com

Maybe we shouldn't feel all that bad for Jericho Scott. It's not like he wasn't able to play baseball at all. An argument to put this on his parents.

Banned Little Leaguer Headed to China?

Posted 8/27/2008 on Bugs & Cranks

If you haven’t heard or read the story of Jericho Scott , here’s the cliff notes version. Parents of little leaguers in New Haven, Connecticut are scared of the kid. Why? Because Jericho, 9, brings the big league heat with a 40 mph fastball. Their concerns, and the overreactions of those involved in the Youth Baseball League of New Haven, have resulted in Jericho being ...

Have YOU ever protested over a 9-year old pitcher?

Posted 8/26/2008 on Real Sports Bloggers

This question I have posed does seem a little extreme. What reason would you have to be against some 9-year old kid pitching against 8-10-year old kids? Well, in New Haven Connecticut parents and their kids protested over a young boy named Jericho Scott. Scott is/was a right-handed pitcher who threw about 40 mph and has been so good in the New Haven Youth Baseball League ...

Jericho Scott, 9, Told He's Too Good To Pitch In His Youth Baseball League

Posted 8/26/2008 on FanIQ Blog

Seriously, what is wrong with youth sports in this country. We've got one city discontinuing All-Star games because it hurts too many kids feelings, we've got others that have just stopped keeping score, and now this. 9-year-old Jericho Scott of New Haven, Connecticut , was told he could no longer pitch in the New Haven Youth Baseball League. Why? He's too good. Yep, not because he's ...

Common Sense Strikes Out: The Curious Case Of Jericho Scott [Baseball]

Posted 8/26/2008 on Deadspin

Nine-year-old Jericho Scott has been banned from pitching in a New Haven, Conn., youth baseball league because he throws so hard that he frightens the other players, according to league officials. But he took to the mound on Saturday anyway, so the other team simply dropped their bats and left the field, refusing to face him (San Diego Padres: "You can do that?"). Next logical step for all ...

Jericho Scott Update - Nicole Scott Video

Posted 8/28/2008 on Knuckle Curve - Baseball News

The baseball league that nine-year-old Jericho Scott plays in still won’t let him pitch . In fact, they held a press conference to tell their side of the story. So far, the baseball league isn’t backing down. In the video you can see at the end of this entry, Jericho Scott and his mother Nicole Scott both say they just wanted Jericho to be able to pitch. The league, on the other ...

Swing And A Diss!

Posted 8/27/2008 on The Starting Five

Mizzo, I couldn’t help but think of your son when I heard Jericho Scott’s story. In my old neighborhood, sandlot baseball in the summer was big. we found a parking lot painted out some bases and around 4:30-5:00 when all of the cars left it was on. We all thought we were good in some way with the glove or the stick, we would have All Star games (I was always Tony ...

Banning Jericho Scott - More mixed messages for kids

Posted 8/27/2008 on MVN Outsider

Last week, in Memphis, Tennessee, the Tomateros of Paramount, California and the Juice 12’s from Orlando, Florida captured titles at the National Youth Baseball Championships. In Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Tanner Tokunaga and his teammates from Waipahu, Hawaii beat a team from Mexico to win the Little League World Series. In New Haven, Connecticut, nine-year-old Jericho Scott was ...

Through The Looking Glass With Nine-Year-Old Jericho Scott [Baseball]

Posted 8/27/2008 on Deadspin

The parents of Jericho Scott, the nine-year-old New Haven, Conn. pitcher who was banned from pitching because he is too good, are officially suing the youth league that is disbanding his team . In response, the league held a press conference to tell their side of the story, and a huge mob of reporters showed up. Meanwhile, David Letterman, Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres are all in a mad ...

Why Jericho Scott Can’t Pitch for Your Son’s BaseballTeam

Posted 8/27/2008 on Sports On My Mind

Nine-year old Jericho Scott won't be playing any more baseball this year. The young black boy, a pitcher, was banned from the Youth Baseball League of New Haven (Connecticut). Why? Because league officials deemed that 'he throws too hard." Scott throws a 40 mile per hour fastball. His team was headed to ...

Jericho Scott Video - Nine Year Old Pitcher Too Good

Posted 8/27/2008 on Knuckle Curve - Baseball News

Growing up, kids are usually applauded if they are good at a sport. For nine-year-old Jericho Scott, being good at baseball got him in trouble. Scott, who is a pitcher, can throw 40 miles per hour at his young age and parents of the opposing teams think he is too good. Teams are forfeiting, the Little League management is asking Scott not to pitch and Scott’s own coach has reportedly ...

Baseball: 9-year old with 40mph heat banned

Posted 8/26/2008 on Teeoff Sports

There is a nine-year-old that was banned from pitching in his little league in New Haven, CT for being too good. The boy - Jericho Scott - has a 40 mph fastball and when he took the mound for his last game, the opponent refused to take the field and forfeited. There is some suggestion that the [...]

Roddick Serves Too Hard for Professional Tennis

Posted 8/28/2008 on The Beardown

Alright, it is time to vent. I think everyone has had more than their fair share of the coverage on Jericho Scott. A quick refresher: Jericho was the nine year old from Connecticut who was told that his 40 mph fast ball was just too fast for little league. As much as I had to say on the matter I refrained from ranting due to the fact that the coverage was so overwhelming it made me ...

Enough whining, let the kid pitch!

Posted 8/27/2008 on Nashua Telegraph Blogs Master Site Feed

Can you imagine coaches forfeiting a youth baseball game because a nine-year-old pitcher on the other team is "too good?" That's what happened in New Haven, Connecticut ( see AP story ), according to an Associated Press story. That area is home to some of the best AAU baseball teams in New England. Jericho Scott is just too good to pitch in their youth league, the ...

The Problem With Jericho Scott

Posted 8/27/2008 on The Mets Police

In case you missed it, Jericho Scott is a 9 year old with a 40mph fastball. There has been some controversy this week about him being "banned" from pitching in a local independent youth baseball league (not Little League nor Ripken). The problem I have isn't that he throws fast - we all faced that kid that threw "hard" or the scary lefty or "the big kid" - that's all part of being a ...

9 year old Phenom……Banned from Baseball

Posted 8/27/2008 on SidelineShow.com-SportsTalk Radio

Ok let me get this straight……….Jericho Scott is 9 yrs old and can throw a 40 m.p.h fastball..(about 95+in the M.L.B) his team is 9-0 and now Little League officals have banned the youngster from playing baseball because he is better than his peers? Now some are saying he is a saftey risk……..let me [...]

The Dugout: You're The Best Around

Posted 8/27/2008 on FanHouse

Nothing's ever gonna keep you down. The story of 9-year old Jericho Scott being banned from his Connecticut little league for being better than the other kids makes me mad about a number of things I can articulate (adults who are supposed to be an example to kids packing up and going home because they're losing, talent being treated as a liability, children being lorded over by crybabies) and ...

This is just ludicrous

Posted 8/27/2008 on Sports Business Digest

Every so often I come across sports stories that just make me angry. This one involves a little League from New Haven, Conn. It seems one of their teams has a very special 9 year old boy by the name of Jericho Scott. He is a phenom pitcher who can already throw a fastball 40 miles per hour. Since he is routinely beating all the other 9 year olds, his league has now banned him from ...

Nine Year Old Baseball Player Discriminated Against Because He's Too Good

Posted 8/26/2008 on Tidewater Sports Report

The Little League World Series just finished and Hawaii was crowned champions. One thing that you didn't hear throughout the entire tournament was "he is too good" or "that pitcher throws too fast". Those are the exact statements being made about a 9 year old in New Haven Connecticut. Jericho Scott is a pitcher that throws heat in terms of his age. He hurls a 40 MPH fastball and it is causing ...

Sign This Kid Up!

Posted 8/26/2008 on Blue Heaven

With the current woes plaguing the Dodgers right right now maybe it might be fun to consider some future prospect on the horizon that we should be keeping an eye on. After all, you can never have enough young players in the system. Via The Huffington Post , we hear about one such player. His name is Jericho Scott and he's a pitcher. Jericho throws a wicked fastball that scares his opponents. ...

New Haven Pre-K League A Bunch of Babies

Posted 8/26/2008 on Fenway Bound

The New Haven (CT) Youth Development League should be disbanded after its disgraceful treatment of 9 year old pitcher Jericho Scott and his team mates. What exactly did these Einsteins do? Did they ban Scott for being too old? No. Did they throw him out for using drugs? Starting fights? Bullying teammates? Swearing at umps? Head hunting? None of the above. They banned the boy from ...

Youth league in turmoil over pitching phenom

Published 8/26/2008 on SportingNews.com Baseball News and Exclusive Analysis

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) -- Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player -- too good, it turns...

9-year-old boy told he's too good to pitch

Published 8/25/2008 on The Seattle Times: Sports

Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player - too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch ...

9-year-old boy told he's too good to pitch

Published 8/25/2008 on Boston.com -- Baseball News

Nine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player -- too good, it turns out. The right-hander has a fastball that tops out at about 40 mph. He throws so hard that the Youth Baseball League of New Haven told his coach that the boy could not pitch ...