The New Jersey Little League player suspended for triumphantly flipping a bat into the air to celebrate hitting a home run will get to play in his state championship game after all, a judge ruled Thursday.
“If you’re gonna have rules and enforce them they can’t be enforced arbitrarily and capriciously,” Gloucester County Chancery Judge Robert Malestein ruled Thursday afternoon. “[I’m going to] allow him to play in tonight game.”
Haddonfield player Marco Rocco, 12, joyfully tossed a bat into the air after hitting a home run against Harrison Little League on July 16, prompting an umpire to eject him from the game, according to court papers.
He was also hit with a one-game suspension, barring him from competing in the New Jersey Little League State Tournament final at 8:30 p.m. Thursday night — a decision the judge overturned.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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