Watch the video. I can see them wanting to ban it. He flung it high over his head without looking around, like he didn’t have a care where it landed or who it landed on.
Waaah Waahs want the rules changed because they are special and because they have the money to take it to court.
That was a bit more than a simple flip, but kind of excessive on the suspension. It went about 10 ft up in the air and came down by his side. Not great, but not terrible.
Sure would be nice if they had a rule like this for MLB players. Be the solution, not the problem.
It’s lame
Too bad he got suspended, but dems da rules.
This kid knew what the rules are, they’ve been the same forever. He figured he’d get a pass because he’s so cool. No sympathy here.
and Papa Joe thinks the rules don’t apply to his kid. Great example for his son. Sounds like one of “those parents”.
Don’t throw your bat kids!
1) I think the punishment was a little over-the-top for a 12 y/o.
2) I think it’s ridiculous that the parents filed a lawsuit to try to get the kid’s punishment reduced.
3) That was a hell of a home run—dang, he smashed it.
Gimme a break. Take it as a lesson learned. That was a bit extraneous and not particularly safe. When I saw the headline, I thought he flipped it end over end and back into his hand, not 20 feet in the air.
I’m assuming he and his parents knew the rules. If they want what’s right for their son, they will use this to teach him as a hard lesson learned and a caution to follow the rules in life. Sounds like they never learned that lesson themselves.
I coached Little League and Pony baseball for over 10 years. If one of my boys ever acted like a Hotdog, he was sitting on the bench the rest of the game and possibly the next.
It is about Sportsmanship.
If that is true, I could see some hope for their suit.
I always told my players: “If you hit a dinger, lay the bat down and run around the bases hard. Act like you’ve done it before”.
“The remaining four teams in the 12U division will play on Thursday night in Deptford, N.J., in a double-elimination bracket, with the winner moving on to the Metro Region Tournament,” noted the NY Post. “Haddonfield is among the four teams still in the tournament, which includes Holbrook, Elmor, and Ridgewood.”
The family has no case. The penalty was on the player, not the team. They have more games to play and I presume they have enough players to play the game.
Rules are rules.
Take your medicine and live and learn.
The kid deserves a suspension. That kind of unsportsmanlike should not be allowed in Little League. Wish MLB would crack down on the bat flipping and excessive celebrations while circling the bases. Did not happen when pitchers like Bob Gibson, Roger Clemens, and Nolan Ryan were allowed to throw high inside fastballs under the chin.
As they say in football, ‘Act like you’ve been there before.’
All of probably three years.....LOL!
With that being said, where does the kid get the idea to do that?
MLB has a tremendous influence on little kids and it's time they start monitoring themselves, especially when it comes to on field arguments, resulting in ejections......