- Jericho Scott
Infobox MLB player
name=Jericho Scott
width=300
birthdate=birth date and age|1999|8|27
position= Starting Pitcher
team=Dom Aitro All-Star TeamWill Power Fitness
number=2
bats=Right
throws=RightJericho Scott (born August 27, 1999) is a youth baseball pitcher in New Haven, Connecticut. In 2008, Scott was banned from pitching in his youth baseball league because his 40 mile per-hour fastball could be frightening to opposing batters. [http://fantasybullpen.com/uncategorized/9-year-kid-team-kicked-youth-baseball-good/]40 to 50 mph is the average pitch speed for 9 to 10 year old baseball pitchers. [http://www.efastball.com/baseball/pitching/grips/average-pitching-speed-by-age-group/]
Youth baseball incident
In 2008, the New Haven Liga Juvenil de Baseball told Scott he could no longer pitch in the league and that he might want to consider moving up to a higher level. When his coach, Wilfred Vidro, allowed him to take the mound the game was forfeited by the 0-8 opponent coach much to the dismay of his players and he told his team to disband despite several obvious protests from the youngsters. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080825/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bby_too_good_to_pitch] Scott's supporters alleged that the real reason was retaliation by a corrupt administrator and team-sponsor employee after Scott chose to join an opposing team. Lawyers were looking into the action. His mother, Nicole Scott, threatened to get the league shut down after they would not let her son pitch.
On Saturday, August 23rd, a protest was held demanding the league allow Scott to pitch. Then on August 25th, 2008 his story became the most emailed sports news story according to
Yahoo! news. The Associated Press story [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jp5ghoiaZuAtQRw-ynrAbdVDQORAD92PJST80] appeared in many newspapers, includingThe New York Times andUSA Today . As of August 25th, Vidro said he had no plans to resign and that his team would not disband. [http://timeinmoments.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/jericho-scott-is-too-good-to-play-little-league/]In the early morning, August 26th, ESPN.com placed a link to the Associated Press article regarding Scott onto their front page. [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=3553475]
It should be noted that New Haven Liga Juvenil de Baseball is not affiliated with Little League Baseball, Inc. It is an independent developmental league not associated with any national organization. There have been stories in numerous newspapers, and discussions in national radio and television shows, that erroneously cite "Little League."
In an opinion piece for
ESPN , Mark Kreidler reported the LJB position that Scott's parents were asked to move him permanently to the older league but declined. Kreidler also asserted that Scott played for a more advanced area league where he was the number 4 pitcher and that his parents were suing for an undisclosed amount. [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=080827/kreidler]References
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