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The chances of a team from the little New Jersey League to go to Williamsport took a hit after one of their sluggers was suspended for a state tournament match due to a reversal of the bat.
Marco Rocco, a 12 -year -old child for Haddonfield Little League, launched a two -point circuit last Wednesday against Harrison Township Little League and overturned his bat in the air.
The Homer made an 8-0 game in sixth round, which ended up being the final score. With the victory, Haddonfield won the title of section 4 and went to the state championship.
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Marco Rocco, twelve, is suspended from playing in a League tournament match for this bat flip. (Joe Rocco)
However, while crossing marble, Rocco was ejected due to a “security problem,” said Rocco’s father Joe, at NJ.com.
“They wrote to us a letter saying that there is a rule that says there is no game in the little league, and they consider the hiking game,” said Joe Rocco. “Little League International openly promotes the reversal of BATs all over their social media accounts, their websites and television broadcasts for the Little League World Series. It is openly promoted and encouraged.
“My son looks at that and imitated what he sees.”
A temporary ban prescription was filed Tuesday in the County County Division of Gloucester in the hope of letting Rocco Play. But Little League International is “not willing to make compromises in any way”, according to the father.
The Harrison Little League recipient was not satisfied with the celebration. (Joe Rocco)
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“He played Little League all his life, and his dream is to go to the World Series in Williamsport,” added Joe Rocco. “We are in the state final and we are a few steps away. We are on our way, and now they tell him that he cannot play.”
Haddonfield and Harrison Township also played each other on July 13 and 15, dividing the first two contests and on Wednesday making a winner.
Haddonfield begins the state tournament Thursday against Elmora, which reached the Little League World Series in 2019, in Deptford. The New Jersey tournament is a format with four double elimination teams.
The referees encountered and ejected Rocco, which justifies a suspension. (Joe Rocco)
Ridgewood and Jackson-Holbrook Little League make up the other teams to go to the state final. They beat Williamsport and Nottingham Little League to win their respective sections.
The support winner will go to Bristol, Connecticut, to have a chance to represent the region of the Metropolitan Region of Little League World Series.
