Vegas Dave’s Dime

This story is just too awesome.

If you haven’t read my last post yet, scroll down a bit (or click here) and read that first.

9-year-old pitching sensation Jericho Scott, who had not given up a hit in his five games pitched this season (yes, five no-hitters), was told he could no longer pitch, and the league was moving to disband his team.

But Scott will not take this lying down. He is going to fight this the American way – by suing the Connecticut based little league.

The lawyers have already begun making their cases.

“It’s not fair to any of them,” Scott’s lawyer John Williams said. “They’re being punished for being good.”

Peter Noble, the little league’s lawyer, states that “there are a lot of beginners. This is not a high-powered league. This is a developmental league whose main purpose is to promote the sport.”

The league is definitely wrong in their actions here, but for the kid’s sake, it would actually make more sense to find him a more competitive league then a co-ed recreational league. He shouldn’t be punished for dominating this one, but surely there is some sort of travel team or age group that is more suitable for this kid’s talents? Is it really helping him develop into a better pitcher to be pitching in a league that hasn’t achieved a hit off of him in five games?

But whatever. That isn’t the point. The point is that this story was awesome in the first place because it highlighted how ridiculous this country is these days, with kids being sheltered from losing at every turn. They of course proceed to prove this ridiculousness once again, with a 9-year-old SUING a baseball league because he can’t play. Had you even heard of a lawsuit when you were 9 years old?

Come to think of it, unlike in my previous article, I don’t really have a point to make. If you want the truth, I’m just kind of amused by the whole thing, and thought I’d share my amusement with all of you.

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