Let The Boys Play: Little League Baseball Player In New Jersey Gets Suspended From State Championship For The Heinous Act Of Bat Flipping

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NJ.com -- A New Jersey Little League baseball player has been barred from playing in a state-final game after he was ejected for flipping his bat while celebrating a home run in a prior game.

…The younger Rocco hit a home run in the top of the sixth inning in a game on July 16 against Harrison and was ejected. The ejection carries a one-game suspension.

According to Joe Rocco, the umpires cited a “safety concern,” and Little League International told him that Marco broke a rule.

Some people grow up dreaming about becoming a policeman because they want to protect others. Some people grow up dreaming about becoming a doctor because they want to save others. And some people grow up dreaming about having the power to punish random children for seemingly no reason at all, so those people go on to become little league umpires. 

Imagine what it takes for a person to wake up every morning and think about how they can screw over a little kid like this. Like what do you think went on during the day in this ump's life that brought him to the point where he was going to eject this kid in a semifinal game over a measly little bat flip, while fully knowing it would carry a suspension into the state championship game. Something tells me he probably didn't even have an abnormally bad day. This is just routine behavior for a fella like this. 

Some guys just yearn to have any sense of power. He probably gets bitched around at his job. He probably gets bitched around by his old lady back home. His kids probably don't respect him. His neighbor probably keeps him up all night. So the only place where he feels like he has any ounce of control is when he's umping little league games. So you know he couldn't wait to break out that ejection call after the bat flip. Don't like the call? Too bad. This ump isn't here to care about your feelings. He's here to fill a void in his own life. 

But hey. At least we're keeping bat flips out of little league. Someone has to be the protector of the game, even if the actual organization itself is going to promote it. 

Someone get this ump to Williamsport. 

@JordieBarstool