Governing bodies of Little League can’t decide whether bat flips are good or bad. Now a New Jersey boy is suffering the consequences. 12-year-old Marco Rocco from Haddonfield, New Jersey has been suspended one game for bat-flipping while celebrating a game-winning two-run home run on July 16, which resulted in his team winning a sectional.
Following the celebration umpires initially ruled Rocco out, citing “unsportsmanlike conduct” and “horseplay,” but eventually awarded the runs on appeal — but ejected the boy and suspended him for the following game. This means that as it stands the 12-year-old stands to miss the first game of the New Jersey state tournament due to
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