The Tale of Jericho Scott: Trophies For All! Let’s Turn Our Kids Into Sissies! Why Not Socialism, Too?
Blithering Idiots, What the hell is wrong with people, Youth Sports August 26th. 2008, 9:00am
At the risk of getting anyone too riled up at 9 am on a Tuesday, we present to you … The Downfall of Society, Part XXXXXXXXXVIII:
The fighting started this week when Coach Wilfred Vidro refused a directive by league officials to replace 9-year-old pitcher Jericho Scott, whose pitching they say is so hard, fast and accurate that it might frighten or discourage other players.
Is this what we’ve become? He’s too good, we’re not playing? It’s the summer: Pry your kid away from the xbox and to the batting cage twice a day, teach him how to crowd the plate and drop a bunt. Pathetic. But little Jericho Scott suffered his first loss yesterday – on the internet. Some guy in San Diego scooped up www.jerichoscott.com when this story popped. Naturally, it’s for sale.
Baseball brouhaha goes into extra innings (New Haven Register)
83 Responses to “The Tale of Jericho Scott: Trophies For All! Let’s Turn Our Kids Into Sissies! Why Not Socialism, Too?”
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August 26th, 2008 at 9:01 am
this is just one in an endless list of examples why youth sports is ruined by parents.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:04 am
how hard can a 9 year old be throwing? these other kids need to step back in the box and take the ball to the opposite field. where is the coaching on the opposing teams? cowering with fear for their children probably.
is that an actual picture of the kid? if so, he’s not even throwing from the mound.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:06 am
absolutely ridiculous…probably the same parents who want to get rid of competitive sports in gym because their whiny kids complain about losing
August 26th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Headline of the year.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:11 am
I live in New Haven and now I wanna go see this kid pitch, if he ever does again. I’ve been following this for a few days now and it has to anger people. Being told at 9yrs old that you’re too good at something and that you can’t participate is so utterly ridiculous and the exact opposite of what this country is all about it’s pathetic!
August 26th, 2008 at 9:11 am
From what I read, this is a rec league. If the kid is that good, maybe he should be in a ’select’ league.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:13 am
The article makes it sound like it isn’t the typical liberal tree huggers making this story. Its jealousy that the best team didn’t get him and another one did.
Regardless, I can’t stand this crap. What are we teaching our kids? Kids need to learn at an early age that there are people more talented than others…
August 26th, 2008 at 9:15 am
God Bless the land of the really good nine year old pitchers.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am
to stop a child from playing a sport is ridiculous. At least put him with the 11-12 year olds and see how he does
@benji- if that isnt a mound in the picture, what is it?
August 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Somebody has to sue somebody to make a point. who is in charge of this league and turning down a perfectly capable player? I would force there hand with representation to see how fast they changed there minds. I’m not for getting legal on people but this is absolutely absurd.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:16 am
They were talking about the kid this morning on Mike and Mike (ducks), and he throws only throws 40 MPH.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:17 am
They don’t have a “mound” when the kids are nine years old… haven’t any of you ever seen a softball/little league field?
August 26th, 2008 at 9:18 am
Get a fucking spell check ass clown.
/spencer096
August 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am
+1 Yosef, Maggs
August 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Jamie Moyer is pleased to hear he can throw twice as hard as this kid.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am
@maggs: rubber=mound. they don’t have a raised mound, but they still have a mound. or what do you call it? the round area where the pitcher stands.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:22 am
They don’t have a “mound†when the kids are nine years old… haven’t any of you ever seen a softball/little league field?
maybe not in Michigan
August 26th, 2008 at 9:23 am
irish, i was just curious if TBL just snagged any little league pitcher, or if that was the kid from the article. either way, his foots off the rubber.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Yea obviously there is rubber there, you can see it. It isn’t a mound though.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:26 am
The rubber, but I think most of us knew what you meant.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Pry your…pry-your…pry or…pryor…PRYOR…TERRELLE FUCKIGN PRYOR!!!
AGHHH!!!!!!!!! COLLEGE FOOTBALL STARTS THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!!!
August 26th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Jericho Scott
Kid’s name sounds like Faulkner character.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Im mad that App. States mascot is named Yosef. That has to be the worst mascot ever, he looks like blue from old school.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:30 am
We didn’t throw off a “mound” in NY, but sometimes the rubber was raised a couple inches so the pitchers could get some real leverage.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:30 am
So in the past two weeks, we had a girl told while her voice was nice, she wasn’t pretty enough to represent her country and a kid taken out of play “Little League” ball because he throws to hard.
What’s next, a 7 year old can’t play Pop Warner because he is too fast.*
*Over/Under on that- 30%
August 26th, 2008 at 9:30 am
two words: ste. roids.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:31 am
Im just glad that we know enough about appalachain st. to know what there mascot is!! Thanks Michigan.
On another note,Corey Lynch, the kid who blocked Michigans potential game winning field goal, then tried to run it back is going to make the Bengals. He is a hard worker with good instincts. Everyone seems to like him a lot down here
August 26th, 2008 at 9:31 am
you pussies are just looking for excuses.
/bob gibson
August 26th, 2008 at 9:32 am
“strikeouts are facist meat”
August 26th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I couldn’t be more happy about this Saturday. I will be there for the first game of the new regime. Rich Rod will probably be a little weirded out when nobody outside of the student section is standing or yelling.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:32 am
*fascist
August 26th, 2008 at 9:32 am
is it because he hasn’t been arrested yet?
August 26th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Fucking Fascists!
August – Good one.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:33 am
@blazers-I hope he gets stabbed by Chris Henry
August 26th, 2008 at 9:34 am
he’ll probably be weirded out by the fact that the entire stadium isn’t drunk on moonshine and hitting on their cousins.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:34 am
And why the fuck are they upset that his pitching is accurate? Oh no! A kid who can consistently throw the ball over the plate! Every other kid might not get plunked!
August 26th, 2008 at 9:35 am
made accurate
August 26th, 2008 at 9:35 am
code for: white
August 26th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Yes, yes it does. Praise to the Lord that we made it through another long summer of WNBA, Brett F***e, pointless baseball games, and horse dancing. We also give thanks to Phelps, Redeem Team, and Bolt… for giving us a short break from the black hole of nothingness that is July-August sports.
/Amen
August 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
Where is his “motor that never stops” and his “heart”?
August 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
At my little league, in the majors they voted last year to have all the batters bat in the lineup, not just those 9 playing the field. That way everyone has a chance to hit(gag). Also, everyone gets trophies no matter what. There are also pretty much all-star teams for every age group, regardless of how far they can go..
August 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
My favorite color.
/Nick P.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:37 am
that’s actually the pitcher in the photo
August 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Forget Saturday, start the college season early and off right with first Thursday Night game of the year
NC State vs South Carolina, 8 PM ESPN
/shameless promotion of college
August 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I know here in NEPA the 9-10 year olds play on the same field as the 11-12 year olds so they do pitch off a raised mound. I also think its Little League rules that the mound has to be raised so all fields are generally equal.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Horse Dancing? Must have missed that one…
August 26th, 2008 at 9:38 am
@Tampa
Whether you are a girl and Henry wants to bang you, or you are a guy and he wants to stab you, you are generally safe if you are older than 19
August 26th, 2008 at 9:39 am
fixed for a game people actually care about
August 26th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Kid reminds me of this guy.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Red shoes with a blue uniform? He should banned for life!
/fetch
August 26th, 2008 at 9:41 am
my douchy, NC State/Click Clack, Augusta wetting coach knocking aside…isn’t auburn and WVU a thursday night game this year?
/too lazy to investigate.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Red cleats? Call me when he pitches in penny loafers.
/Hef
August 26th, 2008 at 9:42 am
Couple things off topic I need to get off my chest.
The Giants are already scrambling with Osi out and they can bring back Strahan’s carcass I am even more sure they are missing the playoffs.
TBL, is Leinart going to have his amazing season from the bench this year? 4 picks against the Raiders? Brutal.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:44 am
cbh! where you been bro? I wrote a post response about my Notre Dame weak schedule claim just for you and you disappeared.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:44 am
welcome back cbh. Mizer missed you a lot. He kept talking about the smell of your hair.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Damn, mizer sorry I missed that, got a link? Was in California, oh and thanks Clown, way to bring the funny as always. I saw you in California and almost took a picture but figured you knew what you looked like anyway.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:46 am
silly clown! I can’t smell his hair from here.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:48 am
link
August 26th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I’m sure NBC covered it, Anky van Grunsven got the gold for the best horse dance in all the world!
August 26th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Champ’d
August 26th, 2008 at 9:50 am
+1 Yosef, clown
August 26th, 2008 at 9:55 am
@Mak: unfuckingbelievable.
August 26th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Yea, Oct/23
August 26th, 2008 at 9:59 am
I had the same reaction…is this what our pansy-ass (should be a word) society has become? I remember facing pitchers who threw so hard i was a bit timid about getting in the box…but if I dropped my bat and refused to play, I’m pretty sure facing my dad would have been A LOT tougher. These kids need to grow a sack and stand in there. Pansies.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:00 am
+1 buckstache, Nick P.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:01 am
40 miles-per-hour? I would totally take this punk yard!
August 26th, 2008 at 10:02 am
@maggs: youtube blocked at work. I’ll enjoy it later.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:06 am
@Mak: unfuckingbelievable
which part? That Horse Dancing is an olympic sport, or that someone actually put it on youtube?
August 26th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Where is his “motor that never stops†and his “heart�
They’re in the lunch pail his blue collar ass brings to work everyday. He doesn’t have all the physical tools, but he’s a hard worker who gets his uniform dirty and isn’t afraid to do the little things you need to win championships.
/man do I love subtle racism in announcers.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:10 am
@Mak: I’m not sure there’s a wrong answer either way
August 26th, 2008 at 10:32 am
I know one place where I don’t wish to rear my future children, and that place is Connecticut:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-071008-wiffle-ball-wars-jul11,0,5029238.story
August 26th, 2008 at 10:38 am
using the equation from here:
this kid is throwing the equivalent of a 53 mph fastball in the majors.
Please …i faced fat 6′ 200 lb little leaguers who definitely threw harder than this at age 9
August 26th, 2008 at 10:48 am
@tommyp: i was expecting a bit more out of the field after reading the article…a bit disappointed:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/nyregion/10towns.html
August 26th, 2008 at 10:50 am
If you want the former rec league participant’s and young person’s perspective on this, this is where you go.
August 26th, 2008 at 10:58 am
There has to be a typo in that story. Why would a pitcher being “(too) accurate” frighten kids? It probably should be too inaccurate. In which case, the ban probably makes sense.
@ Mags…little league fields def do have “mounds” elevated pieces of dirt with rubber on them. Not sure where you play baseball.
August 26th, 2008 at 11:07 am
birdman:
Was looking for the article that mentioned the tearing down of the field, which happened a few weeks back. Any links to those articles were ‘outdated.’
August 26th, 2008 at 11:11 am
I coach at the 8 year old level and we use pitching machines until they get to 9 years old. The machines throw it at 39 MPH for the 7 year olds and 43 MPH for the 8 year olds (per nationwide little league rules). So I don’t see how 40 MPH is that fast that it should scare kids. I understand the machines are less likely to plunk a kid with the ball, but that wasn’t even the issue with the Connecticut kid in question. Oh, yeah: Maggs – we have mounds on all fields for every age.
August 26th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Irish makes an excellent point!
August 26th, 2008 at 11:37 am
I have never seen a little league field with any sort of elevated dirt pile (mound). I have seen rubber strips, but never a mound.
August 26th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
This is an organization not tied to Little League Baseball, and as a result, can make the rules up as they go along. When I played ball, my father coached the team and made me sit all but the required two innings cause I sucked. That meant the better kids played more. It’s like this kids mother said, we get rewarded in life for the things we do well. But, as an adult I kind of like the league’s approach, level the playing field for everyone. I think I’ll try that with my boss and the pay scale (sarcasm).
August 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
This doesn’t strike me as the typical trophies for all sissification of little league and kids story. The Yahoo article on this kid says, “League officials suggested that Jericho play other positions, or pitch against older players or in a different league. ”
Kid needs to step up and go play against older players. I’m pretty sure kid ain’t the first nine year old to be told play for a team with slightly older kids. The kid staying in that league and dominating is silly, you’re 9 years old, go compete.
If he doesn’t want to compete and just plays ball to have fun with his friends then he’ll just change position.
August 26th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
@ Maggglio…Again, I really have no clue what type of little league fields are around you, but little leaguers def do play with mounds. Maybe you should have watched the LLWS.
August 26th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
this story is so ridiculous