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9-Year-Old Pitcher, Team Disqualified

League says they're too good

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• Aug. 23, 2008: Jericho Scott, 9, warms up on the pitching mound in New Haven, Conn., before the start of a game where the other team did not show up. The L.J.N.H., Juvenile League of New Haven disqualified Jericho Scott and his team, Will Power Fitness, because very few of the other teams players could get a hit off of Scott's pitching.
• Aug. 23, 2008: Jericho Scott, 9, warms up on the pitching mound in New Haven, Conn., before the start of a game where the other team did not show up.
• Aug. 23, 2008: Jericho Scott, 9, embraces his mother, Nicole, as his father, Leroy, stands wearing a homemade protest T-shirt with hand prints of his son on it before the start of a baseball game in New Haven, Conn. The L.J.N.H., Juvenile League of New Haven disqualified Jericho Scott and his team, Will Power Fitness, because very few of the other teams players could get a hit off of Scott's pitching.
• Aug. 23, 2008: Jericho Scott, 9, warms up on the pitching mound in New Haven, Conn., before the start of a game where the other team did not show up.
• Aug. 23, 2008: Wilfredo Vidro, baseball coach for the Wilpower Fitness team, stands next to protest signs in New Haven, Conn., before the start of a game where the other team did not show up. The L.J.N.H., Juvenile League of New Haven disqualified Jericho Scott and his team because very few of the other teams players could get a hit off of Scott's pitching.
• Aug. 23, 2008: Jericho Scott, 9, warms up on the pitching mound in New Haven, Conn., before the start of a game where the other team did not show up. The L.J.N.H., Juvenile League of New Haven disqualified Jericho Scott and his team because very few of the other teams players could get a hit off of Scott's pitching.