The Biggest Little League Cheating Scandal Ever

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Jackie Robinson West Little League won the hearts of people everywhere by becoming the first all African American team to win the United State Little League Championship. Less than a year later cheating accusation lead to everything felling apart.
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[denverdoyle]

#1 thing that ruins kids sports: The Parents and always will be.

[isaacmhm]

when little league is more serious about cheating than the MLB

[Wargunsfan]

Having coached Little League teams I can say first hand that cheating does go on by some coaches who want to win at any cost. I can also say first hand that some parents should not be allowed anywhere near a Little League game. By far the biggest problem Little League coaches have to deal with is abuse from parents. Sad.

[ChrisRollins]

Reactions of adults to yell and act offended when caught cheating is astonishing

[QuartzGolem]

Judging by their overwhelming past success in the Chicago area, I'm led to believe that the team's president and other staff had recruited outside of their boundary areas for decades. The reason the other coach acted when they did was probably becuase it was common knowledge locally that they could really do nothing about until JRW became big enough for the Little League's Officials to take notice.

[fotisseretis]

These kids had a worse punishment than the Astros! It wasn’t even the kids fault...

[Alaskan.American]

The sad part is that all these boys were talented and worked so hard then the adults, who cheated, screwed it all up for them.

[kongvinter]

of course Jesse Jackson dragged his ass into this.

[sambruchhaus]

The headline should be “How Adults Ruin Kids Fun”

[ihatechaucer]

“Baseball was made for kids. Grownups only screw it up.”

Can’t recall who said that, but it is a legit quote

[andersonsteelrod]

Now the only question is just how good were those Korean kids?

[ryanbolden]

This is truly heartbreaking. That clip at the end honestly got me and I really hope this didn't affect their love for the sport

[ozixxy]

Who else isn't a huge baseball fan but thought this was really interesting

[brianhennigan]

I played Jackie Robinson growing up. They have always used older players on there teams and everyone could tell. Cheated our team out of a lot of district wins

[xvlone]

when they stripping little league titles and not the astro’s title lmfaoooo

[GodzillaMane]

I actually live in the same area as Mountain Ridge LL, the NV team that the championship was relinquished to. Actually was one of our rival LL’s when I was growing up playing, and it’s crazy to me every time I pass those fields with the banner, I can’t help to think about the Jackie Robinson team. What a story. Melancholy storyline for sure.

[highdadd]

What bothers me the most about issues like this, and as a Canadian, I've seen it happen in minor hockey, is that the kids who legitimately reside within the boundaries get left out because of the ringers who are brought in. As a parent, that would really piss me off if it was my kid. The parents who knew their kid wasn't eligible to play for the JR team should be ashamed of themselves.

[someAholeComment]

That's a damned shame. These kids played their hearts out, and are now branded as cheaters because of shady adults.

[hellogoodbye]

When I played Senior League, I witnessed parental interference in full force. Two boys who spent their summers with their father, who lived in our city, wanted to play ball and, as no one knew how well the boys played, no one wanted them, so they were placed on our team, which had finished last the previous two years.
Well, they proved to be stud pitchers, and the team united behind them and started to win, win, win. This really riled up the coaches of the other teams, all fathers of players, so they eventually tried to ban them from playing because they were not residents. (This was in the 70s when divorced parents were not the norm). Somehow they dodged this bullet and they were allowed to pitch in the playoffs and we made our way to the championship game, but another protest was filed against our team during this time for a player "playing out of uniform." Seems one of our two star pitchers wore a different baseball cap than the teams and, unbelievably, this protest stood up and we forfeited that game, allowing that coach's team to play in the championship.
It was disgusting and I refused to play organized baseball ever again.

[ManofLowMoralFiber]

Anyone who didn't realize they were obviously cheating from the very first time they showed up on TV is genuinely too naive to be treated as a serious person. Their coach is literally visibly illiterate.