PHILADELPHIA — The bat tossed within the air by a New Jersey Little Leaguer to rejoice a house run that earned him a suspension later lifted by a choose offered Friday for almost $10,000 at public sale.
All proceeds from the sale of 12-year-old Marco Rocco’s signed bat can be donated to this system he performs for, Haddonfield Little League.
“Marco loves Little League and is blissful that he’s capable of give again to a corporation that he’s very keen on,” his father, Joe Rocco, stated in a textual content. “Little League was such an enormous a part of Marco’s life for a very long time.”
The public sale by Goldin Auctions drew 68 bids. The successful bid was $9,882, and the title of the successful bidder was not introduced.
Marco’s bat flip on July 16 within the ultimate of the Little League sectional match resulted in an ejection, a one-game suspension and a authorized battle.
The suspension would have saved him out of the primary recreation of the state match.
Joe Rocco took Little League to court docket and gained an emergency short-term restraining order that allowed Marco to play within the double-elimination match.
The incident was additionally commemorated with a pin obtainable on the Little League World Sequence.
The bat flip additionally drew consideration from main leaguers, who sided with the boy.
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