Jerricho Scott: "Too good"?

Jerricho Scott, a 9-year old youth baseball player, is good. He throws a baseball 40 mph and accurately while helping lead his youth team to an 8-0 record.

But according to parents and officials in Scott's league, Scott is "too good."

Leroy and Nicole Scott, whose fast-pitching son, Jericho, 9, is at the center of the dispute, met Monday, along with another player’s parents, with prominent attorney John Williams to see whether the season could be saved. Williams said Monday he will take legal action to try to get Jericho’s team into the upcoming playoffs, where they belong after an 8-0 season. He also will sue the league over the pain and suffering of Jericho and the other young players.

League officials offered to move the team’s 13 players to other squads after they tried to dissolve the team last week because the coach, Wilfred Vidro, refused to pull Jericho off the pitcher’s mound as requested by league officials.

Jericho’s pitches are so fast and accurate that league officials and some parents feared their kids weren’t able to play freely, league attorney Peter Noble said recently. All the players on Jericho’s team declined to move and are sticking together.

I think this story is ridiculous. Jerricho Scott is good yet he is being punished for being "too good." It should be that the kids learn the lesson that you compete, give it all you have and maybe sometimes that's not enough. But instead of giving up, you continue to work hard and you will get better.

We are too PC these days. There is nothing wrong with competition and no such thing as being "too good."

The one good lesson that is being taught in this situation is what Jerricho, his teammates and his coach are doing. They are sticking together to demonstrate their solidarity. Hopefully, league officials are paying close attention to the good example that Jerricho and his teammates are setting.