Bat-Flipping Little Leaguer Has Suspension Overturned

1:57 PM PT — Little League simply launched an announcement on the ruling, saying, partly, “While we understand and support the excitement and competition of our tournament, player safety and proper sportsmanship among all participants and fans must remain a focus. We respect the determination and judgement of the umpire who was present and are disappointed that a legal ruling contradicts the integrity of Little League International’s value and rules.”

The Little Leaguer who was suspended for his bat-flip celebration simply had his ban overturned.

TMZ Sports has confirmed Gloucester County Chancery Judge Robert Malestein dominated within the youth baseball participant’s favor on Thursday … simply two days after the boy’s father, Joseph Rocco, sued Little League to get his son’s punishment thrown out.

Malestein mentioned a part of the idea for his resolution centered on official Little League accounts beforehand celebrating bat flips.

“If you’re gonna have rules and enforce them, they can’t be enforced arbitrarily and capriciously,” Malestein mentioned in court, in response to the New York Post. “[I’m going to] allow him to play in tonight’s game.”

The drama all stemmed from a Little League sport in New Jersey on July 16 … when a Haddonfield participant hurled his bat into the air after hitting a house run.

According to Rocco’s lawsuit, the boy was ejected from the sport for the transfer … which, per Little League guidelines, meant he would not be allowed to play in Haddonfield’s upcoming state championship sport Thursday evening.