If you are scrounging the web to learn about the scandal of the Cuban Little League, this article is for you. In 2001, there was a player named Danny Almonte who had all the makings of a future baseball star. In fact, Danny Almonte was bigger than most players of his age. He was able to throw harder than others of his age. No one of his age could throw harder than him. Danny Almonte was dominating players like no one his age. But later it was came to know that he was older than everyone else. This age scandal in Cuba Little League left everyone completely stunned to think how two years older than the maximum age allowed to play in the Little League World Series. You are asked to stick with this page and go through the article till the end. Swipe down the page and go through it till the end.
Cuban Little League Scandal
Danny Almonte came out as a sensation in the 2001 Little League World Series. He was playing for the Bronx. The New York team finished the season in third place to win the bronze. Against Pennsylvania, Danny Almonte threw a no-hitter in the finals of the Mid-Atlantic Regional and in the round-robin stage a perfect game came against Florida which was the first LLWS perfect game after 1979. Read more details in the following sections of this article.
Danny Almonte threw a blazing fastball that reached up to 76 mph. Meanwhile, a coach whose team played against Danny Almonte made it clear it is very rare. Bob Laterza was the coach who made it clear just how rare it is. He said, “No 12-year-old physically can throw 75 mph. We had former big leaguer Jason Marquis in our Little League when he was 12 years old, and his top speed was 65 mph, maybe 67. So what Almonte was doing was physically impossible. But nobody wanted to hear that. Everybody wanted the superhero. The city fell in love with the whole thing, that’s why they let it go.”
But it later revealed that Danny Almonte’s parents insisted he was 12 years old. Although he was 14 years old, 2 years older than the maximum age allowed to take part in Little League World Series. This age scandal rocked everyone associated with Little League. As a result of the scandal, Danny Almonte’s father Felipe Almonte, and the president of Hispanic Youth Little League named Rolando Paulino were banned from the competition.
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