Jericho Scott

About Jericho Scott

Jericho Scott (born August 27, 1999) is a youth baseball pitcher in New Haven, Connecticut. In 2008, Scott was banned from pitching in his youth baseball league because his 40 mile per-hour fastball could be frightening to opposing batters.

40 to 50 mph is the average pitch speed for 9 to 10 year old baseball pitchers.

In 2008, the New Haven Liga Juvenil de Baseball told Scott he could no longer pitch in the league and that he might want to consider moving up to a higher level. When his coach, Wilfred Vidro, allowed him to take the mound the game was forfeited by the 0-8 opponent coach much to the dismay of his players and he told his team to disband despite several obvious protests from the youngsters. Scott's supporters alleged that the real reason was retaliation by a corrupt administrator and team-sponsor employee after Scott chose to join an opposing team. Lawyers were looking into the action. His mother, Nicole Scott, threatened to get the league shut down after they would not let her son pitch.