Overview

• Judge Robert Malestein granted a temporary injunction late Thursday that rescinded the one-game ban and cleared Marco Rocco to compete.
• Marco was penalized for flipping his bat after his July 16 home run under an unsportsmanlike conduct rule, despite no explicit prohibition on bat flips.
• The family’s restraining order argued that Little League International had advertised bat-flip celebrations on its social channels while punishing the same behavior.
• Sports law experts say the decision represents a rare court intervention in youth athletics, where associations’ disciplinary actions usually go unchallenged.
• Little League International has not publicly responded and the broader challenge over disciplinary standards will proceed in Gloucester County Chancery Division.