Haddonfield was down to its last out when Marco Rocco stepped to the plate Saturday night. The pitch came. Rocco blasted it over the left field fence with a full-circle crescendo to cap a week that brought this 12-year-old boy from the innocence of Little League baseball to a case study on sportsmanship and courtroom polarities.

Marco Rocco of Haddonfield Little League has quickly become the center of a controversial move in Little League. The 12-year-old was suspended for his team's championship game after hitting a home run and then pulling off a bat flip.