Ayn Rand must be tossing and turning in her grave after hearing about this. Read, from FOX News:

A Connecticut youth baseball team with a phenomenal 9-year-old pitcher has been disqualified because its team is too good.

The team, Will Power Fitness, has an 8-0 record thanks in large part to pitcher Jericho Scott, the New Haven Register reports. His pitching is so fast and accurate, the Liga Juvenil De Baseball De New Haven asked the team’s coach, Wilfred Vidro, to replace him so he wouldn’t frighten other players.

“The spirit of the league was community, family, well-being, nurturing,” Peter Noble, the league’s attorney, told the Register. “It’s an extended family and it’s been disrupted.”…

The Scotts said the league - which is not affiliated with the Little League - wanted Jericho to play for a stronger team. The parents and the coach claim the reason is because that team is sponsored by a local barbershop where the league’s president currently cuts hair, the paper reported.

“If you keep these kids on the field you keep them off the streets,” Leroy Scott told the paper. “I’d rather have him [Jericho] in the midst of this controversy on the field than dealing drugs on a street corner.”

Most telling part about this? The quote from the league’s attorney, which talks about “community,” “nurturing,” and an “extended family.” My question is, Why is this pitcher not part of the family? How can the league claim to be “nurturing” if it’s so willing to exclude one particular member?

Notice how the league wants Jericho to “play for a stronger team.” That’s nice — the old “we know what’s good for you more so than you know” routine. Sounds like the same attitude of the people that want to take more of my tax money. (Of course I was going to tie politics into this post.)

Lastly, what’s up with Leroy’s quote? (Leroy is the father, I believe.) He talks about his son dealing drugs on a street corner. A 9 year-old? Really? Why does this guy have drugs on his mind? Wait to be a negative person, Leroy.