Will there be cries of racism? Yes!
ESPN: Little League Baseball has stripped the U.S. championship from Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West and suspended its coach for violating a rule prohibiting the use of players who live outside the geographic area that the team represents, it was announced Wednesday.
MORE: Jackie Robinson West was the first all-African-American team to win the championship, and some are saying that racism influenced the Little League’s decision.
Venisa Green, mother of JRW player Brandon Green, says that there were three investigations, and twice the allegations were unfounded.
“The decision of Little League was not good enough until the powers that be bullied Little League into getting the decision that they ultimately wanted,” Venisa Green said.
Fr. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina parish singled out Chris Janes of Evergreen Park for a “witch hunt,” with Pfleger indicating he thought the allegations were racially motivated.
“I can’t help but wonder the question if the same thing would have been done with another team from another place, another race,” said Rev. Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina Church.
