Jackie Robinson West Broke Residency Rules, Suburban League Claims


Jackie Robinson West, the Chicago-based Little League World Series U.S. champs, are facing more allegations of gaming the system in order to field a team with the best local players.

Last week, a clash between Jackie Robinson West and a neighboring rival went public, as Chris Janes of Evergreen Park Little League, accused Jackie Robinson West of using ringers from outside its boundaries. Little League International, however, scoffed at Janes' claims, saying it had looked into the players' residency and it considered the issue closed.

Now there's a new story out from DNA Chicago, in which reporter Mark Konkol spends another 2,000 words looking into more claims against Jackie Robinson West, which won the U.S. title but lost in the overall final to South Korea. Chief among the new allegations: The league secretly redrew its boundaries prior to the 2014 season so it could add additional star players, but didn't get the required approval from neighboring leagues, or even notify them.

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They keep saying that they stacked the deck with players outside of their area but I haven't any specific names of kids on this team that lives outside their area or even was in this new mapped area.
 



Fiyah said:
They keep saying that they stacked the deck with players outside of their area but I haven't any specific names of kids on this team that lives outside their area or even was in this new mapped area.
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The first story actually names some players who were thought to be living or went to school in the suburbs.
 
Ain't like there are baseball players on every block

I have no issue if people are coming together to make money for us...my issue is when we start selling out for others who have no interest in you outside of you hitting a jumper
 
the band fan said:
Ain't like there are baseball players on every block

I have no issue if people are coming together to make money for us...my issue is when we start selling out for others who have no interest in you outside of you hitting a jumper
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Well, every kid who lives in an area, has the potential to play baseball.
 
the band fan said:
Baseball is one of those sports Where you cannot wait on potential as its about repetition and timing
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When I say every kid in a given hood has the potential to play baseball it's from a interest and participation standpoint, not necessarily being good at the sport
 
PsychoJag said:
EB said:
I can believe it. One can go on for days about this. When their teams win, it's all because of "honesty and integrity" in their dealings. It's all all "fair" and "no" cheating. When our teams win, it supposedly a problem.
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It's all a part of the game.......They raid our communities for all of our talent and enjoy the glory that comes with it but don't let an all black squad with all black coaches beat you at their own game. Oh no!!!! Can't do that. SMH
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This is so true. It happened during the '70s but not a lot. It really increased during the late '80s.
 
Kendrick said:
Nope.

It's a mixed area, but heavily populated by your "South Side Irish."

My mom's house is about two minutes from Evergreen Park.
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A few blacks and Latinos that look white are what he means by mixed. I also wouldn't call them South side Irish. They are white trash above the poverty line others below poverty line.

For those that do not know, I was born and raised in Chicago. Also, I have a female high school former class mate that could pass for white and lives in Evergreen Park. I've attended plenty of sporting events at Evergreen Park Elementary, where her daughter attended now she is in Evergreen Park High. You should see the looks I get, I love the attention that the white women give me. The poor white dads hate it.
 
Little League: Case closed

Little League International has offered minimal insight into how officials have conducted the investigation into the allegations raised by the Evergreen Park league.

In an email to a reporter, Little League International President and CEO Stephen Keener said he called a Friday morning meeting with top brass to again discuss the allegations levied against the U.S. champs.

“Speaking with Illinois District 4 officials over the last several days, we were able to once again confirm that not only was a new boundary map for Jackie Robinson West Little League drawn and submitted to the Regional Office through the appropriate process, but also the boundary maps for several other leagues in the District,â€￾ Keener wrote on Friday. “Also there were no protests or issues regarding the JRW team during its District 4 Tournament. That is where issues like this tend to rise most frequently.â€￾

Then, Keener wrote that the case is closed.
 



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