Twista Says Little League Baseball Is Racist For Stripping Title From Jackie Robinson West

Yesterday (Feb. 11), Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West was stripped away of their U.S. championship by Little League Baseball for violating a rule prohibiting the use of players who live outside the geographic area that the team represents. Their coach Darold Butler, was also suspended from Little League activity plus Illinois District 4 administrator Michael Kelly has been removed from his position. All of Jackie Robinson West wins from the 2014 Little League Baseball International Tournament—including its Great Lakes Regional and United States championships—was erased.

A big supporter of the JRW was Twista, who's born and raised in Chicago. Twista told TMZ Sports that the decision to strip the little league team of their title is racists.

"I'm outraged," said Twist. "You don't see this extensive of an investigation happen unless it happens to black people. It's the friendly game of baseball ... no one is comfortable when a group like them does something positive in that. They rush to tear them down."

The Kamikaze MC continues on to say that the reason some of the boys had to travel out of district was because local parks were torn down and the kids had no where else to play the sport they love. He explains that that's what happened in a park in the Dolton area and the local officials recognized that but the higher-ups at Little League headquarters just don't care.

The organization claimed that Jackie Robinson West used a falsified boundary map and built essentially a superteam. President Obama—who honored Jackie Robinson West with a White House ceremony—said that he's still proud of the kids on the team but blames the adults for the current issue.

[ESPN / TMZ]

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