New Delhi, July 25 -- Marco Rocco fidgeted with his helmet and dug in at the plate to chants of "Marco! Marco!" from his Little League teammates as he settled in for a night of baseball, after his family got mixed up in a court case where a judge - not an umpire or coach - made the call that allowed him to take the field.

The 12-year-old Little Leaguer played Thursday night for his New Jersey team hours after he faced a suspension from his team's first state tournament game after he was ejected for flipping his bat as he celebrated a home run.

Marco, who's from Haddonfield, New Jersey, tossed his bat in the air on July 16 after his sixth-inning, two-run homer in the final of the sectional tournament. Marco was ejected and suspended for ...