Revenge Little League
A suburban New York man spent $50,000 building an elite Little League team after another team dropped his son. Robert Sanfilippo recruited stars to play with his son on the “Long Island Vengeance,” whose helmets were embossed with a skull-and-crossbones. “It was all about revenge,” a rival coach said. Sanfilippo was recently charged with sending threatening messages to a coach whose son struck out Sanfilippo’s son.
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