Dave Golokhov has an article at FOXSports.com about sports scandals, everything from NBA to NHL to Boston Marathon to figure skating. Here's one about kids and baseball:
The advantages of a fake ID are usually to ameliorate the opportunities for underage drinking and clubbing, not to play in Little League Baseball.
In 2001, Danny Almonte led his Bronx, New York team all the way to third place in the Little League World Series when he pitched the first perfect game since 1957, but a conflicting birth certificate surfaced during his team's run. His family's copy stated that he was born in 1989, but his Dominican home town's official copy stated he was born in 1987, making him two years too old for eligibility. His pitching feats were erased from the record books and the Rolando Paulino All-Stars were forced to part with their accolades.
Danny's father appeared on Good Morning America to defend his son. Investigations by the Little League determined that his father had registered Danny's birth twice.
