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.

Marco Rocco, a Haddonfield Little Leaguer, was initially suspended for flipping his bat after hitting a home run in the final of the sectional tournament.