Umpire hit with a pitch?on purpose!

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BigJ

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Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
oh well, he has pads he is fine...why didn't he catcher catch it though, he just ducked...
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He probably signaled for a breaking ball low. Thought it was going to break hard into the dirt so he tried to preemptively block it so there'd be less of a chance of the runner advancing.

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Gamingphreek

Gamingphreek

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I pitched in High School and there is absolutely no way. First off if it is a breaking ball there is no way he comes out of his catching stance and then attempts to trap a ball. If that ball came all the way back to where the catcher squatted down to it would have been an impossible 5'+ break- I don't think a whiffleball could break that much.

That is a classless move from that team. If I were the Ump I would walked off right then and there. Absolutely inexcusable!

-Kevin
 
Perknose

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Originally posted by: techs
From the video it clearly looks like a breaking ball that got away.
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From your post it clearly looks that you don't know dick about baseball. ;)

 
Perknose

Perknose

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Originally posted by: Gnrslash4life
Yea this was posted like 2 weeks ago.
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Not only! This was also posted three weeks before it happened! :p

 
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JS80

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the catcher got his offer to walk on to a college team revoked

isn't this borderline criminal assault?
 
mugs

mugs

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Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
oh well, he has pads he is fine...why didn't he catcher catch it though, he just ducked...
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He probably signaled for a breaking ball low. Thought it was going to break hard into the dirt so he tried to preemptively block it so there'd be less of a chance of the runner advancing.

</Devils Advocate>
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Looking at the ball instead of the ground probably would have helped him block the ball.
 
MotionMan

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I just remembered that I wrote a paper in college regarding violence in sports. I devoted a whole section to brush-backs and take-out slides (breaking up double plays) in baseball. I wonder if I still have it somewhere.

MotionMan
 
waggy

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well first off the pitcher has good control. that was a solid hit on the face mask.


good that the catcher was told not to bother trying out. hopefully the pitcher gets in trouble also.
 
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Originally posted by: waggy
well first off the pitcher has good control. that was a solid hit on the face mask.


good that the catcher was told not to bother trying out. hopefully the pitcher gets in trouble also.
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Why? All he did was throw the ball, it's what they do.
 
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