As a parent with a daughter in softball... She knows if it’s unsportsmanlike she won’t have to worry about the coach I already told her she would be benched by me her dad. I would rather see them lose and show respect and be a class act then act like that. We take pride in our team showing respect. Win or lose. Some injuries last a lifetime.
Thank you SIR,for being a great FATHER,we were taught to be like that back in my days,I am 70 years old! Nice to know there are a few good people with respect/morals today!
Great comment. May I add that the composure you're instilling in your daughter will make her a better player, and in turn that will contribute to more wins. In contrast, acting out and lacking sportsmanship actually degrades performance, and it sure as heck doesn't sway officials to your side!
I remember when we had a similar situation like the last video. Catcher kept blocking the plate and giving guys a shoulder check if you didn’t try going around him. Difference is we had someone on the team who had no problem running him over. One home plate collision later, catcher was crying and their coach was yelling at ours “teach your guys how to play baseball!” … we won, 20-8.
Payback is a biotch !!! I coached youth baseball for 12 seasons and if I had ever caught one of my players pulling that crap, they would have been benched and there would have been a serious come to Jesus moment with the player and parents. No excuse for intentional actions that could injure a player.
oh i am the one who has no problem running over players who do this. being in sports for so long teaches you to know when that kinda shit is intentional. if a player is in the baseline accidentally, i never try to do more than a nudge or slight bump that isnt overbearing or more than necessary. if i dont get the call, oh well. but in this instance, oh ive slammed straight into them. i remember we were in a suuuuper close softball game last highschool ball season, and the catcher did this every. single. time. in the baseline, right in front of home. even if the ball was in the outfield!!! so after trying to warn her several times by bumping/slightly less than shoving her, i just slammed right into her. keep in mind that i only slammed into her this time bc the ball was in the infield, and she "could have" made a play for me. but she was not in possesion of the ball, and she was right in front of home. so, BAM. i got up, tapped home, and jogged to my dugout. the catcher on the other hand, couldnt quite find her breath for a few moments... 😁
What the runner could have and should have done is to slide and take her feet out from under her. She would have been safe and the catcher would have a hard fall on her butt. Of course, and people forget this, these are kids and their ability to "think on the fly" is not quite where it will be in a few years.
I try to be a mellow fellow, but if I was the coach of the team who had two girls essentially sucker-punched, I'm of half a mind that I'd tell the third girl to plow into the catcher so hard, people will forget about the Pete Rose/Ray Fosse collision in the '71 All-Star Game.
As a sports coach, camp counselor and prison minister since 1970, I can tell you there is no need to worry. If the kids are not taught to do well then I will have them as a captive audience in prison ministry where they will not have distractions and have plenty of time to learn to do well.
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Congratulations to the coaches and parents of these featured players. You have succeeded in teaching these players how to play. I umpired for many years and was shocked to see little to no umpire intervention in most of these clips. I would have immediately ejected most of these as they were flagrant rules violations and would have recommended suspensions to the ruling league officials. Also coaches need to be sanctioned or a least be required to complete rules and safety training and/ or refresher course.
If I were a coach for the player on the receiving end if this s, I would have gotten myself ejected. Sometimes it's the duty of a manager or coach to get themself ejected when the opposing team or the umpire is clearly in the wrong.
I agree. Those all called for immediate ejections. Not sure where most of these happened, but our state athletic association restricts a coach to the bench when a player gets ejected.
I have umpired baseball for over 20 years. Some of the examples here are marginal at best but mostly well outside the bounds of incidental contact. I saw at least three umpires that witnessed the incidents of contact and did nothing. It is up to an officiating crew to monitor this and make it clear that these incidents are not allowed. The umpires, for the most part, should be ashamed for permitting this type of behavior and should not be allowed to officiate at any level!
@@timmyt1232 An umpire has only so many tools with which to control the behavior of the teams in order to have a fair and relatively safe contest. Allowing this kind of behavior invites retaliation and it doesn't take long to lose control of the entire situation. It is not hard for actions like this to lead to out and out violence by the players, coaches, and fans. So, timmy1232, it takes a pair to step in, make the right call and defend it. Ignoring calls like this is usually done by pussies such as yourself.
@@scottburkhart6953 Hey, why did you call me that? You have hurt my feelings. Now, I need to take time off of work and get counseling. You big bully umpire.
The 2nd one isn’t unsportsmanlike conduct 😂🤦🏻♂️ the throw took him to that spot and he made the tag and embraces the impact of the runner… that’s a baseball play lol
Yeah, second one was a clean play. It looked like a hard tag cause he had to be sure he held on to the ball. If it gets knocked out the runner is safe. That’s why the tag is so rigid and deliberate. It was a good play though.
bullshit, the runner was in the lane in foul territory, he caught the ball in fair territory and threw his body and shoved off on the runner throwing him to the ground...nothing sportsmanlike about that...period...done. He could have done a simple tag on him, but no he shoves him to the ground after going out of the way to bowl him over. Pray you don't have kids, those little MAGA terrorists will be storming the capital and then you will be defending them claiming it was peaceful.
@@fivebooks8498 So you are saying it is ok to just deliberately elbow someone, or like this one to deliberately hit someone and knock them down and hurt them. That is sad
Pretty simple with some. It’s called malicious contact. The player is kicked out of the game. As an umpire I have definitely given players the hook for this.
NO UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT on #10 @0:20 - the throw took him up the line. He went to apply a tag... umpires call that a "trainwreck." Sometimes it happens and is unavoidable.
As an umpire I always took the opportunity to use these types of incidents to teach the players to be respectful. Oh, yes, they got tossed and the coach as well if they got lippy. I got hurt and couldn't play anymore so this was a sore spot for me as an ump. Dirty players taint the ones on their own team who've been taught better.
When I was 15, a catcher did that to one of our base runners when there was absolutely no reason to do it and it was much worse than what that female catcher did. 2 innings later , I rounded 3rd even though the ball was going to get to the catcher way before I got there. I just zeroed in on the catcher, who had the ball and was grinning at me....that grin turned to dismay when he saw I was going to put my 185# body through his 150# body......and I did....he was knocked out, dropped the ball, and I scored. Of course I got beaned my next at bat but we were ahead by 12 (no mercy rule back then) so I didn't care.
@@patl4416 The elbow throwers on the bases(including the catcher at home) had to throw their elbows into the runners!!! They weren’t protecting themselves from anything from those runners!!! You and players like those are the ones who fall down in an open field and blame the nearest person who is physically 50feet from you!!!
In the last clip,the catcher is guilty of obstruction, she cannot block the plate without posession of the ball. The runner shall be declared safe and the catcher should have been ejected for malicious contact per NFHS rules.
After seeing how that catcher at the end was playing if I was the third person in that situation, well let's just say that left knee would have some screws in it.
Wow that last kid I bet she really was taught to be a good sport by here loser parents. That last catcher I tell u what my kids would be waiting in the parking lot to knock her the hell out. Most of those shoulda and coulda been avoided. That last girl was just the Poster child for poor sport shoulda been tossed for rest of the season!!! Great coaching and parenting!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I have umpired baseball for twenty years and I would have thrown out that catcher on the spot. What she did was inexcusable and dangerous to the runner. Many times I told coaches that they coach but between the lines I'm in charge. I've never put up with disrespect from from any coach or player. I'd rather quit umpiring than allow these shenanigans.
Is no need for that with the catcher. You handle that on the field during the game or you let it go. The first thing you do is wait for the ump to do something. If that doesn't work you tell your players that if she is in the baseline when you are coming home to take her out. OR have your pitcher take her out the next time she's up to bat.
When we played at nationals one year in travel ball, this team was taught to pick up two fistfuls of dirt when they reached base and throw it in our faces/eyes if there was a play at one of the bags. I don’t remember the final score but I do remember that we were the champs that year 😁
Agreed. The first baseman left his feet to make a play for the ball, which was thrown high, and when he landed the batter/runner was right there. It looks like he did push the runner, but I think that was more self defense from the runner running into him.
@@WmTRiker If the kid would have come up with a forearm shiver to the runner's upper body or face...yeah, it's unsportsmanlike. He just did the fundamentals...two hands. Throwing hand on the glove to protect the ball and then applied the tag. Thing is, it hurt him worse because the runner didn't try to avoid the tag. Maybe THAT is the unsportsmanlike conduct. Hmmmm...have to re-watch it. LOL
To be fair, aside from the catcher in final clips (yes, she did that twice in the same game), we didn't see enough of the aftermath to know whether or not there were actually elections.
@@karlrovey Do you mean at the 1:52 mark? That was not clean. The shortstop was not going for the ball, at all. OR, if she was going for it an accidentally ran into the runner, it was clean but still interference and the runner was safe. A bit tough to tell if the SS was trying to interfere or just lost track of space and ran into the runner accidentally.
The last clip, if I was the coach, I'd have instructed my players to level that catcher regardless of the repercussions. She needs a lesson taught to her.
Nah, tell them to sweep them legs. She’s already leaning on every baserunner, but then feet are goners. Your girls are safe because they slid, and she’s not doing that to your team again
@@nelly9206 No literally, my point is I would tell them to plow into her and send her flying. I know what you're saying about the feet but I think hitting her like a freight train and launching her sends a far bigger message.
That catcher has been doing that for awhile. One foot on line making it seem like not intentionally blocking plate forcing runner to choose to go a few feet around and lean making easy target for elbow or legally bulldoze her for blocking plate when ball is nowhere near. I just can't believe the second girl didn't put the hurt on that dirty b.
"I just can't believe the second girl didn't put the hurt on that dirty b". Yes, because getting up and throwing punches, in the final innings of a close state championship game is the smart play.
The last part of the clip involving the catcher in the softball game is really about the head coach. In my view, the catcher's behavior reflects on the coach. When the opposing players/coaches comment about the catcher's behavior on the diamond, they should clearly acknowledge that it reflects more on the coach than on the catcher. The behavior displayed by the catcher is NOT the default behavior of a young person but is reflective of what they learn from adults and other authority figures (including the player's parents).
As an umpire, I would have tossed the catcher and the coach. I hate writing reports, but not as much as seeing players intentionally trying to hurt other players while doing an illegal action.
Coach definitely should have pulled her after the first one, but what do you expect. The school, after media pressure, gave her an undisclosed punishment, but then refused to even denounce it, making a point to call her a 'great young lady'.
EllaKate Maness that catcher lost a 4 year scholarship for that. It happened in a state championship game and was a huge story in Texas. This guy is a moron.
I used to coach. I was thinking the exact same thing. The second the play was over, with the runner being safe. I would have called time and removed her from the field and team.
oldschooldiy If the catcher is not immediately involved in the play, they can’t block the baseline. No need for this crap if you play the game the right way...
oldschooldiy defending herself from what? Someone running to touch home which she is clearly blocking? She is standing in the base path almost on top of the plate with the ball no where in sight and clearly tosses a shoulder for no reason... twice. That’s not protecting yourself.
The umpire's need to be taught how to handle the situation properly. The last girl that was catching should have been trusted from the game for interference, as with a lot of the other players. I was a ump for a lot a years and I had no problems throwing players out of a game for not following the rules. I threw out a few coachs as well. I just called what I saw and never favored anyone. That's what a ump is supposed to do.
a1bishop33 well technically he blocked the runners path. It was obstruction. I played first had that called on me one too many times, but yeah thats obstruction
@@jakehytner3256 ....It's not obstruction when he has to come off the bag, as long as he has the ball, to make a tag. I have had to make that exact play many times myself, including college ball.
@@jakehytner3256 it's not obstruction. Runner has 3 feet to the left and 3 feet to the right. A year ago I would have agreed with you... I've learned different from high level officials that ump state final games and after showing this video... the runner would have been thrown out of the game on 2 occasions in this video.
@@jiggyjake2038 yeah, with a handle like that, Jiggy Jake, you sound like a real "winner". We really don't need thugs like you in the "Great American Pastime". Keep on with that attitude and my tax dollars will pay for you a cell and 3 meals. IDIOT!
Richard Mann the base runner was going to give the shoulder first and simply got the worst of it! Be careful who you plan to hit, they may hit first and harder!!!
yeah, I get missing it the first time, he had other things to watch but he seemed to see *something* out of the corner of his eye, not sure what it was, but the runner is on the ground. I'd be watching F2 like a hawk after that.
That was tough to watch and that series of catcher UC’s has been online for a few years. Just can’t miss the second one if you’re staying home for a potential play then you have no responsibility until they cross the plate. The fact that the catcher barked at the second runner should have been a big red flag there was intent to injure but everything is on film now so that catcher is now infamous for being dirty.
How did the coach not get in the umpires face after the first one? If I'm the coach coach the girl who gets knocked down, I'm out there livid yelling that the catcher should be ejected. That umpire should be ashamed.
I played baseball all through highschool, had a baseball scholarship to play college ball but was just not ready to go onto school so went to the Marines, bit missed baseball and a buddy asked if I would want to ump. He got me started on fast pitch softball, and let me tell you that is a totally different ball game. Fast paced and you ladies get mean and turn all Petty Betty hahaha it gets wild on the field sometimes hahaha I love it hahaha
Why shouldn't she be given another chance? I don't think you should punish a kid for the rest of her life for something stupid that they did as kids. There is a link here that said that the girl was punished for what she did, so, let her go on with her life. It happened 4 years ago and the girl, who was a junior in High School when this happened, has moved on. I hope that she learned something (maybe paying those student loan bills for the next 15 years will remind her to not be stupid) from it and is a good citizen.
Two were actually clean plays that just ended up in rough situations unfortunately. Those happen sometimes. As a parent of the players involved it would be hard not to call foul, or if you're the coaches. The baseball tag play at first base was a hard play but actually clean when watching it in slow motion. The short stop and runner colliding on the ground ball is on the runner as the defensive player has the right to make the play on the ball. The short stop looked to have caught the runner in her peripheral vision and tried to pull up/stand up to avoid a bad collision but ultimately they hit causing the runner to fall.
@hexsystem7891, the play closely resembles your description but in the slow motion second view, the ball appears to pass out of the fielders reach AS the fielder is looking at the runner and throwing both arms into the runner. He wasn't playing the ball.
@@Shakaiharp You're either blind or trolling, encouraging violent play by kids! You're saying a player can physically assault another player while not playing the ball? I hope no kid, your own or coached by you, ever hurts another or escalates 'sports' into off-field fights.
@@jimsedlock7637What on earth are you talking about? There were a couple clips that didn’t seem intentional to me or malicious. He didn’t “encourage” anyone to play dirty. He just saw the play differently than you. Have you ever played a sport in your life? There were a few clips that were malicious and shouldn’t be tolerated at any level. But not all of the plays in the video are going to be unanimously seen as intentional.
Maybe that’s why there’s a problem with that play!!! You probably played that same way!!! Baseman standing on the baseline getting ran over, is baseball/softball! When the player at the base is in the baseline path, they take responsibility for their own placement, the runners aren’t supposed to run out of line with the bases! But when you have players throwing elbows at runners when the ball is nowhere near them, that should be immediate ejection from the game and possibly other game suspensions!!! To continue to allow that player to remain in the game is tantamount to approval of their actions!!!
Chris Cassidy psh okay, this isn’t a league of their own and she was trying to tag them, she didn’t even have the ball or guarding the plate well, she was just a jerk plain and simple
As a coach I would have the next player running home to completely steam roll the catcher. Full speed, elbows up and out front and just cream her. It would be her own damn fault and I wouldn't shed a tear. If the refs won't call a fair game, I am definitely going to do something about it to protect my players by taking one of theirs out of the game, hopefully. I have been an amateur coach before and have various levels of qualifications for referee and umpiring in four sports. Although there were a few unfortunate events, like that girl getting in front of the runners line before the first base pop-up, most the really bad ones were obvious, and the video shows an ump standing right there in clear line of sight, and multiple times with that last cheating catcher.
That one where the runner hit the girl making a catch was blatant on the runners part. Giving the fielder enough room to make the play is one of the first things you're taught in regards to base running. If I'm the ump that player is ejected immediately.
It is only going to get worse until those it happens too decide to dish out instant justice. Jump straight up and rock the persons jaw. People are getting far far too comfortable disrespecting others. My 8yr old has already been instructed to be respectful always but the instant anybody disrespects you he has our full permission to handle business as he see's fit on the field, off the field and at school.
catcher who elbowed 2 runners coming home. she did not even have the ball. She should have been ejected the first time. 2nd time she should have been steamrolled by runner. cannot believe ump did nothing.
I know right.... the ump staring right at it and those elbows were obvious.... as a former catcher myself i'm all for a little payback for collisions but those were outright cheap shots....
Playin right means, when the umpires don’t handle rough play, the players have to step up, and handle it on their own, if they want it to stop. Ain’t no cryin in baseball/softball
One thing I've always used as my sports philosophy is Play the game right. But if the other team is cheating or bullying, then use their methods against them. It always, 100% of the time drives them insane and they become whiners and crybabies. It becomes entertaining, you get some revenge which, despite some people's forced Hollywood beliefs is NOT always bad, and you often win because the other team loses focus. Of course, it depends on what the other teams is doing, too. Some things are just Out-of-Bounds.
I played a lot of basketball late 70s thru maybe 1986. That was when the game was a lot more physical. I never at any point tried to hurt an opponent. I played rough but not cheap shot dirty at all.
b-ball is not as rough as it once was, but there's a very dirty play thats been going on for 30 yrs and just now is being called in the NBA. WHen a jump shooter goes up, the defender walks up to the shooter with hands up but their intention is to have the shooter land on the defenders feet. Thats been going on for way too long. If you are trying to bother the shot, you jump to the side of them for better reach on their shooting hand.
@@itsmeforsure5475 Bill Lambeir of the Pistons was very astute at sliding that foot under Robert Parrish. . Bird said Bill tried that once on him and Bird returned the favor. Lambeir never tried it again on Larry. Chief decked Bill with a punch the refs never saw. He was and is a martial arts expert. Thats way dirty trying that. I loved rough basketball. I sure always enjoyed hard physical play beating each other up but not cheap crap trying to injure
Getting your legs tangled up is not a crime. Protecting the ball is not a crime. The catcher was the only serious offender here... she did it twice. Lucky she didn't get plowed. Although, the uniforms in example #2 was downright criminal also.
Good lord, I've just read some of these comments, no wonder kids are doing this.... there parents are all jerks! Why do people insist on violence being the solution to problems. You use your brain rather than physical contact. Violence is pathetic and resolves nothing. Its ALL unsportsmanlike, kids dont just do those things, they are teached. There kids. Let them be kids, stop trying to re-live your pathetic childhood threw your kids
That was not a "tag" when both arms are used and there is a clear intent to hurt or injure. A tag is simply with the glove and step out of the way ....which is NOT what happened. And it can clearly be seen that the "tough guy" is crying ...so probably got ejected ....so the umpires obviously do not share your opinion.☺☺☺☺☺
I played Little League, umped Little League, and I played Senior League baseball I also played underhand fast-pitch, and slow pitch softball and was an ump for many of those years 25 + years I umpired. The girl running to first base should have been ejected from the game and the catcher that knocked over the two Runners should have been ejected from the game for obvious blatant disregard for the safety of others. Other incidents that happened there should have been warnings issued, and a couple should have just been warnings but unsportsmanlike conduct has no place in sports. These are games that you play, and if it's so serious to you that you need to cheat or hurt someone there's no place for you in the game...... PERIOD!!!!!! If you can handle losing then you must not be handling life very well because life is a 50-50 win-lose challenge for everyone. If you love and respect the game these things should never happen.
I`ll be honest I`m a Brit and played football but if that catcher had tried that crap over here the second lass would have launched her off the base about 15 feet for blocking the plate
I was thinking the same, especially the girl running into the 1st baseman waiting for the pop-up. If I was her parent, I would have grabbed her and taken her off the field.
As a parent with a daughter in softball... She knows if it’s unsportsmanlike she won’t have to worry about the coach I already told her she would be benched by me her dad. I would rather see them lose and show respect and be a class act then act like that. We take pride in our team showing respect. Win or lose. Some injuries last a lifetime.
True: both physical and mental injuries could last a lifetime.
Thank you SIR,for being a great FATHER,we were taught to be like that back in my days,I am 70 years old! Nice to know there are a few good people with respect/morals today!
Yeah, some injuries do last a lifetime. Like having your shit father be your sports coach and focus on fucking with you, their child.
Great comment. May I add that the composure you're instilling in your daughter will make her a better player, and in turn that will contribute to more wins. In contrast, acting out and lacking sportsmanship actually degrades performance, and it sure as heck doesn't sway officials to your side!
I tell my golfers that I would rather lose 100 matches honestly than win 1 by deceit. Great job!
I remember when we had a similar situation like the last video. Catcher kept blocking the plate and giving guys a shoulder check if you didn’t try going around him. Difference is we had someone on the team who had no problem running him over. One home plate collision later, catcher was crying and their coach was yelling at ours “teach your guys how to play baseball!” … we won, 20-8.
Payback is a biotch !!! I coached youth baseball for 12 seasons and if I had ever caught one of my players pulling that crap, they would have been benched and there would have been a serious come to Jesus moment with the player and parents. No excuse for intentional actions that could injure a player.
I'm surprised, after the first time, that the next runner didn't cleat her.
oh i am the one who has no problem running over players who do this. being in sports for so long teaches you to know when that kinda shit is intentional. if a player is in the baseline accidentally, i never try to do more than a nudge or slight bump that isnt overbearing or more than necessary. if i dont get the call, oh well. but in this instance, oh ive slammed straight into them. i remember we were in a suuuuper close softball game last highschool ball season, and the catcher did this every. single. time. in the baseline, right in front of home. even if the ball was in the outfield!!! so after trying to warn her several times by bumping/slightly less than shoving her, i just slammed right into her. keep in mind that i only slammed into her this time bc the ball was in the infield, and she "could have" made a play for me. but she was not in possesion of the ball, and she was right in front of home. so, BAM. i got up, tapped home, and jogged to my dugout. the catcher on the other hand, couldnt quite find her breath for a few moments... 😁
NICE!
Terrible umpires. I saw many I'd have ejected.
Is it wrong that I was hoping to see that catcher at the end just get trucked??
She did, by the college who recruited her. They dropped their scholarship.
What the runner could have and should have done is to slide and take her feet out from under her. She would have been safe and the catcher would have a hard fall on her butt. Of course, and people forget this, these are kids and their ability to "think on the fly" is not quite where it will be in a few years.
I try to be a mellow fellow, but if I was the coach of the team who had two girls essentially sucker-punched, I'm of half a mind that I'd tell the third girl to plow into the catcher so hard, people will forget about the Pete Rose/Ray Fosse collision in the '71 All-Star Game.
It is wrong....
….if you are standing in my line of vision, I will want to see it too.
You could sell tickets to it.
if you are wrong, then I am wrong!
You know what would have made this video so much better? NO STUPID MUSIC.
As a sports coach, camp counselor and prison minister since 1970, I can tell you there is no need to worry. If the kids are not taught to do well then I will have them as a captive audience in prison ministry where they will not have distractions and have plenty of time to learn to do well.
watched it for 31 seconds. the music is intolerable.
agreed. no volume is best for 91% of all vids 😁
You know there is a mute button bottom left corner?
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@@edhare6077 - Or the op can just not put sh***y music in the video. #stop bad music.com
I agree
Congratulations to the coaches and parents of these featured players. You have succeeded in teaching these players how to play. I umpired for many years and was shocked to see little to no umpire intervention in most of these clips. I would have immediately ejected most of these as they were flagrant rules violations and would have recommended suspensions to the ruling league officials. Also coaches need to be sanctioned or a least be required to complete rules and safety training and/ or refresher course.
Agree
Agreed completely. I would have kicked half of them out right away.
First baseman elbow kid would have been tossed immediately
If I were a coach for the player on the receiving end if this s, I would have gotten myself ejected. Sometimes it's the duty of a manager or coach to get themself ejected when the opposing team or the umpire is clearly in the wrong.
I agree. Those all called for immediate ejections. Not sure where most of these happened, but our state athletic association restricts a coach to the bench when a player gets ejected.
I have umpired baseball for over 20 years. Some of the examples here are marginal at best but mostly well outside the bounds of incidental contact. I saw at least three umpires that witnessed the incidents of contact and did nothing. It is up to an officiating crew to monitor this and make it clear that these incidents are not allowed. The umpires, for the most part, should be ashamed for permitting this type of behavior and should not be allowed to officiate at any level!
What's the ruling on the last one with the elbowing home plate catcher. Is she allowed to do that?
@@awfan221 No. I would have ejected her for malicious contact.
Oh. Grow a pair.
@@timmyt1232 An umpire has only so many tools with which to control the behavior of the teams in order to have a fair and relatively safe contest. Allowing this kind of behavior invites retaliation and it doesn't take long to lose control of the entire situation. It is not hard for actions like this to lead to out and out violence by the players, coaches, and fans. So, timmy1232, it takes a pair to step in, make the right call and defend it. Ignoring calls like this is usually done by pussies such as yourself.
@@scottburkhart6953 Hey, why did you call me that? You have hurt my feelings. Now, I need to take time off of work and get counseling. You big bully umpire.
The 2nd one isn’t unsportsmanlike conduct 😂🤦🏻♂️ the throw took him to that spot and he made the tag and embraces the impact of the runner… that’s a baseball play lol
Yeah, second one was a clean play. It looked like a hard tag cause he had to be sure he held on to the ball. If it gets knocked out the runner is safe. That’s why the tag is so rigid and deliberate. It was a good play though.
bullshit, the runner was in the lane in foul territory, he caught the ball in fair territory and threw his body and shoved off on the runner throwing him to the ground...nothing sportsmanlike about that...period...done. He could have done a simple tag on him, but no he shoves him to the ground after going out of the way to bowl him over. Pray you don't have kids, those little MAGA terrorists will be storming the capital and then you will be defending them claiming it was peaceful.
@Luke Skyballer Good play by the 1B
I would have thrown him out. You thinnk it was a good play by trying to hurt someone. He could have just touched the bag or touched him
@@ronaldmead7643
Sports can be ruff sometime. Snow flakes should stay in their moms basement and play video games.
@@fivebooks8498 So you are saying it is ok to just deliberately elbow someone, or like this one to deliberately hit someone and knock them down and hurt them. That is sad
Listening to this music makes me feel “ unsportsmanlike “.
“not very sportsmanlike”
the first baseman who made the leaping catch and tag at first base did nothing other than make an outstanding effort.
yep. base runner went full bore into him.
yeah that was a tough one!
absolutely correct! nothing wrong with that play
The baserunner's daddy was probably his coach his entire life.
Pretty simple with some. It’s called malicious contact. The player is kicked out of the game. As an umpire I have definitely given players the hook for this.
Sliding into her ankles since she is blocking the base path will put an end to it. You just keep doing it until she learns.
The catcher at the end can be retrained by the right base runner with correctly filed cleats.
ROFL
So what was the big deal about the second incident at first. He played it just fine.
That HP umpire in last clip better have been shown how he missed not one but TWO ejectible offenses by that catcher.
NO UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT on #10 @0:20 - the throw took him up the line. He went to apply a tag... umpires call that a "trainwreck." Sometimes it happens and is unavoidable.
Agreed. Shouldn't be in this video.... Nor should this music though.
At full speed it certainly looked intentional. On the 3rd angle, not so much.
As an umpire I always took the opportunity to use these types of incidents to teach the players to be respectful. Oh, yes, they got tossed and the coach as well if they got lippy. I got hurt and couldn't play anymore so this was a sore spot for me as an ump. Dirty players taint the ones on their own team who've been taught better.
2nd clip is part of the game
Second one isnt dirty.
When I was 15, a catcher did that to one of our base runners when there was absolutely no reason to do it and it was much worse than what that female catcher did. 2 innings later , I rounded 3rd even though the ball was going to get to the catcher way before I got there. I just zeroed in on the catcher, who had the ball and was grinning at me....that grin turned to dismay when he saw I was going to put my 185# body through his 150# body......and I did....he was knocked out, dropped the ball, and I scored. Of course I got beaned my next at bat but we were ahead by 12 (no mercy rule back then) so I didn't care.
Good for you dude😂
Hell yeah! I was hoping one of them would level the catcher but no such luck.
Beaned= on base
these people that throw their elbows in my game would be ejected as fast as i could do it!!!!
My thought exactly.
A player has a right to protect themselves from being trucked
@@patl4416 who said they don't!!!! Throwing an elbow in my book is NOT protecting yourself.....
@@patl4416
The elbow throwers on the bases(including the catcher at home) had to throw their elbows into the runners!!!
They weren’t protecting themselves from anything from those runners!!!
You and players like those are the ones who fall down in an open field and blame the nearest person who is physically 50feet from you!!!
@@AzzKicker-bz1cb ---- PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM WHAT????
In the last clip,the catcher is guilty of obstruction, she cannot block the plate without posession of the ball. The runner shall be declared safe and the catcher should have been ejected for malicious contact per NFHS rules.
Baseball / Softball 101 - the glove (with the ball) should be the only thing blocking the plate.
Don't assume the kids know the rules. The coaches must teach them.
They know NOT to throw elbows.
Players at the ESPN level BETTER know the damn rules.
After seeing how that catcher at the end was playing if I was the third person in that situation, well let's just say that left knee would have some screws in it.
Girls softball has hardcore base running. Any one of those hits at any adult level of male baseball would've launched instant bench clearing brawls!
Jonnie Forbes baseball brawls is about as scary as puppies fighting , cute but not intimidating
@@guysmalley I don't recall asserting that baseball brawls were scary or intimidating. We have ice hockey and hard drinking Russians for that.
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Feminist piece of šhįt
Wylie Shafer, what??? You mad bro?
Wow that last kid I bet she really was taught to be a good sport by here loser parents. That last catcher I tell u what my kids would be waiting in the parking lot to knock her the hell out. Most of those shoulda and coulda been avoided. That last girl was just the Poster child for poor sport shoulda been tossed for rest of the season!!! Great coaching and parenting!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
It should have been handled there at the plate. What happens on the field should stay on the field.
@@Han-Solo459 the ump was standing there. he should have done something.
Ump should have given her a warning at the least after the first one. After the second ejected from game & suspension
I have umpired baseball for twenty years and I would have thrown out that catcher on the spot. What she did was inexcusable and dangerous to the runner. Many times I told coaches that they coach but between the lines I'm in charge. I've never put up with disrespect from from any coach or player. I'd rather quit umpiring than allow these shenanigans.
Is no need for that with the catcher. You handle that on the field during the game or you let it go. The first thing you do is wait for the ump to do something. If that doesn't work you tell your players that if she is in the baseline when you are coming home to take her out. OR have your pitcher take her out the next time she's up to bat.
When we played at nationals one year in travel ball, this team was taught to pick up two fistfuls of dirt when they reached base and throw it in our faces/eyes if there was a play at one of the bags. I don’t remember the final score but I do remember that we were the champs that year 😁
Men and women are different. Case and point; the catcher in blue at the end of the video was still upright.
Or a spikes up slide straight into her knee.
Lol my daughter would have come across the plate and flattened her on the way.
Nothing, zero, nada, zilch wrong with the 2nd one at First Base. No unsportsmanlike conduct there.
Agreed. The first baseman left his feet to make a play for the ball, which was thrown high, and when he landed the batter/runner was right there. It looks like he did push the runner, but I think that was more self defense from the runner running into him.
@@WmTRiker If the kid would have come up with a forearm shiver to the runner's upper body or face...yeah, it's unsportsmanlike. He just did the fundamentals...two hands. Throwing hand on the glove to protect the ball and then applied the tag. Thing is, it hurt him worse because the runner didn't try to avoid the tag. Maybe THAT is the unsportsmanlike conduct. Hmmmm...have to re-watch it. LOL
Oh yeah, WmTRiker...I hated you in ST Next Gen. You suck at acting. LMAO
Not on the 1st base player, but the runner was inside the path rather than in the marked space outside the line.
correct sir. it was a great catch & tag
Should be called ‘When umpires lose control of games and coaches and parents aren’t good role models’.
yeah, the umps were bad. they needed some ejections to show the players that there are consequences to such behavior.
To be fair, aside from the catcher in final clips (yes, she did that twice in the same game), we didn't see enough of the aftermath to know whether or not there were actually elections.
I don't know much about women. But I do know this. Not even women like women.
Can thank all those million dollar players in the pros for teaching this.
First base tag by #10 was clean , too bad he got dragged through the mud on that one .
that was clean, that was also the only clean play in the video
@@paullee1521 What about the runner and shortstop collision? That one didn't look dirty.
@@karlrovey Do you mean at the 1:52 mark? That was not clean. The shortstop was not going for the ball, at all. OR, if she was going for it an accidentally ran into the runner, it was clean but still interference and the runner was safe. A bit tough to tell if the SS was trying to interfere or just lost track of space and ran into the runner accidentally.
it's amazing how hurt a kid gets when they realize the call isn't going in their favor
Their crybabies.. Pussies actually!
You mean the CHILDREN? lol
If you stand in the base line to catch a ball you can get run over. The rest were uncalled for
please learn good music
I just turned the sound off.
That’s not music. That catcher should be. Banned from competitive sports for at least a year.
The last catcher would get some too! For sure!
The last clip, if I was the coach, I'd have instructed my players to level that catcher regardless of the repercussions. She needs a lesson taught to her.
Nah, tell them to sweep them legs. She’s already leaning on every baserunner, but then feet are goners. Your girls are safe because they slid, and she’s not doing that to your team again
@@nelly9206 No literally, my point is I would tell them to plow into her and send her flying. I know what you're saying about the feet but I think hitting her like a freight train and launching her sends a far bigger message.
@@mathewshackelford8037 I agree that catcher should be trucked for that bs.
Slide in, spike the knee.
Absolutely.
That catcher has been doing that for awhile. One foot on line making it seem like not intentionally blocking plate forcing runner to choose to go a few feet around and lean making easy target for elbow or legally bulldoze her for blocking plate when ball is nowhere near. I just can't believe the second girl didn't put the hurt on that dirty b.
I thought for sure the 2nd girl would of run her over but she was clearly intimidated.
"I just can't believe the second girl didn't put the hurt on that dirty b". Yes, because getting up and throwing punches, in the final innings of a close state championship game is the smart play.
With society going down the toilet, you expect sports to be different?
The last part of the clip involving the catcher in the softball game is really about the head coach. In my view, the catcher's behavior reflects on the coach. When the opposing players/coaches comment about the catcher's behavior on the diamond, they should clearly acknowledge that it reflects more on the coach than on the catcher. The behavior displayed by the catcher is NOT the default behavior of a young person but is reflective of what they learn from adults and other authority figures (including the player's parents).
As an umpire, I would have tossed the catcher and the coach. I hate writing reports, but not as much as seeing players intentionally trying to hurt other players while doing an illegal action.
Coach definitely should have pulled her after the first one, but what do you expect. The school, after media pressure, gave her an undisclosed punishment, but then refused to even denounce it, making a point to call her a 'great young lady'.
I can’t believe the umps didn’t call interference on these softball players especially that catcher
I think you mean obstruction (not interference).
EllaKate Maness that catcher lost a 4 year scholarship for that. It happened in a state championship game and was a huge story in Texas. This guy is a moron.
Robert Perkins what guy was the moron?
@@TheHitKing4256 the home plate umpire. He probably should have ejected the catcher for the first incident, definitely after the second one.
On some teams I have played on, that catcher would have been clipped by an "errant" bat swing.@@gregbrown6430
After that second elbow at home plate it would have be 'game on'.
Next time that catcher bats, it's time for chin music.
The last play... if I was her coach she would be off the team from the moment she did that.
I bet it was her coach that told her to be that dirty?
For what? Defending herself?
I used to coach. I was thinking the exact same thing. The second the play was over, with the runner being safe. I would have called time and removed her from the field and team.
oldschooldiy If the catcher is not immediately involved in the play, they can’t block the baseline. No need for this crap if you play the game the right way...
oldschooldiy defending herself from what? Someone running to touch home which she is clearly blocking? She is standing in the base path almost on top of the plate with the ball no where in sight and clearly tosses a shoulder for no reason... twice. That’s not protecting yourself.
I'd be so ashamed if any of my kids acted like that. Sports are supposed to be fun.
the 2nd play at the llws is clean
The umpire's need to be taught how to handle the situation properly. The last girl that was catching should have been trusted from the game for interference, as with a lot of the other players. I was a ump for a lot a years and I had no problems throwing players out of a game for not following the rules. I threw out a few coachs as well. I just called what I saw and never favored anyone. That's what a ump is supposed to do.
If I'm the coach for the team on offense on that last one, I'm getting myself tossed telling the ump to do something about that malicious contact.
The second clip was not unsporstmanlike, it truly was a kid making a play, unfortunately accidental collision.
American 'sporting' culture - the place where it needs rules to tell players how to behave!
And that'll be a yellow card for you...
Unsportsmanlike stuff is not just someone getting hurt you just feel bad for kids
Half of these are perfectly clean
The “add obnoxious music to a video” decade was over a long time ago.
1984 or so.
First basemen made great play. Nothing wrong with that.
a1bishop33 well technically he blocked the runners path. It was obstruction. I played first had that called on me one too many times, but yeah thats obstruction
@@jakehytner3256 ....It's not obstruction when he has to come off the bag, as long as he has the ball, to make a tag. I have had to make that exact play many times myself, including college ball.
@@jakehytner3256 it's not obstruction. Runner has 3 feet to the left and 3 feet to the right. A year ago I would have agreed with you... I've learned different from high level officials that ump state final games and after showing this video... the runner would have been thrown out of the game on 2 occasions in this video.
He would have made a great target for my fist too if i was runnin
@@jiggyjake2038 yeah, with a handle like that, Jiggy Jake, you sound like a real "winner". We really don't need thugs like you in the "Great American Pastime". Keep on with that attitude and my tax dollars will pay for you a cell and 3 meals. IDIOT!
I played little league for four years, and it never even crossed my mind to do something like that.
Ya, if i'd have anything close to that, coach would have booted me from the team.
Notice how the girls dont cry
Unsportsmanlike is half the dam fun! That's why there's a big ole word for it!
That last play .. the girl in the blue uniform would be wearing a wig for the rest of her life.
Richard Mann the base runner was going to give the shoulder first and simply got the worst of it! Be careful who you plan to hit, they may hit first and harder!!!
Watson didn't know you could obstruct the plate with no play to.be made
Why?
The catcher did it twice. Looks like someone must be related to her if they're defending her.
@@MAWA-Vik19 let me rephrase that...why would she be wearing a wig for the rest of her life?
That catcher with the elbow was later kicked off the team.
Good she's a bully and it was only going to get worse
@3:08 - HOW does the plate ump MISS THAT... TWICE?
yeah, I get missing it the first time, he had other things to watch but he seemed to see *something* out of the corner of his eye, not sure what it was, but the runner is on the ground. I'd be watching F2 like a hawk after that.
Part of his job is insuring the runner actually steps on the plate and not assumes she does. No way he should of missed it once yet alone twice
That was tough to watch and that series of catcher UC’s has been online for a few years. Just can’t miss the second one if you’re staying home for a potential play then you have no responsibility until they cross the plate. The fact that the catcher barked at the second runner should have been a big red flag there was intent to injure but everything is on film now so that catcher is now infamous for being dirty.
How did the coach not get in the umpires face after the first one? If I'm the coach coach the girl who gets knocked down, I'm out there livid yelling that the catcher should be ejected. That umpire should be ashamed.
I played baseball all through highschool, had a baseball scholarship to play college ball but was just not ready to go onto school so went to the Marines, bit missed baseball and a buddy asked if I would want to ump. He got me started on fast pitch softball, and let me tell you that is a totally different ball game. Fast paced and you ladies get mean and turn all Petty Betty hahaha it gets wild on the field sometimes hahaha I love it hahaha
These are prime examples of our sports teams now
What some of these umps were doing I dont know
A lot of that is the umpires fault for not IMMEDIATELY punishing the offender. Hopefully that catcher isn’t playing college ball.
Jim Andrews she currently is playing college softball
Why shouldn't she be given another chance? I don't think you should punish a kid for the rest of her life for something stupid that they did as kids. There is a link here that said that the girl was punished for what she did, so, let her go on with her life. It happened 4 years ago and the girl, who was a junior in High School when this happened, has moved on. I hope that she learned something (maybe paying those student loan bills for the next 15 years will remind her to not be stupid) from it and is a good citizen.
So as an umpire for ten years i would have thrown three of the players out to see the umpires not do anything was bad
Thank you for that.
That catcher throwing elbows was needing a good lumpin'!!!!!
Umpires should have thrown out several of the players for unsportmanlike conduct! Especially the cather--2x's! The Ump was right there!
I would have tossed her on the first one.
Nasty Nasty softball catcher!
Two were actually clean plays that just ended up in rough situations unfortunately. Those happen sometimes. As a parent of the players involved it would be hard not to call foul, or if you're the coaches. The baseball tag play at first base was a hard play but actually clean when watching it in slow motion. The short stop and runner colliding on the ground ball is on the runner as the defensive player has the right to make the play on the ball. The short stop looked to have caught the runner in her peripheral vision and tried to pull up/stand up to avoid a bad collision but ultimately they hit causing the runner to fall.
@hexsystem7891, the play closely resembles your description but in the slow motion second view, the ball appears to pass out of the fielders reach AS the fielder is looking at the runner and throwing both arms into the runner. He wasn't playing the ball.
The second one was hardly unsportsmanlike conduct…some plays are just hard🤦🏾♂️
@@Shakaiharp You're either blind or trolling, encouraging violent play by kids! You're saying a player can physically assault another player while not playing the ball? I hope no kid, your own or coached by you, ever hurts another or escalates 'sports' into off-field fights.
The runner should have slid into first.
@@jimsedlock7637What on earth are you talking about? There were a couple clips that didn’t seem intentional to me or malicious. He didn’t “encourage” anyone to play dirty. He just saw the play differently than you. Have you ever played a sport in your life? There were a few clips that were malicious and shouldn’t be tolerated at any level. But not all of the plays in the video are going to be unanimously seen as intentional.
If it didn’t matter who won or lost then they wouldn’t keep score. Words to live by whether you are 7 or 47 years old.
“There’s no crying in baseball!”
:34 sec was a good play by 1st base i see no problem with it
Maybe that’s why there’s a problem with that play!!!
You probably played that same way!!!
Baseman standing on the baseline getting ran over, is baseball/softball!
When the player at the base is in the baseline path, they take responsibility for their own placement, the runners aren’t supposed to run out of line with the bases!
But when you have players throwing elbows at runners when the ball is nowhere near them, that should be immediate ejection from the game and possibly other game suspensions!!!
To continue to allow that player to remain in the game is tantamount to approval of their actions!!!
Agree with the title... but some of these are not the result of poor sportsmanship.
That catcher at the end... back in my hs days of playing I would have punched her. No question.
Yeah there's a difference in being a bully and standing up for yourself and what's right. That catcher definitely deserved to get hit.
Go down or get out of the way . Player should have slid.
Chris Cassidy psh okay, this isn’t a league of their own and she was trying to tag them, she didn’t even have the ball or guarding the plate well, she was just a jerk plain and simple
Idk what people don't understand catcher blocks path spear that bitch like a line backer
So brutal...
Second clip, 1st baseman just bracing for contact. No problem there, nice play.
If you can’t take the pain, then don’t play!!! Might makes Right in all sports!!!
The last one mad me so mad
That catcher was dirty.
As a coach I would have the next player running home to completely steam roll the catcher. Full speed, elbows up and out front and just cream her. It would be her own damn fault and I wouldn't shed a tear. If the refs won't call a fair game, I am definitely going to do something about it to protect my players by taking one of theirs out of the game, hopefully.
I have been an amateur coach before and have various levels of qualifications for referee and umpiring in four sports. Although there were a few unfortunate events, like that girl getting in front of the runners line before the first base pop-up, most the really bad ones were obvious, and the video shows an ump standing right there in clear line of sight, and multiple times with that last cheating catcher.
That one where the runner hit the girl making a catch was blatant on the runners part. Giving the fielder enough room to make the play is one of the first things you're taught in regards to base running. If I'm the ump that player is ejected immediately.
screw that -- plunk her HARD the next time she comes up to the plate......
I love that last cut.
It is only going to get worse until those it happens too decide to dish out instant justice. Jump straight up and rock the persons jaw. People are getting far far too comfortable disrespecting others. My 8yr old has already been instructed to be respectful always but the instant anybody disrespects you he has our full permission to handle business as he see's fit on the field, off the field and at school.
2nd one was incidental contact. You can tell by his reaction he didn't intend to hurt the runner.
Very true. The 1st baseman was only applying a tag. How else does he get the out? If the runner was not such a cry-baby, this would be a non-story.
I agree, the tag was not light but it was not a cheap shot either...
catcher who elbowed 2 runners coming home. she did not even have the ball. She should have been ejected the first time. 2nd time she should have been steamrolled by runner. cannot believe ump did nothing.
Kent Stookey what was the umpires watching wth
I know right.... the ump staring right at it and those elbows were obvious.... as a former catcher myself i'm all for a little payback for collisions but those were outright cheap shots....
Kent Stookey - even without the elbows, catch is in the wrong; cannot block the plate without the ball.
Fully agree. David. I have jumped 25 years and that was wrong in many ways
Playin right means, when the umpires don’t handle rough play, the players have to step up, and handle it on their own, if they want it to stop. Ain’t no cryin in baseball/softball
Yeah, they'd stop the roughness, if they were handed an ASS WHOPPIN once in awhile.
I never had anything like that happen while I was playing ball, however when I stopped having fun I decided that was enough...
That catcher and coach needs suspended.
Two things I learned, women's softball is not necessarily soft, and there be some super big gals trotting the bases.
Of course there are some bigs, do you not watch WWE?
How is the second one unsportsmanlike a tag was made they collided together
Agreed
One thing I've always used as my sports philosophy is Play the game right.
But if the other team is cheating or bullying, then use their methods against them. It always, 100% of the time drives them insane and they become whiners and crybabies. It becomes entertaining, you get some revenge which, despite some people's forced Hollywood beliefs is NOT always bad, and you often win because the other team loses focus.
Of course, it depends on what the other teams is doing, too. Some things are just Out-of-Bounds.
I played a lot of basketball late 70s thru maybe 1986. That was when the game was a lot more physical. I never at any point tried to hurt an opponent. I played rough but not cheap shot dirty at all.
b-ball is not as rough as it once was, but there's a very dirty play thats been going on for 30 yrs and just now is being called in the NBA. WHen a jump shooter goes up, the defender walks up to the shooter with hands up but their intention is to have the shooter land on the defenders feet. Thats been going on for way too long. If you are trying to bother the shot, you jump to the side of them for better reach on their shooting hand.
@@itsmeforsure5475 Bill Lambeir of the Pistons was very astute at sliding that foot under Robert Parrish. . Bird said Bill tried that once on him and Bird returned the favor. Lambeir never tried it again on Larry. Chief decked Bill with a punch the refs never saw. He was and is a martial arts expert. Thats way dirty trying that. I loved rough basketball. I sure always enjoyed hard physical play beating each other up but not cheap crap trying to injure
Getting your legs tangled up is not a crime. Protecting the ball is not a crime. The catcher was the only serious offender here... she did it twice. Lucky she didn't get plowed.
Although, the uniforms in example #2 was downright criminal also.
the first base play was clean.. runner has a right to that path
OK, so I'm not the only one who thought those unis were hideous.
@@angus4463 She has got to let the player make the play on that pop up
Kind of hard to "plow" that catcher, she a freakin' moose. But they can always deal with her the next time she bats.
there was no unsportsmanlike on the second play not even close
no need for the crappy soundtrack
Music was ok, settle down
music sucked and so do you if u like it
Garbage music
It takes a lot less time to mute the sound than leave a snide comment. Translation: quit being a dick.
if you mute it you may miss some commentary. Music is shit, stop trying to make a Hollywood dramatic story. @@LeFraudHasChokedInSIXFinals
The last clip they showed over and over the runner initiated the contact!
Good lord, I've just read some of these comments, no wonder kids are doing this.... there parents are all jerks! Why do people insist on violence being the solution to problems. You use your brain rather than physical contact. Violence is pathetic and resolves nothing. Its ALL unsportsmanlike, kids dont just do those things, they are teached. There kids. Let them be kids, stop trying to re-live your pathetic childhood threw your kids
Teach your players to fight!
You Win!
Second one wasn’t unsportsmanlike, 1st baseman made the tag and the runner took it like a 3 year old
The first baseman needs to wipe that shit eating grin off his face though.
@@danatcanyonlake583 the 1st baseman was the one crying. Watch again.
So many woke pussycats my god
That was not a "tag" when both arms are used and there is a clear intent to hurt or injure. A tag is simply with the glove and step out of the way ....which is NOT what happened. And it can clearly be seen that the "tough guy" is crying ...so probably got ejected ....so the umpires obviously do not share your opinion.☺☺☺☺☺
@@taxicamel There was nothing illegal about the tag.
I played Little League, umped Little League, and I played Senior League baseball I also played underhand fast-pitch, and slow pitch softball and was an
ump for many of those years 25 + years I umpired. The girl running to first base should have been ejected from the game and the catcher that knocked over the two Runners should have been ejected from the game for obvious blatant disregard for the safety of others. Other incidents that happened there should have been warnings issued, and a couple should have just been warnings but unsportsmanlike conduct has no place in sports. These are games that you play, and if it's so serious to you that you need to cheat or hurt someone there's no place for you in the game...... PERIOD!!!!!! If you can handle losing then you must not be handling life very well because life is a 50-50 win-lose challenge for everyone. If you love and respect the game these things should never happen.
I`ll be honest I`m a Brit and played football but if that catcher had tried that crap over here the second lass would have launched her off the base about 15 feet for blocking the plate
I was thinking the same, especially the girl running into the 1st baseman waiting for the pop-up. If I was her parent, I would have grabbed her and taken her off the field.