Jack Strand You’re stupider than the original commenter, he wasn’t fucking going to first after taking a hit like that and umpires have to make sure the kids safe
why is everyone hating on this kid ? it’s 2 strikes, you HAVE to protect the plate , he was gonna get ready to swing until he didn’t realize the ball was coming at his face. it’s not like he was trying to get hit , he didn’t have time to get out of the way.
Mia Zicolello exactly I played 11-12 ( a couple thirteen year olds ) some of could throw 70 from 46 ft. away. According to science, that is .17 seconds.
"it's good to see him walk off on his own power" ...DUDE GOT HIT IN THE FACE! not the legs... fucking announcers. props for taking the hit like a man. this kid got beastblood.
At 69 MPH he has less than a half of a second to react to the pitch coming from 46 feet away. He knows what to do. But, he's 12. Even MLB players don't always see the ball correctly.
This was actually one of my worst fears while playing baseball no joke. I would step in the box but would keep my right leg back so I would move in time.
i was once hit right under the shoulder, probably 40 miles, an hour and i diddnt cry but it hurt so bad. it hit him worse and he diddnt cry. on tv shows when people get shot, they dont cry. when you hurt really badly you dont cry. god this kid is lucky.
Two things: The batter had already committed to swinging; that's why he had opened up. It would have been impossible to turn away from the pitch at that time. If you've ever played baseball, you would know that. If the umpire said it was a ball, it was a ball. There is no technical subjectivity in baseball.
I live in Australia, my little sister and brother have played rookie ball (under12s) and are now in Under 14s and its compulsory for ALL players (male/female - outfielder/1st base/pitcher etc) to wear boxes/cups..... if a player is busted not wearing one the umpire can call the game
He was already halfway through his swing when he realized the ball was going to hit him so I dont think there was really anything he could do at that point.
Not unless you were a lefty in LL like me. Everyone pitched right and overthrew. After getting hit in the face 3 times, I got tired of going to the dentist and got a facemask.
One thing that MUST be taught better is taking a pitch, there's way too many injuries from kids turning toward the ball instead of turning their back to it.
He didn't swing, actually. The umpire said he didn't swing, which means it isn't a strike. It's COMPLETELY up to the umpire's JUDGMENT on whether the batter swung or not. There is no rule on what a swing is.
In that situation he probably lost sight of it and at that age the instinct to keep turning until it was back in his field of vision likely felt more natural than trying to avoid something he couldn't see. One of those times where keeping your eye on the ball is a bad idea.
that radar gun measures speed out of the hand and is reported as-is. depending on who you believe, the equivalent to 60.5' mound distance for a 69 mph pitch from 46' is about 90-91 mph. it is a rough comparison of reaction time. e.g. from 46' your available reaction time to a 70 mph pitch is the same as your available reaction time to a 91 mph pitch from 60.5'. it is not a generally accepted comparison--there is lots of debate as to whether it is a valid measure at all.
how much time do you think you have when there a ball flying that fast at your face right as your going to swing. and how much time do you think you have.
He definitely shouldn't of opened up to that... That's why you turn your back. But, this kid is pretty tough for taking it that well. I've seen some kids get barely hurt and are sobbing their heads off. Kudos to you, Marty.
That's why I wore a face guard on my helmet. This happened a few times to me and only thing that happened was a loud "GONG!" through the helmet. May have been the only kid wearing one and all the other kids did tease me about it, but I still have all my teeth thanks to it.
I was pitching last year and I threw an inside fastball and hid jammed it straight into his nose, it was broken and he was bleeding EVERYWHERE. First injury I ever saw in baseball besides a few knicks. I've now seen 3 in a year(that one, my teammate breaking his ankle on a slide, and I broke my nose on a line drive), after seeing 0 in my first 10+ years of playing lol
I'm not saying you're wrong but i play baseball too and it's just amazing that you could turn into a ball like that because most, MOST people don't take it to the throat. Then again this kid might have been young but nobody knows
yeah, well when you're 12 and you see a 60+ mph ball flying at your head, you don't remember what you're taught, you go by instinct. Unfortunately for him he had the wrong instinct.
Sports injuries can be horrendus, when I was 13 I took a liner at second base off my lower jaw/mouth area, I spit up blood and teeth and played on till inning's end, within minutes the shock left my body and pain came I had a broken jaw, these injuries can really be bad. Thankfully it seems this kid was lucky since after a bit he was mobile of his face
Wasn't a swing, according to the umpire. Swings are judgement calls, there is no written rule on what is a swing, but most umpires go by if the bat crosses the plate, which it didn't.
With less than a second of reaction time, any human being would have trouble avoiding it. Knowledge doesn't really come into play, that kid knows not to lean into it, but there's simply not enough time to think about it.
this almost happened to me in little league. except it luckily nicked the edge of my helmet and knocking it off. Its like your life flashes before your eyes
It seemed he was heading to first base until the umpire stopped him.
P. Kelly T umpires are babies
Jack Strand You’re stupider than the original commenter, he wasn’t fucking going to first after taking a hit like that and umpires have to make sure the kids safe
this is why it is important that coaches make sure their players know how to take a bad pitch
why is everyone hating on this kid ? it’s 2 strikes, you HAVE to protect the plate , he was gonna get ready to swing until he didn’t realize the ball was coming at his face. it’s not like he was trying to get hit , he didn’t have time to get out of the way.
you don't understand how fast these kids can pitch until u see it in person
Mia Zicolello not very
Stanton Leuthner for as young as they are? yes they can, ive lived in Williamsport all my life. i know what i see
Mia Zicolello exactly I played 11-12 ( a couple thirteen year olds ) some of could throw 70 from 46 ft. away. According to science, that is .17 seconds.
jim smith no they dont
jim smith it only looks like it because the mound is at 45 instead of the normal 60.
This is a very tough kid. Did not go down until his coach made him. No crying, took it like a man. Bad to see him hit, but good to see his reaction.
He took it like a man. He didn't cry but did get down because he was instructed to.
"it's good to see him walk off on his own power"
...DUDE GOT HIT IN THE FACE! not the legs... fucking announcers.
props for taking the hit like a man. this kid got beastblood.
At 69 MPH he has less than a half of a second to react to the pitch coming from 46 feet away. He knows what to do. But, he's 12. Even MLB players don't always see the ball correctly.
lol i love how the commentator says "the quality of baseball" right as the kid gets hit in the face.
That's a hard hit most haters would be traumatized from that I know would and he walked away like a man so don't hate
You right
micah graves besides they r kids they r still learning how to pitch
@@irrelevantlouis Yeah and plus it does hurt getting hit with a baseball its happend to me before
why did no one take a knee
don't matter
No one takes knees
Stanton Leuthner exactly dat is 4 little kids I play at these kids age and we deal with this, we don't show mercy we r all tryin 2 make it 2 da majors
+Louis Gaming Is your IQ a fucking 1.0?
ANTONIO PRESCOTTIO they aren't 7
Wow !! That's one Tough little Fella, he gets pegged square on and doesn't go down ! ( until the ump tells him to ). Way to go kid😉
This is why coaches need to teach kids to turn your back to the ball. It makes the game safer.
LAD Fan If it's a curve ball you turn towards it.
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This was actually one of my worst fears while playing baseball no joke. I would step in the box but would keep my right leg back so I would move in time.
i was once hit right under the shoulder, probably 40 miles, an hour and i diddnt cry but it hurt so bad. it hit him worse and he diddnt cry. on tv shows when people get shot, they dont cry. when you hurt really badly you dont cry. god this kid is lucky.
70mph to the throat from 50 feet! ouch thats gotta hurt
Well, he almost caught the ball.
Two things:
The batter had already committed to swinging; that's why he had opened up. It would have been impossible to turn away from the pitch at that time. If you've ever played baseball, you would know that.
If the umpire said it was a ball, it was a ball. There is no technical subjectivity in baseball.
I live in Australia, my little sister and brother have played rookie ball (under12s) and are now in Under 14s and its compulsory for ALL players (male/female - outfielder/1st base/pitcher etc) to wear boxes/cups..... if a player is busted not wearing one the umpire can call the game
Even grown men would have a hard time getting out of the way of a pitch like that...
Now that's how you fucking take it. If only the LLWS had kids like these nowadays.
He was already halfway through his swing when he realized the ball was going to hit him so I dont think there was really anything he could do at that point.
its really amazing you see the quality of baseball..... *smack*
As a second baseman...trust me, ALL infielders need a cup
when you have a tenth of a second to think about it, hard to make correct decisions
When a ball comes toward you, You are supposed to be taught to just turn your shoulder
Tough kid. He didn't even go down until the trainers made him. Soccer players: take lessons.
"oh look a balls coming let me block it with my face"
Not unless you were a lefty in LL like me. Everyone pitched right and overthrew. After getting hit in the face 3 times, I got tired of going to the dentist and got a facemask.
One thing that MUST be taught better is taking a pitch, there's way too many injuries from kids turning toward the ball instead of turning their back to it.
second video I've seen where the medic pets the child like a dog wtf
DoubleRubberbands true
DoubleRubberbands It is proven to be comforting during painful or stressful times. For some reason touching their hair and face calms them down.
He didn't swing, actually. The umpire said he didn't swing, which means it isn't a strike. It's COMPLETELY up to the umpire's JUDGMENT on whether the batter swung or not. There is no rule on what a swing is.
"THERE'S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL"!!!!!!!!!!
you're supposed to pivot and turn away from the ball... just so yall know
this is why you gotta teach kids how to turn away from the pitch, take it in the back not the face
That's a tough kid. I played on a ton of little league teams when kids cried when they struck out. Way to be!
no blood... definition of a badass
In that situation he probably lost sight of it and at that age the instinct to keep turning until it was back in his field of vision likely felt more natural than trying to avoid something he couldn't see. One of those times where keeping your eye on the ball is a bad idea.
He turned into a 69 mph pitch with his face. Really have some baseball sense.
I love the lady who comes in and says 'don't move'.
Like he broke his spine or something...
that radar gun measures speed out of the hand and is reported as-is. depending on who you believe, the equivalent to 60.5' mound distance for a 69 mph pitch from 46' is about 90-91 mph. it is a rough comparison of reaction time. e.g. from 46' your available reaction time to a 70 mph pitch is the same as your available reaction time to a 91 mph pitch from 60.5'. it is not a generally accepted comparison--there is lots of debate as to whether it is a valid measure at all.
Stay right there, stay right there, we've go nowhere to go, nowhere to go!
how much time do you think you have when there a ball flying that fast at your face right as your going to swing. and how much time do you think you have.
I am constantly telling the kids I coach this, but they don't always listen.
After all that, he still has the presence in mind to check his swing.
Right bench is also a place where a cup is necessary
trust me dont feel bad if your only pumping mid 60's. if they are hurt from that they deserve it.
That kid is a badass no tears
He definitely shouldn't of opened up to that... That's why you turn your back. But, this kid is pretty tough for taking it that well. I've seen some kids get barely hurt and are sobbing their heads off. Kudos to you, Marty.
this is why you need to coach your kids to have better control
he didnt even go down. I give him props
The pitcher doesnt even go over there to check on him.
That's why I wore a face guard on my helmet. This happened a few times to me and only thing that happened was a loud "GONG!" through the helmet. May have been the only kid wearing one and all the other kids did tease me about it, but I still have all my teeth thanks to it.
Nobody would be able to stop me!!! Believe me!!
Inexperience combined with a 90MPH MLB equivalent pitch.
yea i understand he's a kid, but i think a grown man who plays baseball would have the knowledge to turn his head away from the ball.
Umpire "You have nowhere to go"
me "He could run around the whole field is he gave a shit"
@noahmcdx You do realize they're only 46 feet away from each other so in other words a 77mph from that distance is equivalent to a 100 mph in MLB.
I was pitching last year and I threw an inside fastball and hid jammed it straight into his nose, it was broken and he was bleeding EVERYWHERE. First injury I ever saw in baseball besides a few knicks. I've now seen 3 in a year(that one, my teammate breaking his ankle on a slide, and I broke my nose on a line drive), after seeing 0 in my first 10+ years of playing lol
I agree with you. I'm the only hard throwing kid on my team, I can reach 40-48 MPH according to the radar gun.
Most professional ballplayers would have fallen to the ground in agony.
Well, since he turned the wrong way, ITS SUPPOSED TO BE FUCKING STRIKE ONE.
+ItzChicken GAMING yes, 4 feet from the plate and 5 feet high, obviously a strike.
A ball coming at your head freezes you no matter if you're a pro or a little leaguer
I'm not saying you're wrong but i play baseball too and it's just amazing that you could turn into a ball like that because most, MOST people don't take it to the throat. Then again this kid might have been young but nobody knows
man i was actually impressed he didn't fall down right away. only reason he went down is because the coach layed him down.
Anyone got an excuse for why he opened up into the pitch? Last time I checked you turn your back to the pitch coming inside.....
Funny thing is, that could've been called as a foul ball, because look how his bat is when he turns into the pitch. Notice how the bat is on camera.
yeah, well when you're 12 and you see a 60+ mph ball flying at your head, you don't remember what you're taught, you go by instinct. Unfortunately for him he had the wrong instinct.
Sports injuries can be horrendus, when I was 13 I took a liner at second base off my lower jaw/mouth area, I spit up blood and teeth and played on till inning's end, within minutes the shock left my body and pain came I had a broken jaw, these injuries can really be bad. Thankfully it seems this kid was lucky since after a bit he was mobile of his face
Wasn't a swing, according to the umpire. Swings are judgement calls, there is no written rule on what is a swing, but most umpires go by if the bat crosses the plate, which it didn't.
With less than a second of reaction time, any human being would have trouble avoiding it. Knowledge doesn't really come into play, that kid knows not to lean into it, but there's simply not enough time to think about it.
it said on the score thing in the upper corner that the pitch was 69mph
How old are you?
The kid is in the LLWS. Hes obviously good enough to make that team. But he doesnt have the common sense to turn away from the ball not towards it.
agreed.. once i got nailed in the eye cause once you start your swing, theres no turning back
i respect that umpire, first to react
look at the scoreboard, it literally says 69 MPH. You owe those 12 yr olds a cookie Aaron.
That was eric Karros who is now with fox at the start
I think you're getting confused between turning away from the ball and turning into the ball.
What a bunch of jerks to overreact like that. He obviously wanted to just walk it off and they make him lay down and then take him out. Drama queens.
For a second he got hit then he looked at the pitcher and was like "really"
this almost happened to me in little league. except it luckily nicked the edge of my helmet and knocking it off. Its like your life flashes before your eyes
Thats the batters fault for not turning his face away from the ball he just looked straight at the baseball and watched it hit his face
DAMMN, i got hit by a crappy 25mph AA pitch, and i thought i was scared for life D:
That's why they call it Hardball.
this is y i stopped playin baseball. THAT WAS A 90 MPH FAST BALL TO THE FACE!!!
Last video I saw the kid was crying for no reason. This kid gets hit good and takes it like a champ
Dang that almost hit 70 mph!!
Have you played baseball? When that ball flies, and you are in hitting mode, it is difficult to get out of the way.
You have splits of a second to react a pitch, its not easy to know where the ball is going to.
Its so happy ;D when you see the father smiling (;
I was watching the original airing of this game with my dad and I laughed my ass off when this happened
He opened up his body that could have been avoided
That hurts real bad I got hit by a 25 mph fastball in the hip and was down for 5 min
0:54 "Marty Joyce. Marty's dad" like a boss.
ya and when they mean mlb 90, that just means they have the same time to react because little league fields are smaller
im 13 and play on a 15 tr old all star team and last yesterday i took a 84 mph pitch on my spine, that shit hurt
Brave kid. He took the hit rather well and got back up. Wish him the best.
I bet he's not thinking that after what happened. I don't think you would be either.