r/sportsgossips • u/United_Anywhere_8 • 14h ago
Video Beautiful swing but everything that follows might be the most painful thing these eyes ever laid on!
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u/patchinthebox 14h ago
If I'm the ump I'm calling him out for throwing the bat like a goober.
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u/Remarkable_Towel_512 14h ago
No joke, but the Federation rules we played under, throwing your bat OR helmet like that is a dead ball out. This batter did both
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u/Uidbiw 13h ago
Should be an ejection.
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u/kywildcat44 13h ago
Then you get this kids dad coming in like this. No way a parent of a kid that acts like that would accept an ejection without at least cursing you out or trying to fight
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u/flyonthesewalls 10h ago
I was a coach in this age group. My best hitter. Started developing an ego and did something very similar to this. Slowly walked to first as he admired his hit and tossed his helmet. I took him out the game and sat him for the next one. His teammates weren’t happy, but I expected better from my boys. I didn’t have to deal with an asshole parent, because he was my own.
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u/Wise_Contact_1037 9h ago
Good for you. I'd imagine he turned out better for it
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u/flyonthesewalls 5h ago
Thanks. It took some work, but he did.
I know he’s not everyone’s favorite, but I used Jeter as an example of someone who practiced humility on the field. He showed respect to opposing players, never let the praise and adoration get to his head and put in the work.
When the Red Sox (and their fans) give a Yankee a farewell bow, that says something about the player. Enough that your rivals showed you that it was a pleasure playing against you (and perhaps to see you go away 😂).
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u/Top-Waltz5244 1h ago
As a Red Sox fan I can definitely say Jeter is the only Yankee I’ve ever respected
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u/Capt_Dummy 8h ago
Just this week i was coaching my 6yo’s team - coach pitch. I was over helping the 1st & 2nd baseman, and my son was over playing 3rd. A kid at bat just couldn’t straighten out his swing and make contact, and i heard my son yell out “what is this a turd?!” I walked over to him, pulled him over into foul territory and calmly said stuff like: we don’t do that. Every kid here is learning. We encourage and stay positive to every one out here. Etc. As i was waking back to first across the diamond, the kid finally connected with one and ran it out. I was still strolling over when i felt my son run past and go “high 5” the kid. Happy he did that, but still a little put off at the fact that he yelled that out. It means i still have some work to do. lol
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u/Rambler1223 7h ago
Props !!!!!!! I have never forgotten when I was bragging to my dad about how good I was at baseball and he stopped me in the middle of it and said if you are really good at something you don’t have to tell anyone because they already know. It was a simple conversation but it has stuck with me for life! I’m sure your child will always remember the lesson you taught them!
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u/Leather_Sweet_2079 12h ago
He wouldn’t have to accept it but he’s going to sleep either way.
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u/N0tM4d 12h ago
100% someone yelling and charging at you is not ready for a hit to the jaw.
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u/DM_Mack_Attack 12h ago
My dad was a ump he had at least one dad to put to night night
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u/Even_Snow9026 9h ago
Oooh now I know what I’m looking up tonight before I go to bed
Umps knocking out dads 😂🤣
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u/the_m_o_a_k 9h ago
I only ever had one guy come after me when I was umpiring. He took a swing at me when I was putting my gear away in my car but he was so trashed he missed by a mile and went night night all by himself on the pavement.
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u/SOLID_STATE_DlCK 12h ago
In the immortal words of Cedric the Entertainer, “I wish a motherfucker would."
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u/Big-Wrongdoer-965 10h ago
Oh man I’m coming in like that if I caught my boy doin some shit like this. I’d embarrass the hell outta that kid.
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u/apatrol 13h ago
Did you see the coach smiling? He taught them to act like asses.
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u/Genghis75 11h ago
Yep. The kid is a stupid kid. The coaches are human garbage teaching kids how to be garbage.
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u/SeahorseCollector 11h ago
So glad my kid chose basketball. The baseball years were full of kids like this. Most of their parents and a lot of coaches acted the same.
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u/DoofusIdiot 12h ago
Just started coaching summer league this week. This is absolutely an ejection starting 6+
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u/hilltopper72 13h ago
I bet his mom is really proud of him
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u/seantabasco 14h ago
Ya I’m pretty sure I got called out once for accidentally throwing my bat to the side too forcefully.
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u/Oonz1337 13h ago
I got ejected for tossing my helmet on the bench in the dugout…after I struck out.
Where I grew up this kid wouldn’t have been playing for a while after this lol
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u/rubber_pinball 14h ago
ump is his unc
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u/Pleasant-Jelly2198 14h ago
Umpnc
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u/crystallmytea 14h ago
Umple, or uncire, if you will
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u/sausageandeggbiscuit 13h ago
uncle vampire ump
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u/youarecharminsoft 13h ago
Those suck .
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u/sausageandeggbiscuit 13h ago
terrible at calling day games
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u/krazybananada 13h ago
And when the game is high stakes
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u/M0ebius_1 13h ago
if I'm the dad I'm pulling him off the field before he reaches first base
You can celebrate but that's absolutely insane.
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u/One_Isopod_7319 13h ago
"If I'm the dad"? Where do you think this kid learned to be such an a$$wipe? A rouge league team for sure, no association would sanction a team like this.
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u/KDK12toKDKone 13h ago
Yep. The only way a kid gets to behaving like this, is if it accepted and/or encouraged by a parent.
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u/Eagle4317 10h ago
A bat flip is one thing, but tossing your helmet before you even get to 1st Base is automatic ejection territory. He also threw the bat into the field of play, not off to the side.
I wish an ejection before you reach 1st Base would disallow the home run.
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u/MediocreHomework7092 13h ago
Yeah used to be an out when I did it and that was 30 years ago. Even if it was an accident, its a metal bat flying down the line. Its a danger
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u/Material_Positive_17 13h ago
In my little league as a kid, touching or getting touched by teammates before you touch plate would get you called out
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u/Zombie-Lenin 10h ago
I'm watching him round the bases and do all of that unsportsmanlike crap, then when he steps on home I'm calling him out, ejecting him, and sending any runners back to their base. Then I'm talking to the coach and possibly throwing him out--depending on what he says--for not coming out on the field and trying to put a stop to his players behavior.
Multiple players because I'm counting that chest bump BS too.
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u/Rep2025 14h ago
I bet his parents are the type to get into a fist fight with another parent at the game.
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u/filmore_89 14h ago
I’m beaning that kid next at bat.
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u/cane411 14h ago
Yea, it won't be very long until this leads to an altercation. The parents and coaches are letting that kid down.
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u/hikerbiker6397 13h ago
My parents would have grabbed me be my ear and would have me benched for a few games.
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u/CrazyLoucrazy 13h ago
My dad would have grabbed me before I got to first base. And then told the other team to mark it as an out.
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u/FirstDukeofAnkh 11h ago
My dad played in the NHL (only four games but still) and my brother and I were never allowed to be boisterous on the rink. We could celebrate, we could high-five or whatever, but we did NOT try to pull this nonsense.
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u/Turbulent-Jaguar-909 11h ago
my father would have magically heard about this at work before cell phones, come down to the field and dragged my ass off beating the shit out of me
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u/ColorSafeBleach 13h ago
Not my dad! He would have been waiting at home plate with a Tallboy of Natural Light, ready to take me to the strip club in his 2005 Ford F150 4x4 with a 3” lift kit.
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u/MrBtheProdigal 13h ago
Oh hey son
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u/ThatDudeUpThere 13h ago
You finally got back from that trip to the store
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u/BananaPokesPeach 13h ago
Actually, he never made it. He was arrested on the way for the incident involving those two hookers in wheel chairs and the mobile home that had an interior steep grade.
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u/Few_Lengthiness3962 13h ago
I would have kicked the shit out of your dad. Mainly for the F150 thing.
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u/Such-Sympathy-5816 14h ago
If I am the coach there is no next at bat
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u/MrScottimus 14h ago
bingo. It's on the coach. If the parents don't like it? He'll never have another at bat.
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u/ShotdowN- 13h ago
If I'm the umpire I'm denying the point just for throwing the bat alone
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u/Ok-Apartment9295 13h ago
Not only that but I would be assigning a two point penalty to his team. I would also make them all swim laps at the end of that period.
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u/Bitter_Specialist_10 13h ago
If im the umpire, thats an automatic lut, and hes gone from the field entirely, or else his team forfeits.
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u/AngryZan 14h ago
Won’t need to. I already threw him from the game for the bat toss specifically…And his father when he came out of the stands, and then called a forfeit for that team when the father wouldn’t leave the field.
I was a little league/travel baseball ump for 12 years. This exact scenario played out more times than I can count.
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u/BeefDerfex 14h ago
Yeah, kid wouldve been tossed before he msmade it to first. That’s embarrassing.
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u/Sudden_Buffalo_4393 14h ago
I’m beaning his dad first.
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u/FightClubLeader 14h ago
I’m b***ing his mom first
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u/MrScottimus 14h ago
boofing?
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u/ClassiFried86 14h ago
I didn't shove one pill up my ass, I shoved 7 up there. It's called butting, and it's classy.
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u/MeanShibu 14h ago
I’m just picturing the silent scream followed by Forest Whitaker level ugly cry this kid is going to do when he pulls this with a Dominican kid who rails him with 70 at the next ab
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u/wilkerws34 14h ago
As a former catcher in little league, I’m throwing a sign for a fastball, moving to the far right of the plate and not even attempting to catch that bean ball.
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u/Worcestercestershire 13h ago
I'm beaning the next kid I see that even looks similar...
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u/Substantial-Tart-464 14h ago
If I was the ump I say you can keep the run but the kid is outta here
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u/Reverend_Tommy 14h ago
Yep. I was thinking the same thing. Kid ejected immediately.
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u/BDunnn 14h ago
They don’t get paid enough to have to have to deal with what I could only imagine the kids parents are like.
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u/Reverend_Tommy 14h ago
Leagues should also make it an automatic suspension for players whose parents interfere with the game.
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u/LatterMatch9334 14h ago
Pretty sure throwing a baseball bat past first base onto the infield would result in the player being out at any level of baseball.
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u/Substantial-Tart-464 14h ago
yeah this video should be a PSA for training umps and coaches what NOT to have the kids do when playing. Unless your Kenny Powers is the only exception!
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u/Spaded85 13h ago
Nah, they aren't keeping the run. They don't deserve it allowing kids to throw bats into the middle of the field. Taking the helmet off before rounding bases is a no no too. Should have been called out the instant he tossed the bat.
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u/Sirius-Face 14h ago edited 14h ago
He just peaked. Life will be downhill for him from now on...
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u/cdot2k 13h ago
Was thinking the same thing. Shortest kid on the team. Chubby kid. Probably a lot of other frustrations showing here.
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u/TriceraDoctor 12h ago
Was thinking the same thing. He’ll still be talking about this at AutoZone in 12 years
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u/llwhaley 11h ago
He will go from wearing his name on the back of his shirt to a lifetime of jobs with his name on the front of his shirt.
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u/Ok_Time_2756 14h ago
And he is training to throw a tantrum any time he doesn't get his way
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u/United_Anywhere_8 14h ago edited 14h ago
Just bad coaching and parenting. I'm actually pretty pro "bat flip," let the boys have fun, but there's a line. This is excessive.
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u/MrMiyagi13 14h ago
Bat flip: ✅
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u/drak_40 14h ago
As an umpire with the rule set I have, that kid gets tossed with the missle bat toss for safety reasons
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u/marko719 14h ago
I'd have tossed him for unsportsmanlike conduct. But, do you allow the run to stand?
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u/drak_40 14h ago
Run stands since Home run by the book is an automatic 4 base award (and also to not let the game go to absolute shit since you already tossed a kid)
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u/jeon2595 14h ago
I don’t know about tossed, but it’s definitely an out for thrown bat. The way he did it deserves being ejected.
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u/Fit-University1070 14h ago
That wasn't a flip, it was a throw into the field. Then the helmet and chest smash like that are wayyyy too extra.
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u/The-Tarman 14h ago
It was super weird that the next kid up to bat presented his bat to him like a squire presenting Excalibur to King Arthur.
That can't be good for the kids ego...
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u/Famous_Pudding_3598 14h ago
Fast forward to this kids baseball career crapping out in high school and turning into either a cop or town drunk
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u/Soft_Penis_7224 14h ago
Im an umpire since 2006. I would have called him out for throwing the bat.
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u/MinnesotaRyan 14h ago
and probably give him/his coach a warning that it happens again they are ejected. the bat throw was dangerous as well as incredibly poor sportsmanship.
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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos 14h ago
I don’t care if you’re my best player or my worst. You act like that on the field you will find yourself on the bench.
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u/Sabresfan70 14h ago
As a past baseball coach, he’d be benched just for throwing the bat. After the rest of his antics he’d be riding the bench for the rest of this game. Possibly the next if one.
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u/electro_report 14h ago
Pretty clearly staged, no one in the opposing dugout, and idk how many 3rd basemen high five the base runner.
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u/urban_entrepreneur 14h ago
It’s like an exhibition with his own team. Clearly the same uniforms all over the field with no opposition.
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u/AShirtlessGuy 12h ago
Yeah the whole team is in on it lol like how did no one notice?
It's pretty obvious it's a bit when the teammate hands him his bat while kneeling
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u/codswallop1226 14h ago
Cruz has some anger issues. He won't go anywhere but juvie if he doesn't change his attitude fast!
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u/DuhDoyLeo 14h ago
Surely there are rules in place for such an excessive celebration lol. Who tf is letting children celebrate like this? The bat throw should have been an ejection and everything afterward definitely warrants missing a game or two lol.
So rediculous. Clearly that guys dad wanted to go pro but couldn’t cut it in high school.
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u/Bogo85 14h ago
If I’m the ump, ejected. If I’m the coach, benched. If I’m the parent, embarrassed. If I’m the opposing pitcher the next one is going in his earhole.
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u/LilAbeSimpson 14h ago
What is wrong with little league parents?
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u/RyP82 14h ago
This isn’t American Little League
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u/captainn_chunk 13h ago
Why does everybody in here not realize this is not the US
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u/JackJ98 12h ago
Yeah it’s head scratching. That is just how baseball is down there, it’s just a different culture around the sport. That’s why we see guys like Caminero practically doing cartwheels and playing the air guitar after some of his homers. These guys are just having fun with the game and there’s nothing wrong with it
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u/Thick_Yogurtcloset_7 14h ago
That is an instant ejection per the rule book. Removal of the helmet purposely while on the field is an ejection and no HR it's recorded as an out
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u/Illustrious_Abies273 14h ago
If my kid ever acted like THAT, with a sore winner ass attitude, I’d knock him upside the head.
“Win or lose, you show respect.” Period.
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u/SteeleHeller 14h ago
Dear god it would’ve been so fucking funny if he tripped over the bat he threw.
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u/spotsthehit 14h ago
This is where adults/ coaches are supposed to provide rules for acceptable behavior. Supposed to. This is a failure in parenting, coaching, and role modeling.
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u/SwanMuch5160 14h ago
How was the bat throw that landed in foul territory in right field, if not everything else an ejection?
Also, I don’t see any umpires anywhere, was this a team scrimmage?
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u/Queenfan1959 14h ago
Must staged because if I were the ump he’d have been tossed once he tossed the bat
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u/No_Radish8321 14h ago
As soon as he throws the bat like that, turn in your uniform and take your Diego Pavia ass to the car.
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u/not_erick 13h ago
This is the Dominican Republic. Baseball there is music, emotion and pure fun. Not the buttoned-up, overly serious version some people expect in the U.S. You’re just judging a different baseball culture by your own standards. The kid hit a home run and celebrated. It ain’t that serious.
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u/Trill_McNeal 12h ago
Does no one know anything about baseball in this thread? This is the Dominican, and they are known for their over the top HR celebrations. At the WBC this year they leaned all the way into it and it was a blast.
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u/Ornery_Stomach_7136 11h ago
I love baseball, but I'm not one of these "purists". I enjoy the bat flips and the celebrating. Let them have fun and hopefully more kids will play this awesome game
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u/Legal-Banana-8277 14h ago
Should’ve been tossed for throwing his bat and then let the village do their business with this kid.
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u/thunderlips36 14h ago
Yeah, if I'm the coach, that kid isn't getting another at bat and apologizes to the other team. Throw a bat like that again and you won't see another at bat again on this team
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u/BuccoBruce1967 14h ago
Fuck that kid and fuck all the adults/coaches that tolerate and encourage that behavior!
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u/diggertim68 14h ago
Tubby has peaked in life- it’s going to be a long steady decline to life in the trailer park with his cousin wife
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u/MonThackma 14h ago
Enjoy it while you can little man, before you’re stuck behind a desk at Enterprise for the rest of your life.
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