r/sportsgossips • u/United_Anywhere_8 • 16h ago

Video Beautiful swing but everything that follows might be the most painful thing these eyes ever laid on!

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u/drak_40 16h 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 16h ago

I'd have tossed him for unsportsmanlike conduct. But, do you allow the run to stand?

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u/drak_40 15h 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/Spaded85 14h ago

Should have been a dead ball out so no runs kept.

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u/here2brew 11h ago

Infraction is after the hit- are you being serious(interpret g rules) or standing on principle? I could be wrong but I think the run stands.

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u/Sharpopotamus 11h ago

You still have to run the bases for the score. If you miss one you can be thrown out. So yeah, getting ejected before crossing the plate should probably negate the run

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u/here2brew 10h ago

Fair point I hadn’t considered - thanks

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u/Voluntary_Perry 59m ago

Still have to touch all four bases in a home run. So ejecting the player for the bat flip or the crazy shit before he even got to first base would result in an out because he never touched first base.

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u/jeon2595 16h 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/marko719 7h ago

Apparently, by rule, intentionally removing your helmet is an automatic ejection in Little League, but it was all after the home run. I'd guess, the hr stands, and the kid is ejected, then referred to the league office and being banned for life from the league for unsportsmanlike conduct. Just my 2cents.

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u/burkechrs1 8h ago

Youre gonna have to fight the parents.

I guarantee theyre a worse version than this.

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u/TactualTransAm 6m ago

And from the looks of it, his entire team is okay with it. This would become a huge huge drama fest and the league would definitely get called because once the parents start, the whole team would start, and you'd have to have the blue crew throw them all out.