Players are emotional. Some players are not emotional. Umpires are supposed to be the one keeping order on the field. I do not blame the kid one bit. For anything that he did. He can show up an umpire if he wants to deal with the possible penalty. The umpire can ring him up with a close strike. The only person wrong in this situation is the Umpire thinking he is above the game.

brett408•17 months

They just suspended the umpire

gpttigers•17 months

As an umpire, that is embarrassing. Should have talked to the kid about not using his bat to show the previous pitch. The batter shouldn't show up the umpire by pointing and the umpire should look like a jack arse by ringing up that 3rd strike.

TDFreak•17 months

Batter should have been tossed when he used the bat to mark the strike zone. Problem solved.

PhifeDogg•17 months

There's too much pettiness in baseball. Everybody's so damn sensitive about stupid arse gestures, "bat flips", and shite.

jmaclsu•17 months

Ump suspended indefinitely FYI

NC_Tigah•17 months

Good

Higgysmalls•17 months

It didn't matter where that pitch was it was gonna be a strike. You don't show up the ump like he did on the previous pitch

EulerRules•17 months

No excuse for the ump's lack of professionalism. One's character is determined not only by how one acts, but how one reacts to others.

EulerRules•17 months

Also, respect to the UNO catcher for stepping in to diffuse the situation. Looks like he knew exactly how the batter felt.

DeafVallyBatnR•17 months

frick the ump

Rex Feral•17 months

Shouldn't have acted out like that after the first bad call.

griswold•17 months

If he were a white umpire he'd be labeled a racist and cancelled by the time he got home that night.

ItNeverRains•17 months

Ump needs to be fired. Bush league

brett408•17 months

That ump should be barred from calling a game ever again. That was vindictive and unprofessional, regardless of how the batter was acting.

9Fiddy•17 months

Agreed. If you want to run the kid for arguing balls and strikes, toss him. Don’t do that bullshite.

Jabontik•17 months

It's hard to believe that a batter has never just hauled off and hit an ump with the bat...why would you do something like that to a guy with a club in his hand

cajunmud•17 months

Hahaha...the ref is prolly packing. No fear.

SomeLSUguy•17 months

You clearly have not been catching the Dominican Baseball League highlights/fights on the youtube...

JeffSpartan85•17 months

He was definitely being plano sarcastic seeing as the umpire was black. Apparently plano didn’t watch the video. Lol

RedFoxx•17 months

Fun fact: the batter leads the nation in stolen bases this year.

Mid Iowa Tiger•17 months

That was about as bad of a strike call as I have seen. Even the catcher knew it was bad and likely saved the batter from making a big mistake. Ump is a POS.

YMCA•17 months

I definitely don’t agree with either strike(especially the last one), but it seems to happen a lot when you go to pointing out location. Umps like to be noticed, but so do players these days.

cajunmud•17 months

Had money on the game.

GeauxTigers0107•17 months

Showed out on the strike 2 call. Ump said oh really? Watch this...

HC87•17 months

That's exactly what happened. NOT saying it is right, but that is exactly what the ump did. Sad.

southernboisb•17 months

Wow!

diat150•17 months

That ump was def racist

planotiger•17 months

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