Pitcher takes out runner at the plate! Div III
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That base runner showed amazing restraint not to get up and knock the **** out of that douchebag pitcher. More than most would've done.
First of all - what a dick move. Was he not ejected for that? Secondly - did the runner ever touch the plate? Or does he even have to in an obvious assault situation?
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Player interference? Automatically awarded the base?
If the pitcher wasn't ejected by the ump, he certainly should've been pulled by his coach.
If the pitcher wasn't ejected by the ump, he certainly should've been pulled by his coach.
I believe he was ejected. I know for a fact that he was suspended for the next 3 game series (so one start).
The pitcher's team was down 4 at the time but managed to come back and win
ETA I think Pat's right that he wasn't ejected. No idea how he wasn't
The pitcher's team was down 4 at the time but managed to come back and win
ETA I think Pat's right that he wasn't ejected. No idea how he wasn't
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Berry was NAIA when my son was playing baseball for an NAIA school in Georgia. In two different games during those two years both teams almost came to blows because of the action of one of Berry's team players. They play dirty every game and their coach is a total *******.
Its obstruction on the pitcher, since they were making a 'play' on the runner it should be immediate dead ball and runner awarded home (and other runners awarded the next base). The home plate ump called 'time' right after the collision.
Don't know why he wasn't ejected, since that hit was closer to fighting than a legitimate baseball play. But in NCAA its an automatic 3 game suspension if ejected for fighting (or I guess if determined that he should have been ejected for fighting).
Don't know why he wasn't ejected, since that hit was closer to fighting than a legitimate baseball play. But in NCAA its an automatic 3 game suspension if ejected for fighting (or I guess if determined that he should have been ejected for fighting).
You are correct. And what I noticed was that when the hitter called time out, he threw at the guy intentionally and the umpire warned the dugout. I am shocked that he wasn't ejected from the game immediately.
All kinds of stuff happens at Division III baseball games. When I played for Millsaps, one guy hit a slow grounder straight to our first baseman who got it right next to the bag. Our first baseman intentionally didn't step on the bag until he ran it out....that led to a bench-clearing brawl.
We'd play teams from Wisconsin and Minnesota that were down here on their Spring Break road swings. It'd be 60 degrees out, we'd be freezing our asses off in the dugout, and they'd have their shirts off suntanning themselves between innings.
When we played MC, Eddie Payton was the Home Plate Umpire. Their pitcher threw a fastball in the dirt that caught Payton right in the nuts. He stands up, walks off the field, goes behind the stands, does a couple of deep kneebends, walks back behind the plate, then resumes the game.
Everyone talks about how Division III football and basketball players "have no scholarships"? The better players get taken care of. We had football and basketball players who would get paid work-study to retrieve foul balls during games.
We'd play teams from Wisconsin and Minnesota that were down here on their Spring Break road swings. It'd be 60 degrees out, we'd be freezing our asses off in the dugout, and they'd have their shirts off suntanning themselves between innings.
When we played MC, Eddie Payton was the Home Plate Umpire. Their pitcher threw a fastball in the dirt that caught Payton right in the nuts. He stands up, walks off the field, goes behind the stands, does a couple of deep kneebends, walks back behind the plate, then resumes the game.
Everyone talks about how Division III football and basketball players "have no scholarships"? The better players get taken care of. We had football and basketball players who would get paid work-study to retrieve foul balls during games.
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The coach immediately grabbed the pitcher and sent him to the dugout....
He did not look too happy with him either so based on that and the fact that he apparently wasn't ejected I'm guessing the suspension is an internal one. I agree though what a bush league move that risked getting both players injured. Reminded me of the bush league play at the Gainesville super where the indian 1B for the gaytors intentionally ran into our first base coach on a pop fly in foul territory then flopped around like he was half-dead.
He did not look too happy with him either so based on that and the fact that he apparently wasn't ejected I'm guessing the suspension is an internal one. I agree though what a bush league move that risked getting both players injured. Reminded me of the bush league play at the Gainesville super where the indian 1B for the gaytors intentionally ran into our first base coach on a pop fly in foul territory then flopped around like he was half-dead.
Half of my high school's baseball and football teams were offered "leadership" scholarships to attend Millsaps.