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Mike White addresses Craig Snider's anger at Texas dugout: 'He decided to just take some stuff out on us'

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Tempers flared at the Women’s College World Series when Tennessee hitting coach Craig Snider was tossed for arguing balls and strikes. Now, opposing head coach Mike White shared his perspective on the incident.

The ejection came in the fourth inning. Texas pitcher Mac Morgan was dealing at the time and got a close call to go her way. That drew the frustration from Craig Snider, who left the dugout to argue balls and strikes, earning his ejection, before he seemingly was angry with and had something to say to the Texas dugout.

“I can’t comment on it,” Mike White said. “I don’t know what transpired. I think he was upset about the call by the umpire at home plate and just kind of transpired about that. The rule says anytime an assistant coach hits the field and questions something it’s an automatic ejection. So I think that’s what he was upset about, so I think he decided to maybe just to take some stuff out on us.”

White, ultimately, didn’t address what Snider said to the dugout in any specifics. However, it’s typically rare to yell at an opposing dugout for what you feel to be a bad call by the umpire. So, potentially, he was just taking some things out on the Longhorns. There’s also the potential that, since he was getting ejected anyways, he may as well vent about a completely different complaint.

There is some familiarity going back between Craig Snider and Mike White too. The two previously competed as head coaches in the Big 12 when Texas was in that conference and Snider was the head coach at Texas Tech. So, perhaps, there is some history involved.

At the time, the Lady Vols were struggling to get runners on base against Mac Morgan. That wouldn’t get any better following the ejection. Then, in the bottom of the fourth, the Longhorns snagged a one-run lead, which would ultimately be enough to win. Mike White turned to Teagan Kavan who dominated the final three innings and held Tennessee hitless without Craig Snider in the dugout. It’s hard to imagine that the team’s hitting coach not being available didn’t have some kind of impact on the Lady Vols hitters.

In the end, Tennessee was eliminated and Texas moved on to the Championship Series of the Women’s College World Series. There, they’re going to take on Snider’s old team, the Texas Tech Red Raiders in a best of three series.