@PABaseball posted:Going to assume the kid wasn't exactly a choir boy when he was rounding the bases.
That being said - pitcher has 34 others on the team and nobody was exactly in a rush to pull him out of the angry mob that was forming - aside from the catcher. Going to assume this was not that much of a surprise to them.
Good news is if he gets kicked off the baseball team I'm sure the football team would love to have him. That was a fundamentally sound hit. 15 yards for defenseless receiver but it looked good.
The team in the field has a post season berth at stake. Their players kept their composure in an attempt to not have the game declared a forfeit b/c of their participation. It wasn’t about not coming to the aid of a teammate - it was about trying not to watch their season go up in smoke right in front of their eyes. But they weren’t successful. The other team (that was batting) is a cellar dweller and has nothing to lose (except maybe a coach) so they baited the P and he took the bait. Region rules are if benches clear the game, and the next 2 are declared forfeits - and that’s what’s happened so far.