Hit by pitch?

It looked like the trainer was smirking about it too.

Good for the ump. In our state, if you're tossed, it's an automatic 1 game suspension, we could only hope that applies here.

I can think of one player who wishes that replay didn't exist. Not exactly a highlight in his college career.

Nothing wrong with the faking part... everything wrong with what happened after that.

Who thought that the pitcher was coming with big Uncle Charlie on the next pitch?

I've got some advice for Arkansas' catcher Brian Walker...take some acting lessons from the White Sox's catcher A.J.Pierzynski. He's known for pulling off some doozies!

And yes...they're our doozies...and we like them!

I've seen prettier!

Delmon who? Oh...that's right...Delmon Young! Great role model.


And Tuz...I had no idea where that pitch got its name...now I know.

<<<Uncle Charlie

Pretty funny.
As a coach (knowing he was not hit), would you applaud him for trying--but recommend acting lessons, or would you scold him for his outburst that got him ejected?

Absolutely scold. There is never a time that a player should speak out to an umpire, or anyone on the field for that matter. I believe the coach just went out to the umpire afterward so that his player did not look that bad, in my mind, it is highly doubtful he said anything of great significance. The player, however, will be a topic of humor for quite a while, as it had me laughing for quite a bit at the simple fact that what he did was totally outrageous and unbelievable it was funny.

What he should have done is just run down to 1B (as you would on a pitch that just nips the jersey).

I think his over-acting is what caused the problem.

To justify a reaction like that, you'd have to have been hit on the bone. If that happens, then the path of the ball changes and you can hear the ball hit the bone.

What he should have tried to sell is a ball that just brushed his forearm.

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Originally posted by CollegeParent:
My son showed me this video. Reminds me of s****r.

I love s****r at the youth level, but it's stuff like this that makes me lose respect for it at the pro level.

Too often guys go off the field seemingly writhing in pain on in a stretcher and then pop right off of the stretcher as soon as play resumes.

It's kind of pathetic.

If ya need a freebie that bad at least have the courage to lean into it...

mmmm. he tries and cheat his way on....umpire disallows it.....and then he strikes out and of course its the umpires fault....

point a bat at an umpire and its a quick ticket to the showers without the cheap theatrics.....


shame.....

I give credit to his teammates for not encouraging him. Most of them looked like they were ignoring his antics (the big fuss after the K, not the fake HBP) and wanted him to just get out of the dugout ASAP.

I too, took notice of the players in the dug out. Don't think I detected a single one making eye contact with their dramatic team mate,...
( perhaps their reaction says wonders )

To me, the player made the coach look bad... How do you trust that player again???

Why did the coach go have "words" with the ump?
Just out of sheer pure loyalty to his player?
I'm confused.

bet his parents used to yell at him from the stands?

what a baby.

jmo

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Why did the coach go have "words" with the ump?

I can only assume that from the dugout he could not have seen how blatantly far the player was missed. I believe they were in the dugout behind the player and that he went out to support his player.........and in that I am sure he is more angry about...now that the countless replays have proven not only was his player faking, but that his reaction was unwarrented....

As I watched this clip I was sure that the pitcher was going to drill him for real with the next one. Not that its right, I just thought thats what was going to happen...

shortstopmom- No matter how blatantly inappropriate a player's actions are, I think its a coach's prerogative to try to protect his team as much as he can. I'm sure he said nothing meaningful to the umpire, and the umpire understood he was just trying to protect his player. What I'd like to know is what the coach(es) said to the player post-game in the locker room.

JH


Great point !

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I think its a coach's prerogative to try to protect his team as much as he can.

Thats kind of what I was thinking JH,...but wasn't 100% sure. Needed a guys/coaches perspective. Thx!

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What I'd like to know is what the coach(es) said to the player post-game in the locker room.

.....me too.

As they say, "That's baseball..." If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying, or some would say. That attempt was quite lame though. I would wait for the dim lights of a night game to try that one.

Roid rage or what?

What would a typical repercussion be for a college player who acted this way? ( other than getting thrown from the game ) Does anyone know how the coach handled it? Does anyone have an opinion as to what they think should happen,..if anything? I'm curious.

( Were still at the HS level, so not sure how things work at the college level, these days. )

As the mother of a son who was actually hit by a pitch that resulted in major bodily harm, I am disgusted by this player.

I am offended that even pretending that he was hit is accepted.

It's bad enough when a player does get hit by a pitch--accidentally. It happens. But to pretend to be hit--with such theatrics....

No, his behavior shouldn't be condoned. But the behavior that I am concerned about is not that he pointed his bat at the umpire.

He needs to think of that oh-so-very-catchy phrase--"There, but for the grace of God go I."

Would he think that it was a joke then?

time for the players prospective!!!!!

looks to me like this was a case of the catcher (walker) trying to stir something up with the umpire. although there are a lot of good umpires out there, there are some bad ones and some that are just jerks. it was the third inning, something happened before this between the ump and the catcher and the coach prolly knew about it from his reaction. and i love a coach going to bat for his player. all in all i know both coach and player regret this happening.

Rock- I'm a player also. I doubt the coach regrets this. He might regret having a player on his team act the way he did, but he can use it as an example for the future. The player can be a "guinea pig" of sorts here. And I don't know if the player had something against the umpire prior to his at-bat, only he probably knows that. Either way, why act out like that?

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If ya need a freebie that bad at least have the courage to lean into it...

Agree 100%

Rock, you may be correct in thinking that the player and umpire had issues prior to this, although I can't quite understand how acting the fool would set those issues to right. But this guy has a few problems.

Catchers and umpires have a unique relationship in the game, and smart catchers know how to keep an umpire of any ilk as sweet as possible. Good catchers would have the cajones to lean into the pitch --- it was inside, below the neck, above the knee; pretty much textbook.

One might also assume a player would be aware that the ball generally changes direction when it hits you hard enough to cause that kind of reaction.

Methinks he's not studying physics, psychology or theater arts.

So the player gets thrown out of the game and thats the only consequence? Does he get to play in the next scheduled game?
Is getting thrown out of the game the only reprecussion?

NCAA rules call for suspension in the next game after and ejection---been there a few times with my son

He could have acted like he got hit but not been so dramatic about it. That was pathetic.

Yelling at the ump after striking out cause he didn't buy your lie was even more pathetic.

The pitcher should have drilled him on the next pitch. I know my son would have and so would I (unless the game was on the line)

Thanks TR,..thats the info I was looking for.

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by TR: NCAA rules call for suspension

that was my thought too, but it appears he never sat

Bee>,... what? You mean he wasnt suspended?

If so, I find that quite irritating.

I'm with you wm, if he wanted to get hit, then I would have hit him with the next pitch, right below the ribs.

Do the two teams meet again this season?

Should be fun if they do