Pitcher tackles runner trying to score!

Maybe the pitcher was trying to protect his ERA  ... this is crazy!

F1 needs to send R3 a thank you card for not retaliating. Saved him a longer suspension.

So does the run count?  He still hasn't touched the plate.

I wonder if the time being called / close pitch helped set all this up?  Pretty sad thing to do.

I think he has a pretty good argument on the obstruction call...

Yep. If obstruction is the cause of a runner not touching a base, the touch can be awarded.

That should be a 15 yard penalty, personal foul - chop block....... was not between the Tackles......oh sorry wrong sport. 

Honesly, I've never seen anything like that before.  I hope the school's football coach was watching.  Thanks for sharing.

Never seen that one before.Wonder what the punishment will be??

That is also one of things I love about baseball....one just never knows what he might see when he goes to the ballpark! When you think you have seen just about everything....you will be surprised.

Sometimes good, sometimes bad....

That pitcher was looking for trouble well before the pass ball.

On the 1st pitch, the hitter requests and is granted time.  He and the umpire both step out.  Did you see where the pitch went?  Directly at where the batter had been standing.

The ump gives a look at the pitcher then points into the dugout.  I wonder if he was giving them a warning?

That pitcher better hope he never gets an AB against this team.

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My guess is that the pitcher is a football player too. I had the same thing happen a couple of weeks ago in a rec basketball league where my football player point guard was getting beat on a fast break and the FB instincts just kicked in and he lowered his shoulder and leveled the kid, and even included a celebratory dance. Once on the bench where he had a chance to think about it he felt badly for taking the kid out of the game. Split second decision making isn't always their Forte at this age.

IMO the umpire should have stepped in when the pitcher threw at the hitter after he called a timeout. He obviously was looking for trouble...

According to the same video shown on Yahoo, he was not thrown out of the game after the "take out." That is absolutely unbelievable.  

I will say the runner showed a level of restraint most kids wouldn't.  even in my advanced age I think it would likely be on at that point. Ridiculous. 

The ump should have never given him time in the first place....it was much too late.  I don't blame the pitcher for throwing that pitch anyway.....you're taught to do that to avoid arm damage.  I'm not sure he was throwing at anyone, it's just what happens when you try to stop/slow your pitch in mid windup.

That being said, a 3-game suspension isn't nearly enough.  If he's a starter, he may not even be in the rotation for that series anyway.  In my mind, it should be a season long suspension. 

That was...unusual. great job of the coach pulling the player immediately out of the picture.