sad day to be a ump

I don't see the problem.  It was a clean hit, above the waist.  No flag.

Although I would have given both teams 15 for unsportsmanlike conduct for coming off their sidelines.

WHAT CHEAP SHOT???/

easy call........score the run, eject the pitcher for MC...... 

Obstruction, score the run

Cheap shot. Throw him out and he's lucky the runner didn't kick his ass!

my word to the T. The sad thing is the ump let the pitcher stay in the game. 

What was the reasoning / justification for not throwing him out of the game?  That blows my mind.

Funny but was runner safe ? Never saw him touch the plate . Ump should have been ejected .

The pitcher appears to be a head case. He apparently didn't like the batter calling time out during the previous pitch and the ball would have plunked him if he didn't leave the box. He was still seething when he threw the wild pitch and he was going to take it out on the runner.  There is always a kid like that in any sport just looking to hurt somebody.

Questions for the more experienced umps.

It looks like the plate umpire raised both hands to call time, but R2 kept coming around and touched the plate while the scrum was forming.  If he did call time, what can and should the umpires do as far as awarding bases?

If the ump didn't call time and ball was still live, I assume R3 is awarded home plate for obstruction even though he never touched it.  Does an anticipated award of home for R3 mean the trailing runner isn't out for passing the runner?  What mechanic or call should the plate ump make while the ball is still live to indicate such?

The base umpire sort of meandered to the plate without any clear purpose or intent.  What should he have done in this situation?

According to those on the scene, Austin, the pitcher was ejected.

I'm not an umpire, but it sure looked like the umpire blew the play dead for MC.

Realizing the very small sample size, the command displayed in this video indicate the pitcher's actions were his best option to get an "out".

Seriously, I hate crap like this in HS ball. It has no place.

TR, for the sake of your own reputation, edit your post or get some new eyeglasses.

I was not there and was told he was call off mound by coach but maybe he was ejected. IMOP he need to be bump off team or bench for the year. I see him as Bad news to the game. Hay but who am I

MOTT   

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This is a college game not a HS game. Different set of rules apply. There is no MC in college. The obstruction rule is also different. The pitcher may have been ejected for violating the fight rule or the sportsmanship rule. Fight rule carries a four game suspension. The runner is awarded home on type two obstruction. Type two means he did not have a play being made on him. He did not have to touch the plate because the obstruction caused him to miss the plate. That is a new AR this year in NCAA. The other runners would have been placed on the bases that they would have achieved had there not been obstruction. The umpire should have been more heads up as this situation began to develop several pitches before. He needed to take steps to dissipate this before it turned into what it did.

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he was tossed, you can look up the box score.  

I recall he only faced one or two batters before getting tossed.  

If this was a college ball, then his command was REALLY bad.

D-3

The last D-3 game I saw was in 1987, but this would've been considered bad then.

I'm assuming the standard hasn't changed that much.

I'm not familiar with the conference.  Judging from the video, including the actions of the umpires, it's a low level all away around.

This guy (assuming this clip is representative of his overall performance) would not be even asked to join our college assocation.

What did the umpire do or fail to do in the video?  I am curious about what has provoked such a strong reaction by his umpire brethren.

Take a look at the base umpire.  Of what assistance was he?  His lazy stroll to the plate showed no effort, no sense of the situation, little interest in doing his job and poor, if any, training.