Should he be banned from college baseball?
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Multiple screwup, but no.
Don't remotely think it was on purpose.
Don't remotely think it was on purpose.
The ump reacted like some people that get into a fender bender in the WalMarts parking lot and roll out the door holding their neck!
This is a prime example of how Elon ruined Twitter. "sthorn_23" is some random nobody with barely 1,000 followers, but now that anyone can get the blue check mark by paying, it gives a false sense of legitimacy to troll posts like this.
There are also 10-15x as many bots. I constantly spend my time blocking bots any time I get on the app. Maybe he shouldn't fired all the staff
And it's full of porn now too, like a bunch of replies to a HailState or Steve Robertson will be "check out my OnlyFans profile!!" Anytime I get a new follower (which should basically be never, because I never Tweet anything and don't really meet anyone new anyway), it's a pornobot.
Dang. Was hoping this was about one of about a half dozen SEC baseball coaches. Seriously, is it just me or is SEC baseball just infested with total douchebags like never before?
Yes hadad has made me laugh with some of his replies. They just know sex sell so they using porn bots to lure idiots into clicking links to give them a virus or steal information or more. Some dude out there is going to be desperate and dumb enough to click on the link
Your an dumass for sharing a fake post.
He may not realize how much of a nosedive Twitter has taken over the last 2 years though. Basically nothing can ever be believed on there anymore.
Is that why you jumped to truth social?
The NCAA IS college. That’s what makes up the NCAA - colleges. And employees of those colleges - including MSU - make the decisions that mold NCAA policy.
So that would be hard to do.
Did the video even actually happen?
If it did happen, that kid sucks and needs to sit for a bit and talk with the ump after a few weeks.
That is straight 17ed up to see, if it's real.
I don't care if the ump stumbled more than others feel was needed- he is not the person in the wrong, if that video is real.
If it did happen, that kid sucks and needs to sit for a bit and talk with the ump after a few weeks.
That is straight 17ed up to see, if it's real.
I don't care if the ump stumbled more than others feel was needed- he is not the person in the wrong, if that video is real.
are you sure that’s the reason twitter is now “ruined”
has nothing to do with it no longer being controlled by the dem party?
Regardless if the tweet is fake, the bat flip phenomenon..... douchebagery... needs to stop.
The ncaa or conferences should put in a rule .... batters must DROP the bat inside the circle. If you release the bat outside rhe circle, warning. 2nd offense, out. If you throw the bat inside or outside the circle, it is subject to review and ejection from the remainder of the game.
That "bat flip" was just ridiculous. Dude should have been tossed for the rest of the game. Coach should DH or bench him next game.
The ncaa or conferences should put in a rule .... batters must DROP the bat inside the circle. If you release the bat outside rhe circle, warning. 2nd offense, out. If you throw the bat inside or outside the circle, it is subject to review and ejection from the remainder of the game.
That "bat flip" was just ridiculous. Dude should have been tossed for the rest of the game. Coach should DH or bench him next game.
Any Tesla sucks too nowadays. Funny how that works.
Anytime a player throws a bat or flips a bat, someone could get hurt. Accidents happen.
A rule prohibiting bat throws and flips is a good idea, in my opinion.
GTFO.
First of all, complete coincidence.
Beyond that, its a product of the rules that have been in place and the showy aspect of baseball today. You cannot be 100% ok with all of the bat flips and not expect one of the bats to eventually hit someone. Its just statistics....
That being said, I like the showiness of the sport today comparatively. There is always a tipping point though...
First of all, complete coincidence.
Beyond that, its a product of the rules that have been in place and the showy aspect of baseball today. You cannot be 100% ok with all of the bat flips and not expect one of the bats to eventually hit someone. Its just statistics....
That being said, I like the showiness of the sport today comparatively. There is always a tipping point though...
Y'all are scary. You see stuff that just isn't there.
It was an accident. It's not really a bat flip. He did not expect the ump to be there and was tossing it back towards the dugout. MAYBE he should get a one game suspension.
It was an accident. It's not really a bat flip. He did not expect the ump to be there and was tossing it back towards the dugout. MAYBE he should get a one game suspension.
I get that I am pushing back on a baseball view with a baseball legend, but your take seems quite accepting and dismissive of what happened.
Drop the bat. Then the next batter can grab it and bring it back to the dugout or toss/hand it to whoever was in the hole.
If a bat needs to be tossed back towards the dugout, then turn around and toss it- then trot the bases and absorb all the glory of your greatness.
- The kid is at least 12' down the 1B line when he flings his bad back across the batter's box where there is a catcher, an up, and an incoming teammate jogging down the 3B line to score.
- If the bat hadnt drilled the up in the 17ing skull, it would have only gotten like 10' closer to the dugout compared to if he had dropped the bad in the batter's box.
- The kid took 7 steps towards 1B before he let go of the bat and flung it back across home plate.
There is simply 0 legitimate reason for this to happen. Any attempt to explain it away is justifying behavior that is at best unnecessary and at worst, dangerous.
Twitter sucked 15 when few people knew what to use it for.
Twitter sucked 10 years ago when it was riddled with lies that spread.
Twitter sucked 5 years ago when it was riddled with lies that are spread.
Twitter sucks now because it is riddled with lies that are spread.
There are some genuinely good things that are on Twitter and that have happened because of Twitter. But I basically cant bring myself to trust almost anything without googling and checking what is claimed. Videos of war are constantly not only not from the war that is being referenced, but they arent even from the same decade or same continent.
Its a completely worthless platform for 1st hand info, so its pretty damn worthless for 2nd hand info too.
Twitter was not controlled by the Democratic Party in years past, and it is not controlled by the Republican Party or Conservatives or whatever now.
Believing it was controlled by the Democratic Party is, ironically, one of the many lies that have been spread on Twitter. Or its you choosing to misinterpret reality and being dramatic.
Yeah, I know you want the death penalty for going 5 miles over the speed limit.
You realize you can tell a person that their action was bad and they can correct it. People make bad decisions all the time. The kid didn't show happiness that the bat hit the ump. You act as if he saw it and ran over to the ump pounding his chest and celebrating that he skulled the ump. You act as if you know he is a serial bat tosser and has put people in danger before.
As I said your scary. How can you possibly have an opinion with so little evidence and willing to ruin a persons life for an accident?
And I guarantee no one on this board wants to hear anymore from you on this topic.
Ironic that the same squad of SPS posters who would vote for actual criminals not to be punished, want this kid thrown under the jail for throwing his bat back towards his own dugout and CLEARLY not seeing that the ump had walked up the line.
Weird world.
He is too short to be a former NBA star, so I am guessing he learned the flop from playing soccer.
Holy damn you really jumped to some conclusions here.
Yeah, I saw the kid showed shock when it happened.
And what I posted initially is that the kid should sit for a bit and talk with the ump after a few weeks.
So, like sit for the rest of that game and maybe the next, and follow up with the up in a few weeks to check in and talk with him.
Why the 17 do you think I want to see the kid's life be ruined? I didnt say or even suggest the kid was proud of what happened, so I also dont know why you say I am acting like he celebrated hitting the ump in the skull. I also didnt say or even suggest I know anything about the batter, so I have no idea if he has done this before.
- I dont think the kid's life should be ruined.
- I have no idea if the kid has done this before.
- I do think the kid was surprised to see what he did and felt bad.
- I think my initially suggestion of 'sit a bit and talk with the ump in a few weeks' is appropriate because it is not overly punitive and it will hopefully help the kid connect with the ump and move forward.
You really went to town on the assumptions and conclusions with your post.
yeah, but you have a long history of being a D!ck
...but that doesnt mean you should completely make stuff up about my view and then tell me how terrible I am for thinking the things that you made up.
- I say it was 17ed up to do, and then directly say that maybe the kid should sit a short bit and talk with the ump after a few weeks.
- You excuse what the kid did and say he should maybe sit for 1 game.
- I point out that he took 7 steps towards first, threw the bat 25' behind him without looking, and drilled a guy in the head.
- You claim I act like the kid was proud it happened and you said I want to see the kid's life ruined.
- I reiterate that I simply think he should sit for a short bit, so the rest of that game and the next game, and then talk with the ump so they can connect and work to move on. I point out that I didnt even hint at the stuff you claim I said.
- We both think he should sit for a short bit. I go a step further and suggest he talk with the ump after a few weeks to check in and connect with the person he hurt. That really doesnt seem extreme or far off of what you think should happen.
- The difference in our views is that you seem to think its acceptable form to carry your bat 7 steps towards first, then turn around and hurl it towards your 3B dugout. I think there is no value in doing that and think players should drop their bat or turn and roll it or toss it to a specific person.
Clearly we would teach our teams to do something different when it came to where to place bats after a hit/walk.
Your team would run rule mine every time, and mine would carry their bats back to the dugout because they struck out so frequently.
It is a weird world. ....and can be ironic but also contradictory.
So not punishing bad behavior is bad. But in this case, bad behavior good. Hmmmm.
The kid wasn't just innocently tossing his bat back to the dugout. He was pimping his home run ball up the 1B line and put a nice little "keep looking at me" on by throwing his bat up in the air towards his dugout without any regard to anyone else around.
Does he need to be thrown out of baseball? No. However unfortunately this behavior is becoming more and more common and needs to be nipped in the bud.
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I LMAO when I saw that ump decide to go ahead and start Harlem Shaking; he saw them 
Who said "bad behavior good"? That is so wrong it's funny.
This baseball player while playing a game, hit a missile then threw his bat towards his own dugout and accidentally hit an umpire who had - unusually, I might add - walked up the line. I say unusually because... have you ever seen this type of incident happen before? Me either. It's an unfortunate accident, but an accident just the same. I didn't say the kid should not be punished. Kick him out, suspend him, do something so he won't make that stupid mistake again.
That was not the point of my comment... at all.
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