As someone who has played baseball all my life, this is just sick and unheard of. I can tell you that in nearly every single baseball game played -- from little league to MLB, there is at least one team that thinks they are getting screwed over by the umpire...if not both teams. But I have never seen this before.
A high school battery (pitcher and catcher) organizes a beaning of the ump in this Georgia state championship game where the pitching team was down 9-1 early and pissed at the umpire. In the previous half-inning, the pitcher's brother, who had been drafted #15 by the Dodgers in the draft, had thrown his helmet down in disgust after being called out on strikes.
Then this:
Rick Reilly gives further details on the players and situation here.
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Yeah, this is just pathetic. Almost as pathetic is the coaches and parents who somehow tried to excuse the behavior or say it was an accident.
So pathetic you can't twist in any way to look 'gangsta' it's just a bitch move.
Am I the only one who admires the pitcher's marksmanship?
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