Likely on purpose. Catcher hits batter in head.

[CoachJD]

I don't know if I would go that far. Need to be educated? Sure. Banning them just because they don't react, in the heat of the moment, they way that a simple majority of people think they should? Not sure that is warranted.

Why do coaches try 'dirty' plays - because they can get away with it most/all of the time. If they are getting away with it most of the time, then that means that most officials didn't see it the way 'we' do. So, banning every official that was ever part of a dirty play (and also sending a threatening message to all potential officials out there), in itself might end youth sports right there.

Again, probably need to educate these officials - maybe 'demote' them to lesser games. But banning them wouldn't fix the situation. The coach on the other hand...

I admit I'm making a lot of assumptions about the umpires who repeatedly let this stuff go, but I look at it this way: Them not doing their job puts children at risk of injury. That's enough to keep them from umping games.

The posts say this team does this routinely, so I'm thinking umpires are seeing them do it over and over and never do anything about it. I'm not talking about an umpire seeing it for the first time and not being sure.

 

[CoachJD]

I was at the game. My DD plays for the team that was thrown at. Both times before it happened the coach says cowboy loudly, it was a coached play to try and get a interference call with no regards for a student athletes safety. The parents of that team were very disgusting as well. The coach should have been ejected as well as the catcher. No place in sports for this period!!! The girl that got hit the second time has a chipped tooth and swollen jaw from how hard the face mask slammed into her face. This was a 2nd round playoff game and we were pretty far from home so the umpire crew was not from our area. DD's team beat them twice and we get to move on.

Since you have some evidence this was a coached play and there was physical injury, the parents should do everything possible to try to press charges against the coach. I hope they're contacting a lawyer about suing him so he's responsible for her medical/dental bills, too.

I actually feel a bit bad for the catcher. She's being taught all the wrong things, and I don't want to imagine what'd happen to her if she refused to do this.

 

[daywalkerdad]

Since you have some evidence this was a coached play and there was physical injury, the parents should do everything possible to try to press charges against the coach. I hope they're contacting a lawyer about suing him so he's responsible for her medical/dental bills, too.

I actually feel a bit bad for the catcher. She's being taught all the wrong things, and I don't want to imagine what'd happen to her if she refused to do this.

On one of the plays I could hear the call on the video the other one did not have enough time before. If in the game video he only calls that play 2 times. Pretty conclusive evidence.
I hope they sue and win, then the message gets out.
Normally against this but I would consider a suit against the school too. If schools/ orgs were afraid of that I think this type of actions would stop.

 

[Rolling Hard]

If their were true justice the coach would put on a helmet and be repeatedly have ball thrown at his face at from point blank range. And video posted on the gram.

 

[ANNASDAD]

I just finally opened and read this thread....I'm a fun loving, laid back, easy going guy, but I'll admit there's been several times in my life that I reacted first before thinking things through. When that second girl got hit I would have been escorted off of that property in handcuffs!

 

[The Man In Blue]

I admit I'm making a lot of assumptions about the umpires who repeatedly let this stuff go, but I look at it this way: Them not doing their job puts children at risk of injury. That's enough to keep them from umping games.

The posts say this team does this routinely, so I'm thinking umpires are seeing them do it over and over and never do anything about it. I'm not talking about an umpire seeing it for the first time and not being sure.

This cannot get enough emphasis for our umpires, coaches, parents, and players.

When you belly-ache about some of the things we do, keep in mind that our NUMBER ONE priority should be your child's safety. So, when you don't understand why you can't use an illegal/damaged bat or cracked helmet OR why we are warning you against some of the things you do OR don't like that we won't let your entire team stand in front of the dugout swinging bats OR won't let you huddle your team up outside the dugout when the defense is warming up OR won't let a kid in a batting helmet warm up the pitcher OR ... any of the millions of other safety issues we see routinely ...

I'm still not convinced umpires necessarily have "seen them do this routinely." I could be wrong on that as I can only speak for my experience and my area. As I mentioned before, during the scholastic season, we try not to take more than 2 games from the same school (though we may see them on the road). In the post-season, it is not unusual to travel a few hours to prevent you from having teams you know. Over the course of the summer, we will potentially see hundreds of teams. The odds of running into a team repeatedly over the summer may increase if you only work in one area and one level.

 

[nightskiier]

It looks like the UIL hearing concluded today.

McCamey AD Michael Woodard given two year probation and public reprimand

This comes after a Texas UIL investigation into the viral incident during the McCamey/Cisco playoff softball game.

www.kagstv.com

“During discussion it was revealed that the catcher has had at least four other incidents like this, two during warmup games, one during bi-district play and the viral throw during the Cisco game. All of these plays resulted in batter interference.

Coach Woodard said he didn't notice a pattern and if he did he would've took appropriate action.
It was also revealed that the catcher, a senior, was removed from all athletic activity following the incident and the coach received a written reprimand and will no longer serve as the Softball Head Coach in the future.

After the discussion, both Coach Woodard and the school district were unanimously given two years probation and public reprimand.”


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[The Man In Blue]

So ... at the conclusion of her career when no games were left, we took the pro-active step to remove her from competing again. Of course he didn't notice it.

I'm hoping there was some assistance or compensation for the dental bill. (I know that isn't the association's jurisdiction.)

On a tangent ... you are a professional news outlet, clean up your writing. (Sorry, grading papers and in a grammar mood.)

 

[Lemond]

He didn’t notice the pattern, he created it.

To “notice“ it, it would have to have been a behavior that was out of the ordinary for him.

 

[daywalkerdad]

It looks like the UIL hearing concluded today.

McCamey AD Michael Woodard given two year probation and public reprimand

This comes after a Texas UIL investigation into the viral incident during the McCamey/Cisco playoff softball game.

www.kagstv.com

“During discussion it was revealed that the catcher has had at least four other incidents like this, two during warmup games, one during bi-district play and the viral throw during the Cisco game. All of these plays resulted in batter interference.

Coach Woodard said he didn't notice a pattern and if he did he would've took appropriate action.
It was also revealed that the catcher, a senior, was removed from all athletic activity following the incident and the coach received a written reprimand and will no longer serve as the Softball Head Coach in the future.

After the discussion, both Coach Woodard and the school district were unanimously given two years probation and public reprimand.”


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The coach called a play. All you have to do is listen to the video. Did they interview the catcher?