Poor sportsmanship

[Eric F]

there was tough ball being played nothing out of the ordinary until these events took place. hard slides to break-up potential double plays (part of the game and was completely acceptable). one in the first inning by the Needville team was kinda questionable( situation was basesloaded no outs, ball hit to the pitcher, she fields and throws home, catcher makes force out moves two full strides in front of plate to make throw to one and the runner coming home (out by 5-10ft slides full arm extended over the plate and body fully extended and takes out catchers legs with feet). like I said questionable if necessary but i give them the benefit of doubt for breaking up the double play. from there all was good until these catcher incidents.

as far as fans getting into it, no fans were fighting and if any profane words used were directed towards the ump for making the call to eject. there was a student from each team with a school banner that would run from one side of the stands to other when good plays happened. out student ran on our side of the stands until Needville's student went in front of our stands so our student did the same thing. but nothing other than that. i was sitting front row of stands on 3rd base side and never heard any of our coaching staff or athlete's saying take her out.

i am parent and a coach, if we were in the wrong i would call us out for our sprotsmanship but we did nothing wrong.

there is a longer 4 minute recap video that shows the hard take out slide at home plate on that video at i think the :28 second mark.

Thank you very much for your input on this topic.

 

[CoogansBluff]

Should the catcher make a statement, either to defend herself or to apologize? Or just stay quiet? My guess is that if you aren't talking, you're not having regrets.

 

[riseball]

Should the catcher make a statement, either to defend herself or to apologize? Or just stay quiet? My guess is that if you aren't talking, you're not having regrets.

If I was a trusted adviser I would urge her to get ahead of this and contact the coach at Sam Houston and then make a very humble statement on social media expressing regret for her actions. Then say absolutely nothing. Unfortunately the best time for that was about 72 hours ago.

 

[Lenski]

If I was a trusted adviser I would urge her to get ahead of this and contact the coach at Sam Houston and then make a very humble statement on social media expressing regret for her actions. Then say absolutely nothing. Unfortunately the best time for that was about 72 hours ago.

Agreed. She missed the window of sincerity. Too late now.

 

[BobInMadison]

It would appear whoever is advising her has different thoughts.

I mentioned I saw a comment on one of the Houston Chronicle articles by a woman claiming to be this catcher's tournament coach, defending her and saying the catcher did nothing wrong.

It appears the adults around her are circling the wagons and defending her actions. It also appears someone decided she should make no comments whatsoever.

 

[tim_s]

This High School Softball Catcher Is The Goddamn Devil

 

[Rocketech1]

For what it's worth, last night out of the blue my DW who doesn't really follow softball on social media shows me her phone and says "have you seen this video" (of the catcher) and I said yep. If she is receiving this information, the video/topic must have gone viral in the US.

While some hate social media, I think this national exposure will get many people talking about what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior on the field and will be a teaching moment for players and their families as they discuss this issue with their daughters.

 

[CoachKevin]

What I find kinda funny is that the local Needville paper has reported ZERO on this... even their FB Page is silent. Must be the small town ideals.

 

[4 girl's dad]

For what it's worth, last night out of the blue my DW who doesn't really follow softball on social media shows me her phone and says "have you seen this video" (of the catcher) and I said yep. If she is receiving this information, the video/topic must have gone viral in the US.

While some hate social media, I think this national exposure will get many people talking about what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior on the field and will be a teaching moment for players and their families as they discuss this issue with their daughters.

I agree and it's one of the reasons I posted it originally.

There really is no place for this in our sport. It is our sport, right? We watch it, coach it, play it. What we permit, we promote. No way I'd want any of my DD's doing this or have it done to them.

 

[SoCalASABlue]

It's really gonna hit the fan now - the story's been picked up by ESPN...