- Dec 18, 2010
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While playing in the championship game this weekend in a large Memorial Day weekend tournament (40+ 12U teams), we were pleasantly surprised by what happened after an incident on the field. This after watching the Texas - Oregon game during the same weekend....
We were down 1-3 in the 5th inning. With a runner on 1st the batter lines a double to deep center. The runner on first gets the wave to advance to third. The runner makes a great slide while the ball is coming into third and the runners arm inadvertently hits the third basemans glove during the slide, dislodging the ball. The runner is called safe because the ball is on the ground. No interference is called. it was a hard slide and the runner is on her knees on the base because she wrenched her back. After the safe call is made, the third baseman picks up the ball in her glove and with both hands slams them as hard as she can on the runners head knocking the runner back down to the ground. Our Head Coach is at third and is losing his mind about what just happened. None of the three officials witness the act because all three had turned their attention to the runner who had hit the ball was completing her run to second base. While our runner at third was trying to recuperate from the hard tag, the third baseman is smiling and laughing with her short-stop.
I think the third baseman was frustrated and lost her temper. Well as you can imagine, our bench went ballistic and the energy level went through the roof. It was the spark they needed to rally for the come from behind win.
Now the random act of Class. - After finishing the inning inwhich the incident happened, the opposing team pulled the third baseman from the rest of the game. They didn't have to do this. This was the championship game and the third baseman had made big plays previously. They were ahead and just needed to hold on for two more innings for the win. Their decision to pull the player for her actions spoke volumes for their teams and their organizations character. It was great to see this type of play still exists. It's nice to know that coaches still love this sport and the life lessons it can teach our young ladies!
Here's hoping that all of us will look to their example. I applaud them!
We were down 1-3 in the 5th inning. With a runner on 1st the batter lines a double to deep center. The runner on first gets the wave to advance to third. The runner makes a great slide while the ball is coming into third and the runners arm inadvertently hits the third basemans glove during the slide, dislodging the ball. The runner is called safe because the ball is on the ground. No interference is called. it was a hard slide and the runner is on her knees on the base because she wrenched her back. After the safe call is made, the third baseman picks up the ball in her glove and with both hands slams them as hard as she can on the runners head knocking the runner back down to the ground. Our Head Coach is at third and is losing his mind about what just happened. None of the three officials witness the act because all three had turned their attention to the runner who had hit the ball was completing her run to second base. While our runner at third was trying to recuperate from the hard tag, the third baseman is smiling and laughing with her short-stop.
I think the third baseman was frustrated and lost her temper. Well as you can imagine, our bench went ballistic and the energy level went through the roof. It was the spark they needed to rally for the come from behind win.
Now the random act of Class. - After finishing the inning inwhich the incident happened, the opposing team pulled the third baseman from the rest of the game. They didn't have to do this. This was the championship game and the third baseman had made big plays previously. They were ahead and just needed to hold on for two more innings for the win. Their decision to pull the player for her actions spoke volumes for their teams and their organizations character. It was great to see this type of play still exists. It's nice to know that coaches still love this sport and the life lessons it can teach our young ladies!
Here's hoping that all of us will look to their example. I applaud them!