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[video=youtube_share;ubVEZpTs-qc]http://youtu.be/ubVEZpTs-qc[/video]
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sad. And why did the runner round it when the ball is "right there" or that would be a potential excuse. Rhetorical I know... since we can't get to the player that did it.
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I just stumbled on it and thought it was an interesting share.
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Looks like me trying to get out of walmart on a busy night! All jokin aside shameless bulls***. Girl should've been tossed!
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First: This type of action has no place in any softball game. It is a deliberate act by the batter with the intention of causing injury to the first baseman.
Second: Tossing this player immediately would have been appropriate...(if you can get tossed for a throwing a batting helmet this should also qualify)
Third: Can anyone explain to me why we have rules with no penalties like the lane rule.
Second: Tossing this player immediately would have been appropriate...(if you can get tossed for a throwing a batting helmet this should also qualify)
Third: Can anyone explain to me why we have rules with no penalties like the lane rule.
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That looked personal, maybe a history between those players.
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Definitely looks like an ejectable offense to me.
I wonder if this was a one umpire game (I don't see a base umpire)? If so, then I'm sure that the single plate umpire would be focused on the catch and not the runner at first base. Maybe he didn't see it, or only saw it out of the corner of his eye so didn't see how blatant it was.
The running lane rule doesn't apply here. It only applies when a throw is being made to first base. And there's no rule that says a runner MUST be in the running lane. The rule only says that if she is out of it, then you can call interference if being out of it impedes the play. There's no penalty for running out of the lane if the runner doesn't interfere with anything.
I wonder if this was a one umpire game (I don't see a base umpire)? If so, then I'm sure that the single plate umpire would be focused on the catch and not the runner at first base. Maybe he didn't see it, or only saw it out of the corner of his eye so didn't see how blatant it was.
The running lane rule doesn't apply here. It only applies when a throw is being made to first base. And there's no rule that says a runner MUST be in the running lane. The rule only says that if she is out of it, then you can call interference if being out of it impedes the play. There's no penalty for running out of the lane if the runner doesn't interfere with anything.
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Something similar happened to my DD during an indoor winter league. My dd was not even on the bag, she was standing almost 2' towards second and the batter/runner threw an elbow to her back. One of those moments where you start looking in the crowd for the parents of the kid because you need to beat the snot out of someone for it. LoL
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There was a BU behind 1B - best view of him is at :47 mark. Hopefully she was tossed for unsportmanlike conduct - no excuse at 18U.
We had an incident this year in a HS semi-final game where F3 was catching a pop-up on the 1B line. The B-R intentionally ran into her and gave a forearm shiv to the ribs while F3's arms were up. F3 made the catch and PU let B-R off with a warning even though it was obviously Malicious Contact (i.e. grounds for ejection under NFHS rules).
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That definitely looks bad. However I do have a question. Should the first baseman have been standing there? Had the ball not been caught, I do not see where she had a play on the force unless the batter-runner was walking.
Here is why I ask. Trying to get my players to adopt the attitude of hustling out everything I tell them "when you know you skied a ball, try to see if you can get to second base before it comes down". Not a single day went by from the time I said that we had a girl hit a very high pop up to second base. Second baseman dropped it and my player went sliding into second safe.
Now watch that video one more time with that thought in mind. Clearly the batter was rounding as though to continue on to second base. I have seen plays where a player ran in a straight line toward the first baseman and threw an elbow - the player in this video does not do that.
Here is why I ask. Trying to get my players to adopt the attitude of hustling out everything I tell them "when you know you skied a ball, try to see if you can get to second base before it comes down". Not a single day went by from the time I said that we had a girl hit a very high pop up to second base. Second baseman dropped it and my player went sliding into second safe.
Now watch that video one more time with that thought in mind. Clearly the batter was rounding as though to continue on to second base. I have seen plays where a player ran in a straight line toward the first baseman and threw an elbow - the player in this video does not do that.
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I agree that the player was clearly rounding the base. However, the contact was still deliberate in my opinion. Should the defensive player been there? Probably not. Did the BR have to plow her? Definately not. I feel that ejection was in order!
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I agree with the posts in YouTube. She appears to lower her shoulder to make contact.
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Yeah, the first basemen is out of position and would have been in the way if say the ball was hit in the gap and the runner wanted to try for 2B, but the ball is basically caught at the point of contact and, even if dropped, that runner risks being put out if she strays off the base far. I also believe she clearly lowered her shoulder to make deliberate and malicious contact, and I would have ejected her also if I was umpiring and had seen the play. I do think it's kind of weird that someone made the video with the editorial comments, and that we're watching it here 3 years later ... 
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Anyone know what the umpire actually did call and why? There is a "rest of the story" somewhere...
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she dropped her shoulder and put her weight into it...
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Is it possible she wasn't really paying attention on anything but hustling and realized only too late the first baseman was in the way and so she moved to brace for impact? Go back and watch the slo-mo and still frame it and watch what the runner does right after after collision. I think she was horrified what she had done.
Maybe I'm being naive but I would have to think that 99.99 percent of players would know better than to pull something like that on purpose by the time they make it to 18u.
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Not sure what you're seeing....LOL...but I see her looking at the first baseman the whole time and launching herself at her.
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looks like she measured her up and creamed the 1b.
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Seconds 48-49 of the video the way she pulls her hand up over her mouth - the universal expression of "OMG what have I done?" All you can see is the back of her head you have no idea what her eyes are focused on. Maybe you are all right and it was malicious and she was just acting afterward. Maybe there's more than meets the eye.
It does seem interesting that the video ends by stating that the first baseman wasn't seriously hurt but doesn't mention what penalties, if any, were levied against the player.
Maybe the making of this video was a protest because nothing was called? The field ump was in a position to actually see the batter-runner's eyes and face.
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Allie getting trucked - YouTube This happened two years ago in a televised High School game, no ejection and no suspension, just an out called on the batter for interference.
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