12 year old Catcher celebrates a strikeout and a win... is ejected!

In the sixth (and last) inning of a USSSA 12U Major Super NIT pool game, the Bomberz are mounting a rally against the Titans and have runners on second and third with one out when a new pitcher is called on to relieve and take over on the mound to stop the rally. The relief pitcher quickly shuts down the Bomberz, striking out both batters he faces, and the Titans win the game 8-3. However, following the third strike that ends the game and without any previous incidents, or any warnings, the ump ejected the catcher for what he claimed was "unsportsmanlike conduct." Two Titan coaches were then thrown out of the game after expressing their bewilderment of the ejection to the ump when he would not (or could not) tell them what specifically the kid did or said that was unsportsmanlike. The kid stands there silent, baffled by what just happened to him. Since this game had just ended, the people ejected by the ump could not participate in the tournament's next game the following day. Later the tournament director (who had been watching the game and heard no swearing by the catcher nor saw anything close to being interpreted as unsportsmanlike), after consulting with the umpires and the other team's coaches, reinstated the catcher. But he didn't reinstate the kid's coaches, and the team still had the disadvantage of playing their next game of the tournament without either their manager or first base coach. This is an otherwise excellent umpire, but bad blood between him and the kid's coach had been brewing long before this tournament... and the ump simply misinterpreted what he thought he saw and heard here, and over-reacted before he processed it all.

This game was played at Big League Dreams in Manteca, California (near Stockton in the central San Joaquin Valley) on a field that replicates Chicago Cub's Wrigley Field. The entire infield, including the infield "dirt," plus the foul areas from in front of the dugouts to the backstop areas behind the plate, is artificial turf, the same turf as installed in the stadiums where MLB teams Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays play, as well as many NFL and college football stadiums. The patches you see around home plate are just that, patches where the turf has worn out and has been replaced. The outfields beyond the infield dirt and their foul areas are natural grass or dirt. The spectators seen in the outfield bleachers are photos of real people, local citizens who have donated support to the Parks and Recreation Dept of the town of Manteca, co-partner with the private company that designed, operates, and manages the town-built facility. There are several other Big League Dreams facilities throughout the country.

[grenmachin]

You can tell a lot of people in the comments here did not read the description. Stop making assumptions and taking sides without knowing all of the information. Clearly the video by itself makes absolutely no sense.

[kevinkruger]

I love the dad telling the adults who are cheering for the kid getting thrown out to “grow up.” He’s absolutely right.

[moistpeanut]

The parents in the crowd cheering for the ejection of a kid is so gross

[battheman]

parents are by far the worst thing about childrens sports.

[wolverinefangowings]

This ump was probably a great hall monitor in middle school.

[googleuser]

The opposing team’s parents were cheering when the catcher was ejected. Just let that sink in… 30-40 year old entitled brats excited to see a 12 year get ejected just because their own team lost with one even saying, “you deserve it”. How despicable

[dijonjohn]

The adults are the worst part about kids sports.

[Geotubest]

This is truly absurd. The catcher was merely showing the umpire the fact that he caught the ball cleanly in order to register the strikeout. This umpire is nuts.

[Temptazer]

this is the 5th surge of youtube recommending this video to everyone 11 years later. welcome boys

[catfudge]

Those parents were actualy cheering that he got ejected thats ridiculous

[EMBEEAY]

*Mad respect for the ACTUAL adults telling the crowd to both shut up and grow up.*

[hetherm]

The saltiness coming from the losing teams parents is scary

[elbobcat]

That catcher did nothing that any other catcher would do after a strike-out ending the game and he never should've been ejected. Obviously, the ump was looking for any excuse to hurt the catcher's team and he found one in an insignificant action of the catcher. The bad sportsman was the ump, not the catcher or the coaches.

[TacoStacks]

Crazy that kid is 20 years old right now....

[peterfconley]

The real travesty is that both teams are wearing the exact same shade of blue..

[teelamarkley]

The people who were happy the kid got ejected a just straight jerks

[scaryscammer]

Complete abuse of power from the umpires, they should not be aloud to umpire

[cristiannicolas]

9 years later and this video was put in my recommendations. Who else got this as well?

[BoxCoverArt]

Some say he is still throwing hot dog vendors out of the stadium to this day.

[colecaldwell]

7 years later and YouTube decides to put this in all of our recommendations