r/sports 21h ago

Baseball Bat boy ejected at minor league game after delivering baseballs to umpire

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/bat-boy-seemingly-ejected-minor-155343130.html
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u/Breadisgood4eat 19h ago

I hate articles like this. They repeat the same facts like 5x, scroll through 15 ads to get to the conclusion “maybe he said something to the ump?”

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u/PM_ME_STEAM_KEY_PLZ 19h ago

What a horrid website

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u/PSUAth 18h ago

It looks like he "slammed" the balls into the upstairs mask. So that's kind of disrespect?

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u/klitchell New Jersey Devils 19h ago

Watch the video, he slams the balls into the umpires hands and mask, maybe said something too.

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u/tq6171 15h ago

I agree. Taking that kind of bs from a ball boy is not in an ump's job description. I'm backing the umpire here.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 9h ago

I saw the video in an article yesterday. The ump ejected the catcher (in conference with the pitcher on the mound, likely badmouthing ump’s pitch calls), then ejected the head coach (argued about a balk that resulted in a run scoring), asked for more balls, and then ejected the ball boy.

Without hearing anything, all I could surmise is that the kid slammed the balls into the ump’s outstretched hand/mask and the ump took it personal after the previous ejections.

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u/JoeTheSchmo 19h ago

Written by AI

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u/aacmckay 18h ago

Nah, articles have been like this for decades to hit word counts. Source, am old, and read many a useless article like this prior to the prevalence of AI.

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u/commie90 18h ago

They have been, but also now AI is writing them as well. Which means they are not only being padded for length, it’s also written in that terribly dry AI writing voice.

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u/yesrushgenesis2112 17h ago

That terribly dry ai writing voice is emulating standard formal writing voices. The shitty useless pre-AI article had that feature too, that’s where the AI learned it from.

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u/endthefed2022 3h ago

Exactly the model is nothing without training

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u/commie90 17h ago

Definitely true. But also why we're seeing it proliferate even more. I have to do a lot of in-depth research for my job and it's wild how bad search result shave gotten in just 3-4 years.

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u/niche_user35 17h ago

I used the Yahoo sports app in the past and stopped because some writers put at the top that they used an AI tool to help write. Guess some of them aren't good enough to write simple articles like these.

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u/Hey_GumBuddy 8h ago

If it makes you feel any better, you saved me from having to do it.

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u/mjt1105 8h ago

Thank you for saving us all from wasting more of our time.

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u/Connect2020 10h ago

Thank you for your sacrifice of time

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u/Ikeamonkey8 21h ago

Bat Boy sure looks a lot better than his weekly world news days

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u/takeahike89 21h ago

Unfortunately the Weekly World News got a facelift, too. Now we just call it the news.

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u/NotAPreppie 8h ago

Charlie Mackenzie: Hey Mom, I find it interesting that you refer to the Weekly World News as, "The paper." The paper contains facts.

May Mackenzie: This paper contains facts. And this paper has the eighth highest circulation in the whole wide world. Right? Plenty of facts. "Pregnant man gives birth." That's a fact.

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u/sybrwookie 12h ago

The difference between Weekly World News talking about Bat Boy and all the rags "reporting" on black immigrants eating pets or an Iranian warship off the coast of NJ sending in drones is racism. Otherwise, same exact thing and just as gullible people believe both.

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u/bcarlzson 18h ago

“The Queen, the Vatican, the Gettys, the Rothschilds, AND Col sanders before he went tits up!”

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u/plum_stupid 17h ago

Dad, how can you hate The Colonel?

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel 17h ago

Because he puts an addictive chemical in his chicken that makes you crave it fortnightly!

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u/jshaver41122 Rio Grande Valley Vipers 18h ago

Weekly world news always makes me think of Daria with “next on Sick Sad World!”

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u/KWNewyear Chicago Bulls 21h ago

Stand proud, anonymous bat boy. You join an elite company of non-player ejections that includes Youppi and Steve McMichael.

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u/Boner666420sXe 21h ago

There was video from a minor league game years ago where the organ player got ejected.

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u/wehopethatyouchoke03 21h ago

If memory serves he was playing “Three Blind Mice”, and the Ump recognized the tune.

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u/ChiefTitan808 21h ago

hilarious

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u/TheModeratorWrangler 20h ago

It’s stuff like this that got me into Baseball

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u/rivsnation 20h ago

The ump is blind, not deaf!

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u/ValyrianSteelYoGirl Pittsburgh Steelers 11h ago

How did he know it wasn’t Hot Cross Buns?

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u/Daxter614 9h ago

It wasn’t played on a recorder

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u/Au_Fraser 20h ago

I dont get how an ump can eject a member of the staff of the venue

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 20h ago

The umpire can eject anyone in attendance. That includes any employees of the home team or the venue. Grounds crew, mascots, fans, organist doesn't matter. They're all fair game.

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u/Bob_12_Pack 19h ago

When I coached little league, we had an ump eject a parent for smoking a cigarette. Also had an ump eject another ump for being drunk.

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u/ALWAYSsuitUp 19h ago

Lucky the drunk ump didn’t eject him first to get ahead of the situation

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 18h ago edited 18h ago

Well, that's one loophole little league needs to close. Technically, the umpire can not eject fans in little league, they can eject anyone that is authorized to be on the field, but anyone in the stands they can not. What they can do is pull the team's off the field and suspend play until a board member or other league officials remove the offending fan.

Downvotes for being correct? Gotta love reddit.

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u/Bob_12_Pack 18h ago

You might be right, but the park had a no smoking rule, the cops usually would just remind people and make them stop. This ump was known to be a bit cocky, he was the head ump for the league. He threatened to end the game if the parent didn’t leave. As a coach we avoid arguing with them and we encourage parents to not engage or heckle them as they can make things difficult for the team.

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u/Ok-Answer-6951 18h ago

I am right, I am a longtime L.L. ump, and know the rules. There is also a no alcohol and tobacco products policy that should be strictly enforced within 200 feet of the field. That policy is supposed to be announced before every game, right after the national anthem, the L.L. Pledge and the parent/volunteer pledge. The umpire was overstepping his authority. Technically, he can and is supposed to pull the teams off the field to their dugouts and suspend the game in that circumstance until the offender leaves, but not forfeit it.

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u/BKoala59 12h ago

Little league is colloquially used for all of youth baseball. You may be right for official Little League but not right for PONY or whatever governing body the other commenter was talking about

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u/sokonek04 17h ago

Bob Davidson did it in Milwaukee, his third ejection of the game (and the 4th ejection of the game)

https://youtu.be/u0obBVtxcBo?si=Igbdne53ZYC6TFjx

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u/OSRS-MLB 17h ago

What about other umpires?

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u/CommentsOnPosts69 1h ago

Could they eject the owners?

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u/Exiledfromxanth 19h ago

The ump ejected my line cook at LH Burger for adding mayo and now I have 50 angry customers 

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u/DigMeTX 18h ago

A lot of people don’t know this but umpires carry a special badge that allows them to eject anyone, anywhere, at any time 24/7.

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u/Justanotherturdle 16h ago

Shit, what kind of proximity can we get an umpire into a government facility, specifically one on Pennsylvania Ave? I have an idea.

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u/potterpockets 16h ago

Covered in the MLB Bylaws - Section 7, Article 14 goes over “On Officiating a Game”, point 34 specifically discusses this. 

If you want more detailed information google “Baseball Rule 34”. 

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u/TheDutchin 20h ago

Imagine the alternative?

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u/SBNShovelSlayer 7h ago

"I told you to never play Lady of Spain again!"

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u/rockblasties 19h ago

I watched an nba game a while back where Anthony Kiedis from the chilli peppers got ejected

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u/winkitywinkwink 18h ago

I mean, good

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u/UsefulEngine1 11h ago

You know he got ejected

He was disrespected

To the exit was directed

His stardom was neglected

His feelings were affected

So he felt dejected

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u/redditindisguise 19h ago

You mean Sleve McDichael?

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u/elboltonero Philadelphia Union 16h ago

Bobson Dugnutt

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u/technobeeble 11h ago

Mike Truk

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u/Stashmouth 15h ago

🎶Real men of geniussss🎶

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u/Four-In-Hand 20h ago

So it looked as though the home team was losing and the umpire just called their pitcher on either a balk or pitch timing violation, resulting in another run for the other team.

The ball boy came over to give the umpire some more balls but it appears as though he forcefully slammed the balls into the umpire's hands and may have muttered something to him as he turned back at the umpire briefly while walking away.

I dunno, I think the ejection may be warranted.

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u/pickle_man_4 20h ago

Yeah it’s not the most egregious ejection but it’s still hilarious

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u/RaisinBranMan 19h ago

Yea I think it was the slamming of the balls. And I don’t think he said anything just gave him a look.

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u/TheLangleDangle 18h ago

I’d eject with the slamming of the balls. I’m just sayin’

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u/Spartan_DL27 16h ago

Umps are soft as shit.

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u/brobbins8470 6h ago

Some people act like umpires should be given the ultimate respect in all situations and that's just not the case. I always think about how companies like the NFL fine players and coaches for saying anything negative about referees and like, that's literally a dictatorship. "I'm right even if I'm wrong and if you go against me you'll be punished". And yet people still defend it

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u/Entropy- 16h ago

That’s pretty beta

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u/Vic_Hedges 20h ago

Baseball culture is so non-sensical to me

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u/zzyul 18h ago

“Ok guys, so last time we played this team their pitcher threw a ball that came really close to hitting Steve. Any idea on what we should do when we play them tomorrow?”

“We should hit em in the back with a fast ball.”

“Ok, ok, good idea, we hit the pitcher that threw that ball in the back when he’s up to bat.”

“Not the pitcher, just anyone on their team.”

“Wait, so we should try to hit someone on their team that had nothing to do with our guy almost being hit?”

“Yep!”

“Sound good, I’m in.”

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u/Somehero 16h ago

This case isn't so much nebulous culture; it's a written rule.

Ballboys are categorized as auxiliary staff, meaning they are workers completely uninvolved in the contest, and they have literally zero leeway when it comes to being removed. They should calmly perform their duties irrespective of anything happening to either team. In case you were curious.

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u/radicalbiscuit 16h ago

Nacho salesman gets ejected for giving less cheese to the visiting team's fans

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u/Spartan_DL27 16h ago

Alternatively, it’s baseball. Who gives a shit if the bat boy is a bit annoyed. He didn’t assault the ump.

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u/jankenpoo 14h ago

So replace them with robots? Batbot!

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u/CappinPeanut 19h ago

Yea, bat boy’s job doesn’t involve coming in with an attitude. He knows exactly what he did and it’s why he was ejected.

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u/Iron_Ferring 18h ago

It was after the coach and catcher for the team had already been ejected as well

But I agree it was warranted, the bat boy is definitely not one of the people who should be giving attitude to an umpire

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u/kodman7 18h ago

Coach and catcher should be but they gone, bat boy is the last line of defense

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u/MinuteCoast2127 17h ago

Batboy is probably the coach's son and was pissed his dad got the boot.

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u/The_Dog_Barks_Moo 20h ago

It was definitely warranted.

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u/Gradieus 20h ago

This and it's not questionable even if no looks or words were uttered.

Let the manager manage and convey the feelings of the team to the umpire. There's no need for a bat boy to step in and slam balls.

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u/Vikings_Pain 19h ago

“Slamming” probably soft af ump justifying his ego

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u/wanked_in_space 19h ago

How can he slam?

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u/Ebil_shenanigans 17h ago

I mean I feel like getting a mouthful from like, players and coaching staff is a part of the game.

But the fucking bat boy coming up and giving the umpire shit? Probably the lowest person on the "I'm gonna tolerate this" totem pole.

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u/Vikings_Pain 17h ago

Yea but that’s not the point of what I said, he probably made an off hand comment who knows but aggressive slamming probably not

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u/Khalil_Sack Oakland Raiders 17h ago

The fucking batboy doesn’t get to give anyone attitude. Players can but the batboy? Fuck outta here

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u/Vikings_Pain 17h ago

Then tell the stupid ump to get his own balls

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u/Amulek_My_Balls 15h ago

Nah, get the bat boy a McDonald's application. He can take his frustrations out on some burger patties.

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u/sugarinducedcoma 20h ago

Nah, it’s soft as shit to eject the bat boy, he has zero bearing on the game. Just another example of umps letting power go to their heads.

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u/mero8181 20h ago

Dude the ball boy can be doing that crap. The umpire also doesn't deserve to get the balls slammed into his hands by the bat boy.

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u/sugarinducedcoma 19h ago

Right because umps never eject people for immature reasons right? They’re always correct?

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u/plap11 Minnesota Vikings 20h ago

Fuck that. A non player can't show up an umpires like that. Kid knew exactly what would happen.

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u/DSOTMAnimals 20h ago

he has zero bearing on the game

Exactly. That’s why he can’t chirp or give grief at the umps at any time. It’s not his game. It’s his job to supply the baseballs for the game not get into the politics of it. I get why you say it’s soft, it kinda is, but the ball boy needs to stay in his lane and just do his job.

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u/Galaghan 20h ago

So they should just get sneered at and offended with no repercussions for the person being an asshole?

Imho they shouldn't and have every right ejecting anybody who doesn't respect their person. I mean if somebody is being an asshole to someone else on the pitch, they would be ejected too. It's not because it's against an umpire that you get a free pass to asshole behavior, throw'em out.

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u/bcgg 8h ago

Yeah, the manager and players may have some rope when it comes to objecting to calls. The batboy has none whatsoever and shouldn’t.

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u/heckfyre 3h ago

I really appreciate when comments on a news story are more informative than the news story itself.

Thank you.

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u/rjross0623 Tottenham Hotspur 19h ago

Probably called him a cocksucker. Sure to get ejected for that.

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u/DFWPunk Los Angeles Dodgers 17h ago

He's so romantic.

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u/jpbenz 20h ago

You never eject the bat boy. I don’t care what he said. No one is going to believe you and you’re going to look like a little man who can’t take some criticism.

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u/BBBBrendan182 20h ago

Never? That’s pretty crazy

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u/cardboardunderwear 20h ago

That bat boy is damn near a full adult though.  Eject his ass if he earned it.

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u/of-matter 20h ago

Didn't someone on rehab assignment just recently get hit by pitch multiple times by the same pitcher? And that pitcher wasn't ejected?

IMO, if that guy can stay on the field, the bat boy can have a sulk at the ump and stay on the field. Baseball umps have to be some of the most fragile men in sports right now

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u/Jegagne88 20h ago

Lmao warranted. Soft little bitch boy ump was all in his feelings, power tripping. Imagine not being able to let ANYTHING go. Weak weak little man

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u/wowurcoolful 19h ago

You could say the same for the whinny bitch bat boy who can't accept a call. Grow tf up and have some sportsmanship, or gtfo and go play on the streets

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u/dr_reverend 18h ago

Sounds more like the umpire was just butthurt that someone disagreed with him. Some people just take what little power they’ve been given and become tyrants.

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u/jayjay234 20h ago

Which part warranted ejection? Slamming the balls or saying something to empire?

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u/rydude88 Red Bull F1 18h ago

Both

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u/AcesSkye 20h ago

BAT BOY RETURNS!

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u/Mosox42 20h ago

Batman*

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u/gonewild9676 20h ago

That's a Savannah Bananas gag. They have a bat boy in a Batman Halloween costume.

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u/michigan_matt 19h ago

Who actually takes over once he's gone? I can't imagine minor league teams carry back up bat boys.

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u/Miguel-odon 18h ago

Would be pretty funny if the ump had to walk to go get more balls after he ejected the bat boy.

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u/exipheas 16h ago

Next time he called for balls I would just point at the bucket, and shrug. Hey you threw out the guy who's literal job was to pick them up for you.

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u/Dshark 18h ago

As a Davenport boy, this is solidly QC behavior.

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u/PvD79 15h ago

I saw River Bandits and I was like 'Hell yea!'

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u/zacat2020 12h ago

Bat Boy found in cave !

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u/TampaTrey 17h ago

Tl;dw the bat boy threw the balls into the umpires hands harder to the ump’s liking and the ump tossed him.

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u/Knineteen 18h ago

Look at the body language. He clearly said something to the ump.

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u/Hot_Tower9293 20h ago

Don't follow baseball, but do umpires usually eject people by doing a cat like clawing motion at them?

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u/sugarinducedcoma 20h ago

You expect a soft ump like that to have a strong ejection motion?

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u/Sherifftruman 20h ago

That was definitely some weak tot action on the ejection sign.

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u/commie90 19h ago

Probably not. But this was after he’d already ejected the catcher and manager earlier in the game for arguing calls with him. Tensions were already high and it looks like the ball boy might have been trying to further escalate things. Also looks like the ball boy said something to the ump when he did it.

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u/dr_reverend 19h ago

So umpires are just as thinned skinned as Reddit mods I guess.

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u/Spivey1 17h ago

Could you imagine Angel Hernandez as a Reddit mod?

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u/exipheas 16h ago

Do you think he knows that a torta is food?

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u/Impressive_Ad_5614 13h ago

This still up? Wow

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u/dr_reverend 12h ago

I may be tempting fate but mods know better than to retaliate when you point out just how shitty they are. In the end this sun Reddit’s mods have shown themselves to be way more mature than that shitty umpire.

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u/Genghoul100 14h ago

That ump is soft as shit, is that Angel Hernandez's son?

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u/Seabrook76 18h ago

That bat boy had to have said something.

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u/beerandloathingpdx 14h ago

Al I the only one who thought it was Bat Boy from the national enquirer who got ejected from a baseball game?

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u/1cem4n82 16h ago

Bet he can hear me!

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u/Skippyhogman 11h ago

Must have called him a cocksucker

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u/Welpe 8h ago

I thought this was going to be a Weekly World News update to our favorite creature!

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u/-im-your-huckleberry 7h ago

Did anyone ever tell you, you look like a penis with that little hat on?

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u/ChasedWarrior 6h ago

He also got fired by the team. Time to grow up, kid.

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u/CodeElectrical1077 5h ago

Bat boy called him a slur for a call he didn’t like

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u/bionicjoe 3h ago

Unsurprising.
Kid is a hardened criminal for years, decades.
Jailhouse Photo

A better, more reliable website

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u/Stewclone 20h ago

Everyone in these comments is soft as fuck for defending this ejection. “oh he SLAMMED the balls into his hands” give me a fucking break. How will this ump ever recover? And people wonder why MLB umpires have the biggest fucking egos. It was not that serious. Ump could say something to him and then move on if he really cared that much - which he shouldn’t in the first place.

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u/RaisinBranMan 19h ago

It wasn’t that serious but umpire has to draw the line somewhere. I think it’s hilarious. But a ball boy slamming the balls in the umpires hands because of a call when he’s the ball boy…is probably not something he should be doing haha

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u/commie90 18h ago

Especially when your catcher and manager were already ejected on separate instances earlier in the game. At that point he was just asking looking to further fan the flames.

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u/commie90 19h ago

For one, in the video clip it looks like the kid says something and that’s what makes the ump frustrated. But maybe more importantly, this was after both the catcher and manager got ejected in two other instances (the first of which is likely the most debatable of the night). Had the ball boy done this in a vacuum it might be a warning. But at that point it makes sense to hold the line since the home team had been going after him all night.

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u/AngriestCheesecake 18h ago

Soft af

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u/commie90 18h ago

So you think the ball boy should be allowed to walk up and insult the ump if they don’t like how the ump has been calling things?

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u/AngriestCheesecake 16h ago

What was the insult? If it was the way he handed the balls over, then its soft af. You can see the ref power tripping in his mannerisms - its the fucking minor leagues lol

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u/CorruptedFlame 19h ago

Why would an umpire accept any abuse though?

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u/Stewclone 19h ago

I mean truly, how bad could it have been? Did you watch the video? Looks like he said literally one word.

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u/CorruptedFlame 19h ago

No clue, not like people can't spout abuse in a very short time though, especially if they're being idiots about it and trying to say it to the umpire directly.

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u/BingoMosquito 15h ago

Whaaaah! Mean words!

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u/hugoriffic 19h ago

This was abuse to you?

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u/CorruptedFlame 19h ago

Depends on what he said.

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u/SpicyC-Dot 16h ago

For whatever reason, society has deemed that it’s socially acceptable to verbally abuse sports officials. You even go to a rec league game and you’ll see parents and coaches yelling at them for every little thing, it’s absurd.

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u/aconsul73 18h ago

Randy Marsh has entered the chat.

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u/montahuntah 18h ago

I’m ngl umps are like a good 60% of the reason why I’ve stopped watching baseball.

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u/s0ciety_a5under 15h ago

Umpires are still the weakest pussies in baseball.

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u/WaffleStomperGirl 9h ago

I know next to nothing about baseball. Can someone explain?

What is a bat boy? What is an umpire’s role? Why is the first giving balls to the second, and why is it such a big deal?

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u/President_Calhoun 9h ago

When a player gets a hit, he drops (or tosses) his bat and runs to first base. The bat boy's job is simply to go out and get the bat and take it back to the dugout so that it doesn't present a tripping hazard on the field. The umpire is the game official, like a referee. Same job, different name.

Another of the bat boy's duties is to bring out extra baseballs for the umpire, since they go through dozens per game. In this case, the ump was holding out his mask to take the balls, and the bat boy appeared to slam them down with an attitude that the umpire didn't appreciate. He threw him out of the game.

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u/WaffleStomperGirl 1h ago

Okay so the act of delivering them wasn’t the issue? He’s meant to do that? The issue was that he was extra aggressive about it?

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u/-Wicked- 3h ago

When a mommy bat and a daddy bat have bat sex, you get a bat boy. And when a bat boy grows up and opens his bat trap and says something stupid to an umpire, you get baseball.

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u/Shirfyr_Blaze 8h ago

Umpires in baseball are the biggest babies in all of sports. Not to mention it’s the easiest sport to referee.

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u/lostryu 19h ago

Fuck these soft ass umps.

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u/RelativeLow3 17h ago

Some other team probably saw that and is like “That took guts, we need guts. You’re HIRED”

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u/Under_Paris 18h ago

Man not what I wanted the Quad Cities to be known for 😂

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u/RecLuse415 20h ago

Probably said he fucked his wife or something

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u/Tobar_the_Gypsy Rugby United New York 19h ago

It was definitely justified but the unimos hand movements were ridiculous. It looked like he was trying to swat a fly away lol.