Pitcher WRECKS Batter Who Just Hit A Home Run

Per CBS News and Weatherford College coach Jeff Lightfoot, pitcher Owen Woodward is "no longer on the team" after he absolutely decked North Central Texas College's first baseman, Josh Phillips, as he was rounding third base after a go-ahead two-run home run. Woodward's uncalled-for attack led to the dugouts clearing and a scuffle ensuing with multiple suspensions dolled out between the two teams. Rick Strom breaks it down. Give us your thoughts in the comments below!
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[@Sammy4549]

Seriously?! The pitcher should be charged with assault! And only suspended four games and not completely removed from the team?! There's no justice out there!!

[@reformcongress]

Maybe the pitcher should be, but if that is the case, the base runner could then be charged with disorderly conduct with the intent to incite violence.

[@kevindragonbringer8292]

arrest the pitcher for assault, its baseball not football. and send the hospital bill to the pitchers parents

[@benncranklin3334]

Emotional maturity of a 5 year old. Most of us who played pickup basketball or football in grade school often had to deal with a kid who either resorted to randomly punching a guy in the stomach, crying, or just played dirty because he hadn't learned to properly deal with his emotions. Here it is in college. Goodness knows how many times he's done something like this over the years.

[@robertcooke4989]

The pitcher should never be allowed to play another game again for the rest of his life

[@swisstrader]

This went from we’re considering expulsion, to ah gee, lets for with a 4 game suspension. Whomever decided on this punishment should be expelled from their position.

[@JunctionWatcher]

Yikes. League gives league punishments based on umpires reports and league rules. The college has kicked him off the team. The police, if the batter presses charges, will decide if any criminal actions are taken. Don’t get fooled by the bad journalism here.

[@dh3279]

I can’t stand trash talking or showing up an opponent, but NOTHING can ever justify this asshole move by the pitcher. He should be BANNED for a long time!!

[@downhilltwofour0082]

That is felony assault. All higher level learning institutions need to be investigated for incidences like this one. The entire sports departments in every school need to take serious steps to totally ban this kind of behavior. My understanding is that sports is about civilized competition. Next thing you know Governor Abbot will allow individuals competing in all sports will be allowed to carry concealed weapons!

[@lonny3344]

This is what too much sun on the nuts does, thanks Tucker Carlson.

[@Gutlard]

Why is the batter suspended? Anything after the tackle was self-defense.... How did he taunt the pitcher? With the way he landed on his back? wtf

[@marks7445]

Watch the field umpire point at him when he is midway between second and third. That is when the taunt occurred. Would be interesting to know what was said.

[@StrongMen6]

They should not let that pitcher anywhere near a performing comedian.

[@atsylor5549]

Not having any previous incidents is exactly the same as saying. Well no one’s reported him before. He’s probably messed up plenty of times before but they were minor enough for the coach to overlook or cover for him. He’s probably always been angry and volatile when he competes. Behavior like this is learned. You don’t just suddenly become super violent because your pitch got crushed. At least not without a brain injury.

[@mikehill1114]

As usual with TYT, they don't give you the whole story. Their "reporter" did the bare minimum of investigation. Ask yourself, "Why did the sports governing authority suspend the hitter for two days and the pitcher for four days?" Maybe that doesn't make much sense to you. So now you have two choices... 1: Be an arrogant Dunning Kruger poster child and assume you are an expert based on a video or... 2: Have some humility and assume that maybe the experts who actually investigated the incident know something you don't. If you think this pitcher rushed the player simply because he hit a homer, you are a moron.

[@VulcanData84]

The player gets attacked and the coach comes to their rescue, and they get suspended too!? WTAF!?

[@ladylove32219]

Teamwork at it's finest. If that guy had any hopes or ever making it to the minor or major leagues he ruined that. He'll be in jail soon if he doesn't learn to control his emotions.

[@glep3570]

So, the team that defended their coldcocked player faced the the largest penalty. Seems legit.

[@drewferd2720]

Id press charges, that was assault plain and simple. Just because something happens while playing a GAME doesn’t mean it trumps the law

[@mikeandkathychristianson4603]

That should be the final pitch he ever throws in college ball.

[@bones8057]

THAT IS ASSAULT AND BATTERY. DUDE NEEDS TO BE IN JAIL.

[@twoblacklabs904]

Arrest the pitcher for a brutal assault! That’s really the ONLY just remedy here…

[@lokinakor1]

The pitcher should be arrested for aggravated assault, and given the maximum sentence, for the depraved indifference to human life shown by attacking an unaware person. A sucker punch is an attempt to maim and seriously injure a person. This person should NEVER get to play college or other organized sports EVER AGAIN!!

[@lokinakor1]

The school should be banned from all sports for ten years.

[@tb6133]

Stop it 🤡

[@cj2565]

He just behaved the way I'm sure he saw his father behave @ his little league games...

[@darkvader4755]

The way he tackled him you would think that the batter did a bat flip towards the pitcher..If you don't want him to celebrate,get him out..

[@gwenstone9685]

I bet his mother/father acted this way when he was in little league

[@paulredner4068]

Investigating what. Flat out assault. 💩

[@savagecombatives2765]

2 things... 1) If things don't work for that pitcher in baseball he probably just got himself a football scholarship. 2) That is how a conference should handle all fights in baseball. Too many times the umpires and the conference sugar foot around and only eject/suspend a couple of players from each side when the rules call for anyone leaving the dugout/bullpen or their position to take part in a fight are REQUIRED to be ejected so basically every time a fight occurs everyone from both sides are ejected and the game is a forfeit. That is what should happen every single time there is a fight in baseball because when you start hitting teams where it hurts and hang losses on them through forfeits the fighting will stop.

[@101000102]

Law enforcement should have immediately sprung into action.

[@rodhuckaba]

that pitcher belongs in jail

[@luc2o]

They were having words between 2nd and 3rd, but then the pitcher just snapped. Suspend him. Teach him. No need to kick him off the team or arrest him.

[@albertoagilar1807]

Wtf!!! So Will Smith gets banned for ten years and this punk only gets four days

[@waynemcfarlane9175]

The sad part of this story is the tackling pitcher Owen Woodward will be playing for another school next season and be proclaimed a hero on Fox News

[@christollaksen8442]

Listened to the end and learned that the pitcher received a 4 game suspension, the batter received a 2 game suspension for taunting. The team that was attacked then received notice that all players and coaches that came onto the field would be suspended for 2 games. The batters team will need to forfeit those games. Sticking up for your teammate that was criminally attacked will be punished 2 games for standing up for their teammate. Nothing about this story is right. Once you physically attack a player that player should be removed period and face discipline. Penalizing the opposing team 2 games for standing up for their teammate is crazy.

[@marknorthrup4897]

Piss on that. See what I say above.

[@donovanjones4175]

Cheap shot so definitely not heading to the pros, have fun painting road lines in your future career

[@BrianAchterberg928]

If I was that pitchers coach the pitcher would be “riding the pine” the rest of the season and hand washing his teammates jockstraps after games the rest of the season too!!

[@jillmac2000]

I am trying to figure out how the kid that got tackled got suspended. Maybe I missed something, but he, in my opinion, didn't look like he was doing anything wrong

[@oldsesalt8496]

That was assault, but the pitcher will probably plead he was trying to stop a touchdown.

[@sirthomas00]

Get that thug out off the team, out of the league and out of baseball. Also, how do you suspend the batter for hitting a homer because that is what he is supposed to do at bat. The pitcher threw a meatball over the plate and the batter made him pay for it by knocking it out of the park. What the league did was bullshit because they don't want to hold the pitcher accountable for action because in suspending the batter, they are justifying his action by say that the batter was taunting him which lead to the pitcher tackling the batter on the third base line. All of this happen because the pitcher threw a meatball over the plate and the batter made him pay for it.

[@reformcongress]

It is just the norm. Like a pitcher that gets close or hits a batter, purposeful or not, and the batter charges the mound, both get ejected and suspended and the managers of both teams get ejected and suspended as well in MLB.

[@sirthomas00]

@@reformcongress what that pitcher did isn't normal at all, that was him having hurt feelingd because he threw a ball, that knocked out of the ball park and he got emotional for a pitch that he threw towards the batter and paid for it. The pitcher should be kicked off the team and out of the school for his act of violence towards the batter.

[@reformcongress]

@@sirthomas00 The pitcher was kicked off the team. I am not going to explain how I learned this because if you have the internet and you can post here, you can reasonably assume that the college has a website for its athletic department where information is posted.

[@hiiamrick]

The attacker should get a season ending ending suspension.

[@normiewoo787]

The batter should sue that m.f. for all he's worth.

[@braxdynkeeran2740]

He’s a juco baseball player. Dudes probably worth like $2..

[@normiewoo787]

@@braxdynkeeran2740 And he'll be worth $2 his whole life now.

[@marknorthrup4897]

you are so wrong that I can't even educate you in 20 posts so don't bother me. you are just a sad excuse.

[@pwnagraphic690]

I got a quick glance when this was on the local news and I thought it was just a squab that occurs in baseball every so often. I did not realize this dude straight up decked this guy at full speed

[@blerg3228]

The batter must have said something because the ump reacted as well, pointing at him and kinda chasing him after he rounded 2nd then 3rd. Not saying the pitcher reacted properly, but I don't think the reaction was solely about the home run

[@danjo1967]

he was saying something and also got a 2 match suspension

[@isdits]

This should become an option for all baseball games, might actually make it exciting to watch.

[@mikehurt_914]

FUN FACT: Sportsmanship died like chivalry...

[@kearlanventures]

For the life of me, I can't see why North Central Texas should take any punishment here. WTF are they supposed to do here when their player is literally assaulted?

[@CCCC-cb2ty]

Sounds like the hitter instigated the incident. The pitcher is thin skinned and reacted violently.

[@dinglbarry1275]

Certainly not saying that the pitcher has the right to tackle him, but it appears as though the runner was saying something to the pitcher as he was rounding second, because it appeared as though the umpire was either warning him or about to call the runner out for whatever he was saying to the pitcher, just before the pitcher charged and tackled him.

[@terryleonard851]

He should be arrested

[@angelmedina2762]

What exactly are they investigating?

[@bigdickpornsuperstar]

IKR... how many different "interpretations" can possibly be inferred from the video? Dude hit a home run... pitcher physically assaulted him. There are no salient details that mitigate either of those two facts in any way.

[@angelmedina2762]

@@bigdickpornsuperstar school isn't willing to lose a star pitcher they won't do any real disciplinary actions. They'll suspend him for a few games.

[@peterb6282]

@@bigdickpornsuperstar I respectfully disagree. The fact that the batter was taunting the pitcher doesn't make what he did right, but it certainly provides context for what happened. Now your headline reads: "Dude hit home run and starts taunting pitcher as he rounds the bases...pitcher looses control and tackles batter".

[@prestondier7046]

Full on Bobby Bouchée outburst

[@oneolddog8809]

Ban his ass from baseball at all levels.

[@elijahdonaldson69]

that team would have been suspended for the entire season.

[@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester]

No excuse Should have been banned

[@darrellr.bacon4677]

I probably would've gone after that pitcher with a ball bat if it was me.

[@robhartley7155]

The pitcher has to go to jail

[@williamdrummond3584]

I’m sure the police would love to have him on their payroll he’s showing all the attributes to be a cop 👮‍♂️

[@jonredd650]

Poor little fella? Daddy isn't coaching anymore! Realized at this point she's not really that good!😭😭😭

[@scrap8930]

How do you suspend the game instead of making it a forfeit ?

[@dognasty3]

That old school baseball crap about showing up the pitcher. I love taunting! If you don’t want to get taunted stop serving up home runs.

[@DL_1987]

Wait so NCTC got more of a punishment then the kid who committed an assault? It’s a natural reaction to clear the benches because your friend and teammate just got laid out. This league is a joke.

[@nathanhastings8442]

Yeah I was JUST thinking that. So they should've left the kid defenseless on the ground and risk further serious injury from his ASSAILANT. I'm a little perplexed that the result of the disciplinary actions could literally result in Weatherford actually WINNING this series by fact that NCTC doesn't have enough players not on disciplinary action.

[@nathanhastings8442]

AND 2 games to TAUNTING versus only 4 for what could've amounted to a career ending injury if he had hit him higher. Wow.

[@vic5015]

Don't know what the rules are here, but in MLB the rules state that anyone not on the field of play (in the dugout or the bullpen, etc.) Who enters the field of play in order to participate in a brawl gets a suspension. If, on the other hand, you come onto the field of play with the intention of *stopping* the brawl, you are *not* supposed to reciece a suspension.

[@mrdemann702]

How was they dude not arrested for assault?

[@rugr82day]

I thought Will Smith was rehab. Instead he's out here clocking people, smh.

[@loannealford1113]

What a joke! The only person should be punished was the pitcher…period. Bunch of BS!!

[@JunctionWatcher]

Wrong.

[@OregonDARRYL]

That's called battery and is a violent crime. Prosecute.

[@BarryJSilva]

No, he was a 6'3" 195lb big baby who can't learn the concept of real sportsmanship.

[@glennduke5853]

What is "Sportsmanship"?

[@damanib]

@@glennduke5853 Abiding by the rules I would believe is part 1. So, physically assaulting someone as a response to a part of the game, shows you lack sportsmanship.

[@SnowPiercer1975]

Pitcher got a slap on the wrist. It's clear the college didn't take the incident seriously or they would have expelled the guy to set an example for any future bad behaviour

[@andrews8031]

He was kicked off the team.

[@SnowPiercer1975]

@@andrews8031 That's good to hear. The video only said he got a 4 game suspension.

[@slimofey990]

He is removed and will probay be on probation at the school, thats enough for a scrum.

[@roddas26]

@@andrews8031 can you prove it?

[@miked3168]

This is Texas. White boys get away with murder down there

[@rongenise7006]

The pitcher should have been immediately dismissed from the team.

[@chrisjames3087]

Arrested for assault.

[@jorgeruiz288]

shouldnt the guy be in jail for assault?

[@danflores8445]

The pitcher should have been arrested on the spot and be banned from ever playing school baseball again.

[@r0cky_2010]

he gonna switch to football after this 💀

[@ordinarypete]

Arrested? 😂

[@jakehoward1160]

Yes genius. It's called assault.​@@ordinarypete

[@joelaufenberg3241]

Wrong he is goatee

[@jakehoward1160]

@@JonahPlaysHockey Are you seriously that stupid?

[@spencernash3521]

Assault and battery plain and simple.

[@exploderwrestlingpodcast2721]

Off the team, period. Done, over. No excuses.

[@kevinsullivan1578]

HOW ABOUT AN ASSAULT CHARGE WITH LOCAL POLICE! Screw that nonsense, attacking someone for a homerun? grow up

[@jacklow9611]

So, a player is assaulted and gets suspended? That's like someone getting attacked on the street, and the victim being arrested for getting attacked and getting a worse sentence than the attacker.

[@mikehill1114]

For taunting and unsportsmanlike behavior, yes.

[@icecoldpolitics8890]

@@mikehill1114 I feel like that doesn't warrant a suspension when in comparison the pitcher body slammed him. I doubt whatever he said was egregious enough for him to get a suspension if the body slam never happened and if that was the case then he shouldn't have been suspended.

[@mikehill1114]

@@icecoldpolitics8890 Well, now you are just changing the nature of your original comment, yeah? You said "That's like someone getting attacked on the street, and the victim being arrested for getting attacked and getting a worse sentence than the attacker." Do I need to point out the time code where it clearly states what the punishment was for the two individuals, or are you capable of reporting facts accurately? Who got the worse punishment, the pitcher or the hitter? So, uh, basically nothing like like getting attacked and then getting a worse sentence than the attacker. In fact, the exact opposite of that.

[@icecoldpolitics8890]

@@mikehill1114 dude are you stupid I never said I agreed with the comment at the top of the thread and that isnt my comment. I was responding to your comment and did not make a comment on the top comment

[@jtorres5381]

Were the umpires suspended as well? How about the announcers, or the field crew who drag and line the field? How about the bus drivers? I mean if were going to suspend everyone who was alive that day, why stop at the players and staff?

[@justincoleman3805]

Weird take.

[@whenwasthat]

So he assualts someone and he might be punished? America is insane.

[@SuperGraficas]

They should give him an oscar for best actor.

[@whenwasthat]

@@SuperGraficas haha good one bro 😂

[@Pengo64436]

The pitcher needs to be kicked out immediately, and the runner needs to press charges for assault,because it clearly was, also needs to sue him for future damages his neck and spine being hit that hard and snapping like that has got to have caused future trama

[@piano1500]

The runner instigated it. If you look at the video you clearly see the ump pointing at the runner. The runner is saying things to antagonize the pitcher/other team and the ump is warning the runner. The pitcher had enough of it and then tackled the runner. Good luck winning case in court.

[@Omarrz]

The notion that anyone other than that poor-sport pitcher is being suspended is completely ridiculous! Were the kid's teammates just supposed to stand there after he got pummeled? And they had to forfeit the and possibly forfeit further games? Yeah the homerun hitter's celebration may have been out of step but it did not warrant that kind of reaction and fallout. Do better North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference...

[@tim99291]

What's that obsession with being insulted by the other team's celebration in this country ? On the other hand, what's that obsession with celebrating ridiculoisly and extensively (not saying it occurred here) before the game is even over ? All about winning. ZERO respect, sportsmanship and empathy.

[@rolandroy6885]

The pitcher blind sided tackle that runner and all he gets is a suspension,,WOW 🤯

[@RalphieMaysGhost]

The batter got suspended for 2 games for instigating.

[@brianloveless2717]

The guy who hit the home run should have gotten no disciplinary action and the pitcher should be charged.

[@luc2o]

It's college ball zero tolerance. They suspended everyone that left the bench

[@brianloveless2717]

@@luc2o the guy who hit the ball never left the bench because he was running the bases and blindsided by that piece of crap pitcher.

[@luc2o]

@@brianloveless2717 he was suspended 2games for taunting.

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

It's fortunate, for everyone's sake that you aren't in any positions of authority or decision making 🚩🚩@@brianloveless2717 🚩🚩you have an extremely short temper, over imaginary outrage- it's unhealthy

[@ionfwoppsjr]

So instead of punishing the one player who assaulted the other they punish all?!

[@piano1500]

Yes. Before the pitcher tackles the runner, you can clearly see the ump pointing at the runner. The runner is instigating the whole thing. The pitcher had enough of it and then runs and tackles the runner.

[@yayokaine3857]

What's to investigate? We all seen what he did. Handle it accordingly

[@robertfreeman3831]

a few game suspension??..WTF.... he belongs in jail... another institutional green light for more violence...its good for business.

[@ryanjarnagin9696]

That pitcher should have had charges brought on them and had their day in court. It’s only way to truly have a zero tolerance to that nonsense.

[@Rick9482]

I would bring charges against him because that was an all out assault and completely unjustified. It's a baseball game damnit. A police record will screw him up good and proper.

[@adaboy4z]

This punish everyone for a single person actions is just stupid!!

[@usainengland]

It’s called being a team.

[@adaboy4z]

@@usainengland nah that type of mentality has moved into the work place. A coworker messes up everyone looses a privilege. If I didn't throw a punch no punishment period.

[@reformcongress]

It is the conference's rules that were applied. They all knew what those rules were.

[@usainengland]

@@reformcongress Thanks for posting about the conference rules. Individualism isn’t the right approach in every situation. I wish good sportsmanship and camaraderie were more in vogue. Maybe then we could reform congress.

[@douglinn1583]

Seems to me that WC should be suspended from playing for the remainder of the season. Were it not for their player, nothing else happens.

[@Detroit_Dawg]

How the hell was he only suspended for a few games and not kicked off the team??? wtf??

[@JunctionWatcher]

The college kicked him off the team. The league suspended him for 4 games based on league rules. Yikes, how has this bad journalism got everyone so triggered.

[@davidruffin9828]

They should have put him off the team!!! This is BS

[@PTKirkw]

He IS a "THUG" though RIIIGHT????or do we just reserve that term for P.O.C. ONLY?

[@supermanval]

Right now that is thuggish activity

[@Chronix-]

What triggered this comment exactly?

[@greenAbbot]

@@Chronix- Patrick K is right that if the pitcher were black there’d be a lot of people calling him a thug.

[@PTKirkw]

@@Chronix- the fact that you even have to ask shows your white PRIVELEGE

[@JoseSanchez-wb5rz]

That pitcher can pursue a career as a police officer, they are always looking for a few violent men to join their ranks.

[@petereitano8155]

So, after tackling an opposing player, Weatherford gets 2 free wins because NCTC players ran onto the field when the runner was tackled in the middle of a game? Both teams forfeit this game, Weatherford gets the two for free, and then there's one game left in the series. It almost sounds like Weatherford sacrificed a pitcher for two free wins.

[@Alonzo2k8]

Pretty much

[@Steve-dy1wf]

I stand corrected, there is someone who actually cares. Junior college baseball and worrying about wins, who cares?

[@computernerdtechman]

No excuse for that kind of behavior. The game should have been forfeit for the attacking players team. The attacking player should have been kicked off the team and been expelled from college and had assault charges filed against him.

[@maximilianmaier3950]

Indeed, thank god the batter just turned his head in time an was at least able to prepare himself a little bit for the impact. If he got completely blindsided, this could've ended in some serious injuries.

[@shanejones3448]

This all around is one of the worst calls ever, he just hit a home run, he’s entitled to a little bit of cheering within the rules. Pitcher just got mad and made a mistake and the league punishes the team for defending their player. Mind blowing how NCTC is the team being suspended and not the other team for having an unruly player commit assault.

[@Passion535]

Shane, "Sports sometimes, is kind of like Politics" we don't care if our players cheat, or makes an unbelievable mistake, "Just as long as we protect the Pitcher(the cause of the Problem)so we can Win another day!! Winning!!!

[@TheLochs]

I don't get why this is not considered battery. Why do sports get a pass when someone attacks another? Shouldn't the law be involved? I think so. If I was playing a pick up game with some locals and I did that wouldn't I be arrested? So why do schools get looked over. Its fucking disgusting.

[@reformcongress]

The college police is investigating it, or maybe they have completed the investigation by now. They can refer it to local police for prosecution, but I'm betting the pitcher is going to be expelled from the college.

[@teastrainer3604]

He should be arrested and prosecuted.

[@joeshithragman3264]

There sure a lot of comments like yours from guys who are giving a knee jerk reaction. Truth is, the runner got his comeuppance. Kinda like a pitcher who throws too many brush offs too close. The runners problem was that he was giving a low five to the third base coach instead of watching what was happening on the field. It would be like a pitcher who throws at a batter and then turns his back. Charging a pitcher or charging a runner who is taunting is perfectly acceptable in baseball.

[@teastrainer3604]

@@joeshithragman3264 The pitcher got kicked off the team. Contact the school and explain to them why they were wrong.

[@joeshithragman3264]

@@teastrainer3604 It's their school and their rules. I can express my opinion but I would never tell them what to do.

[@moehoward01]

What's to investigate?

[@livewire2759]

It's supposed to be a game, it's supposed to be fun. Shit like this is exactly why I stopped playing sports in high school and why professional sports have never appealed to me. Too many players, too many coaches, too many PARENTS take this shit way too seriously.

[@maruraba1478]

Reminds me of the “we won” energy from fat ass nfl fans that didn’t do shit.

[@alexwestman8289]

Criminal assault

[@ttyngordon]

That pit her should be expelled from the team and not allowed back on.

[@yourmomgoestocollege9617]

Wow so the other team players get suspended for checking on their fellow player who just got rammed ? While the weak ass pitcher only gets a 4 game suspension ? How is this used as a teaching moment ? They should make an example out of the pitcher and just expel him from any baseball .

[@lgg1266]

that’s BS i don’t care the level of taunting - the pitcher initiated the attack and NT should have not forfeited the clearing of bench was a result of pitchers action.

[@seanfox4174]

That’s assault, call the cops and arrest him now!

[@dexterplant778]

Um that's assault, a felony, people go to jail for felonies, this is unacceptable.

[@vinnymac7565]

I saw one person out of line, yet they hand out a bunch of suspensions? God damn, baseball on every level is full of the biggest idiots.

[@joemulnix6830]

True that, Homie. Stooopid. But... he is so pretty he will be OK.

[@littlehuey5679]

That’s the problem with everything in this country ! Someone attacks someone physically and everybody gets punished ! The pitcher was in the wrong and should be the one who bears the punishment no matter what was said by the other team , it was an assault period !

[@JunctionWatcher]

Wrong. Actions have consequences. Just because the pitcher broke the rules in a more flagrant, even criminal, manner doesn’t mean the batter is forgiven his rule breaking. I’d say the fact everyone is ready to be so wildly one sided is the real problem… This wasn’t balanced reporting. All the information was not given. And here everyone is, ready to join in the crusade based on their immediate emotional response.

[@littlehuey5679]

@@JunctionWatcher what rule did the batter break ?

[@JunctionWatcher]

The one where he exchanged words with a previous pitcher and the umpirs gave him a warning. The one where he told this pitcher to F___ Off even as the ump was pointing and yelling at him not to. Any every player or coach that left their position to join the altercation also broke league rules and got two game suspensions. This report left all that information out though and just focused on the flagrant actions of the pitcher as if there was no backstory or build up.

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

Doesn't matter which team I'm there to support, I'm waiting for the pitcher in the parking lot with my commemorative bat.

[@kjaime7030]

Automatic espulsion for the student. There is no way that behavior fits with ANY code of conduct on any campus in America. A suspension from a few games is ridiculous. If I were the batter's parents I would be suing the entire college for so much money... And pushing the son to press criminal charges.