The CRAZIEST ending in a select travel ball game | Houston Bengals 11u Hooker vs. SETX Phenom

Elimination game
Ford baseball fields
Beaumont, TX
June 22, 2024

[@socalhockey72]

I know this isn't the point of the video, but that's a heck of a nice field those kids have to play on. I would have loved to have played ball on a field like that! Good for them!

[@theyanman23]

💯 kids don't know how good they have it

[@user-wp5rx8ig5l]

Plate umpire should have indicated the catcher did not catch drop third strike (safe sign) or yell no catch

[@user-ou3dm6th3x]

It’s not the umpires responsibility to inform the players of the rules. The catchers coach is at fault for this one.

[@user-wp5rx8ig5l]

@@user-ou3dm6th3x There is mechanic for a dropped third (safe signal) if no catch is made and (out signal) if a catch is made.

[@philfreeman7695]

Absolutely not. The umpire isn’t a coach.

[@MercenaryJedi]

Indeed, one of the umpire's responsibilities is ruling on catch/no catch. Proper mechanic here would have been to signal safe and call "no catch."

[@yoegster]

@@user-ou3dm6th3x it's not but there is a mechanic for an uncaught third strike that we are taught.

[@senob44]

Crazy ending indeed. Could argue the last single was an E4 but hey, give the kid the hit & RBI

[@theyanman23]

hahaha, a moment like that, I had to give him the RBI 👍🏽

[@senob44]

@@theyanman23 Absolutely, I agree with your judgment

[@skydiverclassc2031]

0:45 The batter runner just disappears into the Matrix.

[@emmarumfelt8847]

in the next clip, he’s at second base taking a lead

[@markdemi2164]

Field full of major leaguers, no doubt

[@user-tm9lr6pj4r]

You indicate a dropped third strike with the proper mechanic (pointing to the side with your right hand), not yelling or using a safe sign.

[@Carbon15556]

The batter was about to be called out until …he (the batter)realized that the ball touched the ground and that touch made this play alive on the other end if the catcher knew that the ball touched the ground , he supposed to immediately make that throw to first base and that ends the inning right there…but the catcher realized that something was not right and looked the umpire….to see if he will call something ( umpire won’t say a word) then catcher saw the batter running to first base and the catcher had like 4 secs to make this out but unfortunately the rest of his teammates were coming back to the dog out and nobody was covering first base. That’s baseball…believe it or not this play will never be forgotten by the catcher, tough and hard learning experience.

[@michaelfalkner1186]

Check the rule on when he surrenders, as Joey points out. I don't think he quite "went to the dugout" on that one.

[@cloudwatcher724]

yeah... disappointed at the general lack of effort by the plate umpire. put on mask, take off mask, stand still, no discernable mechanics whatsoever... potential game-winning/ending situations definitely require more than this, especially the dropped third strike. i know travel ball umpires often call several games a day, and it can get exhausting... but you gotta' step it up in the moment.

[@EncouragementfortheDay]

Plays like this ruin the game, be fair and honest

[@Joey_PSU]

The batter should have been out on the third strike .. once he leaves the batting circle without attempting to go to first base he is out

[@333jeep]

That's not how it works

[@63076topher]

When did he enter the dugout and come back onto the field? He makes his OWN basepath and DID go to first.

[@user-wp5rx8ig5l]

Runner is still on the playing field he may run to first. Enters the dugout he would be called out

[@user-ou3dm6th3x]

Wrong. The batter never left the playing field. Someone in the dugout, probably the coach, told the batter to run to 1st. The losing teams coach must not have prepared his team as well as the winners coach. BTW, it’s called the batter’s box, not the batting circle.

[@Joey_PSU]

​@@user-ou3dm6th3x Rule 5.05(a)(2) Comment: A batter who does not realize his situation on a third strike not caught, and who is not in the process of running to first base, shall be declared out once he leaves the dirt circle surrounding home plate.