Worst Umpire Call Ever

Umpire should never be remembered after the game - worst call ever.

[@randyhospodar8864]

“Worst call ever” was me playing this video.

[@marshalljobe1102]

Look at it again... 1:16.... she does some strange foot swap on the hit.... look at the left foot.... she was off ballance, left foot jumps in front of right foot, clearly crosses the line. Good call as far as the rules go.

[@randyhospodar8864]

Marshall Jobe ....no offense, but you missed the point. I was indicating that I had no interest in the video.

[@icee_playa3583]

Randy Hospodar same

[@franklobo5876]

Good call and don't take any crap. Definitely the right call

[@jmhydn58]

Frank Lobo lots of dummies. Stand in line w Randi and frank

[@user-oy3xl7zb7f]

Bad but it's no Jim Joyce ruining a perfect game on the last out of the game by calling a runner safe on first who was out by a mile. That is the worst call ever.

[@dennissvitak6453]

Don Denkinger costing the St. Louis Cardinals the 1985 World Series was FAR worse.

[@XXelpollodiabloXX]

I'm inclined to agree here. That wasn't a "well of course everybody could see he was out when you play it in slo-mo" thing, either. We all saw it in real time. I will still never understand how Galarraga didn't completely melt down. That dude was a class act.

[@BBBYpsi]

@@XXelpollodiabloXX The next year they started using replay's & at least Jim Joyce owned up to it & felt horrible. Jim Joyce was a stand up Umpire admitting he made the wrong call unlike Angel Hernandez who should not be a umpire past little league.

[@XXelpollodiabloXX]

@@BBBYpsi I didn't mean to insinuate that Joyce isn't a stand up guy. I respect the hell out of him for going out there and apologizing to that kid in front of everybody. And Angel is middle of the pack, not the worst by any means. He just has a *lot* of high profile fails.

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

@@dennissvitak6453 I beg to differ. My idiot brother made a worse call in a game of stickball in our backyard in '74. He's such a dipshit! Stevie Wonder could see that I was safe.

[@stevedandy973]

In 38 years of umpiring, I have made this call perhaps TWO times. If I had ANY doubts, I gave the BATTER the benefit of the doubt.

[@condorc72]

The smartest comment on this whole feed...good job blue

[@johnwillis782]

It has b so obvious that you would never call it If there is no lone you can't make this call I've called HS and college ball 4 years. It's the worst call u could ever make

[@BWill341]

The ump in the video is likely the same way. He just dropped the ball. It happens sometimes.

[@russs7574]

Yes. Especially when you are more than a couple innings into the game, and all the lines around the plate have been erased.

[@johnbuttles8706]

If you think this is the worst call ever, you don’t watch sports much

[@jables3377]

Definitely not the worst call ever. I've seen videos of runners getting tagged when the player did not have the ball... and they are called out!

[@larryyoder4861]

It was still a chicken shit call

[@jeffvanschoonhoven5171]

As an umpire myself I find it difficult to be critical of other umpires. But in this case he was not only wrong about the placement of the batter's front foot. But worse he made the game about him and not the players. There is no way I would have made that call unless her foot was clearly out of the box which in this case was borderline

[@jamescolquhoun9200]

It almost seemed like this was the umpire's way of not having the game go additional innings as she would have been the tying run. Too bad. I believe the batters box extends forwards like 3 feet. Bad call.

[@rhiannawilliams4218]

The line is definitely all muddled from a game's use, but her foot was pretty definitely on the line. On the line is not out. And like you said, it was also not clearly and obviously out, so this really was a bad call.

[@tonyc7301]

Bad call, but the worst? Nawwwww.

[@kevinfiore13]

+Tony C EXACTLY!!!

[@raybriones3403]

Commentator "chalk is gone" while stating "she was in the box".

[@loganjackson675]

You can tell the people who don't know baseball/softball are the ones saying, "It was close and a judgement call, sometimes you get those wrong." The point is, at that moment in the game with that much on the line, you better be 100% sure that she was out of the box before you make that call. If you're not 100% sure, don't make the call.

[@jasonbrownfield5413]

Well, apparently the HP umpire wasn't looking at her feet either. So why was the call made?????

[@jaysantos536]

Quit RUNNING while in the batters box. She should have been called out..

[@jaysantos536]

@@jasonbrownfield5413 You cant RUN in the batters box.

[@asthecitysleepsofficial]

@@jaysantos536 yes you can in softball

[@utjay2008]

@jay santos show me in the rule book where you can’t make contact while running.

[@channelofchampions845]

Since when is a 19 year old a little leaguer ?

[@MultiPoseur]

When they have an attitude like hers. Not quite ready for the adult league yet.

[@tjmorris8754]

Dude it's big league big league is for 17-19 she's 19

[@channelofchampions845]

+TJ Morris lol okay :)

[@splashyt8163]

Cuz she's 5'2

[@csxfloridafunnelrailfan3065]

this is the big league division of little league. typically for 16-18. I assume she turned 19 after the "cutoff date" in which she would have been ineligible to play if she had turned 19 before that date

[@kmcook01]

Right call or wrong call, I guarantee you that the third base coach was not looking at the batter's feet at the time of contact.

[@busymom8007]

kmcook01 you’re right. That’s why his argument was that the chalk is gone and the umpire couldn’t tell either. Lmao

[@jaybird7201]

Neither was the umpire 🙄

[@hobgoblin3941]

Where the hell else would he be looking? That’s just a stupid statement

[@haydenhodges34]

@@hobgoblin3941 Ever coached third base? Ever coached it successfully?

[@hobgoblin3941]

@@haydenhodges34 after 350 games? Mildly, 🤣

[@grassyknoll4702]

I umpired for several years, no way would I have made that call.. my motto is stay away from controversy...

[@johnwillis782]

I umpire HS and college games .If the ump is watching the pitch and the box is erased he can't make that call I never call what's not there

[@JohnL-qe4pi]

@@johnwillis782 Actually, if the lines are erased, it becomes umpire judgement entirely. If you think the batter went to far, CALL IT. If the coach protests....say "Coach, in my judgement......". End of story.

[@daltonhollingsworth8362]

The ump was mad about not being in the box fast enough lol

[@sportzkidz7153]

LOL the batter was number 2, the pitcher was number 2, and the catcher was number 22.

[@MisterMitchMM]

and then the batter was 86'd

[@aarondomanick7332]

Ha

[@atomictortiz298]

And she went to 2nd base

[@franklu9287]

lllllllloooooooooooollllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Kermodo]

Illuminati confirmed

[@mikaelac7989]

I honestly wish that the people who do the slow motion replay could show the umpires 😂

[@skinnie2838]

They often get the call wrong even when they see the replay

[@aaronmoore7280]

@@skinnie2838 how bout you get on the field and show them how its done

[@ericschryver73]

The dude craps the call and then has the gall to throw her out.

[@noneya1987]

And she got thrown out for saying literally one thing before she walked away. Way to compound mistakes, blue.

[@guardref]

She got thrown out for pointing at the umpire as she said it. She and her coach should’ve been tossed when they went to the animated pointing at the ground . This was s girl that’s been coddled and told she’s a superstar all her life, piss poor attitude

[@davej3781]

she said "YOU suck!"; that's an automatic, instant ejection at every level from little league minors to MLB

[@customedge1]

I will say this in defense to the umpire, if I ever go outside of the box, my wife says I'm out

[@Kreamations]

JOE FAQURSELF LOL

[@logan5951]

👍

[@peytonvaneik737]

JOE FAQURSELF lmao 😂

[@theowood7411]

Jared Giff. Wtf

[@gregf7914]

That's some happy Gilmore shit

[@gotch7126]

Umpire obviously had a problem with the batter.

[@buckisaslave]

Yeah, she pointed and said something stupid. Every official at every level of every sport has a problem with that, by rule.

[@Coachbeezer67]

As an umpire, I have got to say that this is an atrocious call. And then to make matters worse, the umpire's poor call leads to the batter's temper flaring up, and she tells the umpire, "You suck!", which gets her thrown out of the game. While I do not condone a player verbally or physically attacking an umpire, this guy brought this whole mess on himself. I would be very reluctant to make that call unless it was a very clear case of her being completely out of the Batter's Box when she made contact with the ball, which in the case was far from the truth. As umpires, we always say, don't go looking for trouble. This guy went above and beyond that with this call.

[@paulunderhill550]

Exactly. I think most umpires do the best they can and as long as you have humans umpiring you're going to have mistakes, but when a mistake like this is made you can't expect the coach or even the player to keep quiet.

[@danielstith5227]

You would be 'reluctant' to make a call? Then you really aren't a good Umpire. You MUST make the call. You call what you see without 'reflecting' on the call as you apparently are suggesting.

[@hutchgold6530]

@@danielstith5227 Must make what call on this play? Are you saying there was a call to be made?

[@danielstith5227]

@@hutchgold6530 What I am pointing out is that an Umpire MUST make a call safe or out, fair or foul, ball or strike. MUST make the call. You can't just stand there and shrug your shoulders and say 'I didn't see it'. It doesn't and cannot work that way. So, for example, if you don't have the angle on the tag you didn't see the tag happen, BUT you saw the fielder make the catch... saw the glove go down... know the action beat the runner to the bag/plate... the fielder didn't drop the ball... so what do you do? Is he 'automatically safe' since you didn't actually 'see' the glove touch the runner? Well you don't get to 'take your time to consider'... you MUST make the call. So calls are made and blown. The idea is that the blown calls WILL even out over time as long as games officials have no bias against a player/team.

[@jjm490]

@@danielstith5227 what in the world are you going on about? He stated he would be reluctant to make that call unless he was 100% sure. Meaning if you are not absolutely sure than you have to side with the batter. Have you really never heard this phrase before?

[@fwwilliemays]

Bad call? Yes. Worst call ever? Absolutely not. Worst Video Title Ever? Probably not, but close.

[@MrJmcadams63]

fwwilliemays It was the worst call ever dip shit

[@brocksmith1077]

Peyton you're actually dumb. How about you watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ7RlJmKqdSNhJo before you reply incorrectly to a comment that was posted 2 years ago. I'm sure a softball game that cost the team one out is worse than a professional baseball pitcher getting a perfect game snatched from him. I really hate these retarded comment from idiots like you.

[@theallstar1980]

How is this the worst call ever????

[@stevedandy973]

fwwilliemays Yeah, "worst call ever"...until the NEXT game.😎

[@paulbeat2204]

How the fuck was that the worst call ever not even in the top 1000 worst calls. Bad yes, worst no. How about that call at first in the tigers game when he was so safe and it ruined a perfect game go on and on. Quit your whining and play

[@2323msg]

Worst call was her pissing everyone off with her 9000 warmup swings

[@RS-hu4dm]

Left foot seemed to out of box upon contact. Ran it at 1/4 speed ands looks pretty clear to me. She was out of the batter’s box.

[@johnn6740]

@@RS-hu4dm Not sure what you are looking at but both feet were in fact in the box. Her left foot was at the front corner of the box and her right foot was dragging inside the box as she made contact.

[@ferdinandsiegel4470]

You step on the line then you're out of the box.@@RS-hu4dm

[@ferdinandsiegel4470]

Just like in foot ball, you running down the side line and step on the out of bounds line then you are out of bounds.@@johnn6740

[@havenduran9895]

She’s all happy and mad like that’s her first time hitting ir

[@mikeb1039]

I suspect he was annoyed by her "I'm not ready yet" stepping out.

[@johndoe-bw8wx]

I recognize this ump..Didnt he referee the Saints/Rams gsme a couple of weeks ago?

[@donaldthomas7070]

No, but it might have been Joe West moonlighting in the NFL.

[@stevehamman4465]

I umpire many , many of games usually in my home town . I was never biased and always called them as I seen them.opposition couches would be dumbfounded by a obstruction call that made there runner safe at home. . I was taught that if you don't see it you can't call it.. Girls are different in the box ,I get it BUT it your not 100% sure don't call it . And the foot needs to be 100% completely out of the box ON CONTACT. No chalk line is ok. . So as an umpire you are really need to be out of the box here. As you get into the smarter players like this one,she did awesome got screwed ,but not her place to argue the call

[@Powderhound-cb8pb]

If she is for her who will be?

[@russs7574]

I will admit I am not a paragon of sportsmanship, but I'm that batter, as I'm on the way back to the dugout, I already know that I am going to get myself tossed, and I am going to get my two cents in before I leave.

[@MikeOToole-bn8on]

You're absolutely right. The only exception would be if a player with large feet could be touching both the chalk and be on the white part of the plate when contacting the ball,would be out.

[@goosekhangaming1716]

Umpire's ego was hurt when she didn't follow his commands. He needs to let the players decide the game, not his overgrown man-child ego.

[@damienbell3155]

That is very unfortunate,,,, I’m a umpire and all I can say is ........................... don’t make stepping on the chalk and calling the batter out your best call, when there’s barely a batters box line. I feel bad for the young lady, but you gotta keep under control,,, sometimes life isn’t fair , it’s a very hard lesson to learn.

[@psychochayden69]

you are right

[@eleventy-seven]

That guy is A duche.

[@psychochayden69]

@@eleventy-seven what guy

[@navymusician822]

Eh she's a spoiled, mouthy little shit who got rightly thrown out of the game-never approach the umpire like you have the high ground-you'll just get ejected like she did-that dumbpire isn't worth it

[@murray8378]

You’re exactly right. High school sports train us to deal with life. Her boss is going to piss her off someday and she has to hold it together better. Maybe that was a good lesson for her.

[@colinburfeind1258]

As a baseball player, this seems so weird to me. Taking off running before hitting, the bases are so close, it just seems like an odd dream in my mind. I’m not saying this from a mean perspective but it’s just so oddly similar but different.

[@Punkologist]

i thought the same as a baseball player. No chance you can do that successfully in baseball.

[@Hinklekevin]

I said the same especially the way she bats once I saw the slow replay. Confusing until I noticed the little league sign but thought they looked a little too old for that. I googled and apparently Little league big league or just big league (really not sure) is age 14-19. Explains the distances but that running swing is still a mystery i'm impressed by lol

[@dogpatch75]

It only takes about ten seconds of paying attention to high level women's fastpitch softball to understand how the game in so many ways is not comparable to baseball and why slapping can be a huge advantage to a lefty who possesses the speed and bat skill to make it successful.

[@howzt]

Takes alot of skill to do this style of hitting known as a "slap hit". And it is amazing what it can do. They still do this and in fact yesterday May 5, 2023 here in Hawaii they just finished the high achool DII championships and the girl hit 2 in the park homers by whats called "slap hitting".

[@robd5254]

Your a player? She went for a short pitch to get a easy hit, and she did legally.

[@kevinfiore13]

Are you serious? Gimme a break. Worst call ever, worst this worst that, one of the most overused expressions in the history of baseball. How many safe/out calls have been made in the history of baseball? A million? Ten million? Yeh right, worst call ever.

[@DeclanSeymour]

+nymx fuck off

[@drewboyd8017]

It's a hyperbole ...

[@joonthemailman4362]

That is true it probably doesn't make top 50 then again this is softball not baseball so I don't really know.

[@johncheney3008]

The human "factor" both his call & her reaction: priceless, oh & everbody wants to hate on the umpires, i played,coached & umpired, the last was the toughest!

[@noneya1987]

You gotta put your thumb in your back pocket here, though. She did not deserve to get thrown out of the game for being 100% correct. That's bad officiating, I don't care how tough it is.

[@brianr9314]

Very close. Could have gone either way in the spur of the moment. Obvious with replay you can see she was right on the corner.

[@mikeshanklin]

Yep, he blew it plain and simple...

[@Han-Solo459]

It's going to happen when you add dance steps to your swing.

[@aaronaguilar9172]

@@Han-Solo459 it’s called slap hitting. you obviously don’t watch softball

[@hutchgold6530]

@@MitchMitch77-77 Why is the baseball ump worse than any other sport? I am truly interested.

[@MrOpinionPod]

She and her coaches blew it teaching her to swing like that. The only thing plain and simple was the swing was illegal and should have been called on the first swing.

[@ashleyanthony1687]

@@MrOpinionPod you really have no idea what your talking about!!! It’s called slap hitting and it’s 100% legal! Obviously, you’ve never watched a softball game, so why would you even comment.

[@owengifford5239]

Ump got butt hurt cuz the batter told him "I'm not ready" when he tried to rush her into the box.

[@joshuamayer26]

That’s what the umps have to do to everyone to keep the game moving

[@BigSkyCurmudgeon]

maybe the batter didn't need to POSE so much between pitches

[@happykid08able]

Technically he could of called a strike on the batter… secondly you aren’t required to call time when a player requests you can deny it

[@cardsfighter2]

You know, if they would bat like normal people. This would never happen.

[@myaflores583]

This is theme when manziel was playing 😂😂

[@esidarapvideos5787]

If you read her lips carefully she got thrown out for saying "you suck" lol

[@2themoon863]

And her action of pointing at the umpire.

[@MaDkOrNfLaKeS]

That pitcher was pretty bomb 👀

[@Aowkrjrnf]

creeppppyyyy

[@MaDkOrNfLaKeS]

Jonah AH lmao shes older than me though

[@stephenash7018]

these girls are 18

[@jokosullivan806]

+Jason Stowe its little league

[@jokosullivan806]

+Jason Stowe says it right behind the plate

[@indianapublicland7429]

She was actually in the box for that one but was out of box for those foul balls.

[@matthewcrowder324]

That umpire definitely made money of that unbelievably awful call. You can bet on anything

[@bballstar5256]

Is no one talking about the fact that the girl did a happy Gilmore and hit it like 120 feet?

[@bruggmanbrandon5272]

Shes a slapp hitter... slapp hitters were long before happy gilmore....

[@brianemerich2524]

watch a little more softball

[@jbsmg]

Here's my problem with this. As an umpire, you don't make that call unless you are 1,000% sure that you saw it. That is not just a "well it kind of looked like..." whatever. I get so sick of umpires who try to be the game.

[@dfmp925]

Umpires in general are POS’s.

[@bruggmanbrandon5272]

Sadly that’s a lot of male umpires….

[@scottgiallella6926]

The umpire should realize the fans aren’t there to see him.... he’s not the center of attention but thinks he is...

[@jasonvincent1818]

And THAT is why I never taught slap bunts or slap swings

[@Temptazer]

Yeah. How you gonna pimp the hell out of dingers and make the pitcher feel ashamed if you're already out of the box running to 1st?

[@brianemerich2524]

so you never taught the most common technique that fast left handed softball players use to hit huh. must not have made it very far as a coach then

[@Spazman17]

As an umpire my first thought is wondering what went through his head when he took a look at it and realized that he was wrong. You can say that he knew at the time, but seeing it makes the feeling different.

[@MrJking065]

I have seen Joe West make much worse calls. He has been blowing calls since the 1980s.

[@jaredc2532]

Don't you mean the 1880'a, I really thought he predated the Titanic.

[@devonalomar9012]

Angel Hernandez laughs at your Joe West comparison.

[@twentyfiveyears5010]

As I was watching and waiting for the "Worst Call Ever," I assumed he was going to call that third pitch a strike.

[@chucktaylor6939]

I saw "worst umpire call" and thought this was gonna be a sports video.

[@tahvean]

She took 2 steps and was at first 😂😂😂

[@briandugan3056]

"You suck." "You're Gone."

[@cougsare1]

Then umpire after seeing this video at home: "Honey, I never really liked softball anyway."

[@bdickinson6751]

It was her fault for texting him between innings and telling him his dinner was getting cold!

[@warmsoul5995]

Absolutely horrible call that umpire is a joke please never let him umpire another game ever

[@andrewsantosgomez5607]

Bad call but I've seen worse

[@ppgshook]

As a fellow umpire that's the worst call ever made in little league tournament play !! Not even close !! This umpire should never umpire in little league play ever !

[@ccLA08]

i second this notion

[@ToadHallPub]

You're not an umpire

[@ppgshook]

@@ToadHallPub neither are u sir

[@ToadHallPub]

@daniel shook you better believe I am. That's what makes it easy to determine who in these comments has actually officiated and others that think they could

[@rdaystrom4540]

You gotta think outside the box.

[@scrappydude1]

In a softball tournament once I had the umpire call a strike on a ball that bounced off the ground 2 feet before the plate. Obviously I didn’t swing at it. Turned out his nephew was on the other team, and he had a history of such calls.

[@paulcoffland8673]

Perfect example of an ump acting like a typical ump.

[@daveallan7443]

How in you estimation does a typical ump act ?

[@paulcoffland8673]

@@daveallan7443 tyrannical, ego maniacal, retaliatory, petty… this POS was mad at that girl because she didn’t get in the batter’s box quickly enough so when he got a chance, he stuck it to her. She had both feet in, he was wrong, and he kicked her out. Typical. FU for defending a group of humans who are only slightly higher than cops as the worst in society.

[@dogpatch75]

This girl has excellent slapping technique. In this plate appearance, her foot comes down in the perfect spot on the inside front corner of the box every time. On the other hand, a bad call is never justification for a player to confront an umpire. Tossing her was unfortunate, but justified. Part of the game is the fact that "its not what it is, its what the umpire thinks it is"! Adding the video appeal in televised games was a smart move by the Little League organization.

[@mercdragons]

Your just mad this little girl has big balls to say something to a stupid ump.

[@letsgobrandon6281]

​​@@mercdragonsit's you're not your. and it wasn't that bad of a call. Without replay we wouldn't even know the truth.

[@thomas1630]

@@letsgobrandon6281 cant even tell with replay

[@HotAcidicDiarrhea]

Running up to the ball like babe Ruth over here. Probably just confused the umpire

[@uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu31]

Then the umpire shouldn't be umping such a big softball tourney because running up on the ball like that is extremely common in softball. It is called slap hitting.

[@andrewhodgeson8006]

She got that Japanese swing. Trying to be half way to first before you even make contact with the ball

[@rayzr1120]

Even if she wasn’t out the way she reacted and showed up the ump she deserves to be out

[@slibertas1996]

Rayzr nope.

[@Wes-pq4pl]

In the bottom of the 8th with one out and down by one. I'd be pretty pissed too

[@rstrama64]

This ump must have been moonlighting as an NFL ref for the Saints vs. Rams.

[@jennifersmith5516]

😂😂😂

[@CulturedWhiteBoy]

Easily the worst ump call that I've ever seen in my 46 years on this planet.

[@meeskite2513]

Her swing tho 😂

[@xpressvasoftball]

Umpires are not perfect. That being said you do not make that call unless you are ABSOLUTELY SURE she was out of the box and she wasn't even close.

[@critter2]

+xpressva i don't nesccsiarly think she wasn't close those... slap hits... are hard to judge sometimes when a batter half swing and going

[@paulmartinez9908]

3:27 for the best part

[@kxsey4444]

I like how the batter and the pitcher were both #2

[@miket1753]

Even the announcers weren't sure until they saw it in slow motion.

[@millerforest]

To make that call it has to be the most obvious call to everyone watching. It wasnt even close. No part of her foot was even outside of the batters box at the time she made contact!

[@derrsonn]

For everyone saying it wasn't that bad, this was an extra-innings game for the LL World Series Championship. As an ump, if you make a call on a technicality like that, it better be egregious (it wasn't) and you better be sure (he wasn't). Given the way softball plays, a runner on 2B with no outs has a great chance to score and tie the game. Pretty much just the ump trying to decide the game instead of the players. Sad! And it does appear he's not happy when she says "I'm not ready yet" when he orders her into the box. Maybe he was looking for a call to go against her. Seems like the umpire is the one who shows the lack of sportsmanship.

[@MrOpinionPod]

It was egregious! Who taught her to swing like that? It's terrible and clearly illegal. Where the he ump messed up was not calling it on the first swing. You cant run forward out of the batters box toward the pitcher while your swinging.... Every baseball player knows that. The coaches are idiots for allowing her to learn like that lol

[@Try2SaveAlife24]

@@MrOpinionPod last time I check it looked like they were playing SOFTBALL not BASEBALL. How about you just comment on baseball since you obviously don’t know about softball!

[@concernedcitizen2031]

@@MrOpinionPod Welcome to the world of softball. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pafQZ4yMqpaab9k

[@JasonH17]

Rules apply in close games your argument is completely invalid. Look at it from the other teams perspective. Also my guess would be this is a safety issue smacking balls while leaping out the batters box towards the pitcher could easily cause a pitcher to get injured. I believe the call was wrong but that was close even from alow mo and better angles. This ump is behind the catcher. I get the batter is trying to get an advantage but this is what happens when you push the limit and to be fair it did t help her in this situation.

[@concernedcitizen2031]

@@JasonH17 That is part of the reason why Little League has rules for facemasks for pitchers and infielders . The safety issue is solved by that, this is an extremely common hitting method used in all levels of softball.

[@davelinicus]

Actually she should have been called out on the previous pitch, she made contact on the foul ball and was way out of the box on that pitch. Watch it again. The rule is if contact is made and one foot is out of the box, the announcer was wrong on that.

[@robertbattie8802]

Dave linicus the batter can't be out for contact with a foul ball if its on the ground.

[@danielcoleman3572]

Dave linicus you are correct. The ball does not have to be fair. IF contact is made and the batter is out of the box OR touching the plate, the batter is out, fair or foul.

[@condorc72]

Wrong...both feet have to be out of the box

[@marmac2768]

@Staying Sober yeah, and look at the batter when she got on second, she is clapping her hands very hard, all the while staring at the left fielder with a smirk on her face. Almost a taunting look. And, when the call is made, she shows herself to be a smart a** by running up to the plate and pointing at the ground to show up the umpire. Bad call or not, she should have been kicked, as she was.

[@sonnybowman]

In baseball it applies if you hit a fair ball otherwise there is no call made on the batter being out of the box at the time of contact. When I first saw her swing I started to wonder if she was out of the box and and after watching this video several time's I still don't know. The ump should have been able to make the correct call after calling the game for so many innings.

[@dalekelly7639]

Happy Gilmore swing.

[@Sul00777]

The batter looks like a Walt Disney star

[@dave0mary]

"Residual effect". Mouthy players get more bad calls than gentlemen/ladies. Truth. I've umpired for 26 years and I've seen it.

[@dave0mary]

+KoachKrab127 The plate ump doesn't have breasts, so I'm thinking he doesn't have a vagina. Maybe an operation can fix that?

[@jackjon7763]

dave0mary exactly, piss off an umpire and anything close will not go your way.

[@Phoneyjoker]

Krab, that is one of the many things I wish I could change about humanity, but I can't. However, if you think this is only a umpire thing, or a softball thing you are wrong. This is a (most) human thing. I've seen people all the way from fast food employees, to secretaries, to doctors, to lawyers treat people poorly (or intentionally do something harmful) if they even perceive disrespect or an attitude, while I've seen those same people go a mile out of their way to help customers/patients/clients and the like that they like and/or perceive as being respectful, good people. At the end of the day you can call it unfair, but at the end of the day she was ruled out, and thrown out of the game. Sometimes the best thing to do is adapt when one knows that that adaptation will result in a good outcome (or avoiding a bad one), then to ride the right train to being dead right. Let me give you an example to quickly illustrate my point. I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. Lets says somebody does something very illegal. Like mugs/robs someone with a firearm. If you are on the receiving end of that you are actually legally allowed to use to use all force including up to and including deadly force against the mugger/robber. However, if the person with the firearm says they are going to shoot you if you don't hand over your wallet and you resist, and they decide to shoot you and you die you did nothing wrong. Yet you are still dead, and that person may be sentenced to death, or spend the rest of their life in prison etc. etc. At the the end of the day you were right and justified, dead right.

[@redrhino2066]

That is not that bad of a call. Difficult to see. It is easy for announcers to say it is a bad call because they are not at field level or behind the plate. Yes, wrong call but not the worst call.

[@tracythomas8896]

Red Rhino but for an import to call that it should be bad enough the everyone in the place knows it. This is an import trying to insert himself into a game

[@redrhino2066]

@@tracythomas8896 Wait, are you saying that the umpire is an import trying to insert himself in the game?? Nobody can see if she stepped out of the box or not. The closest one is the umpire. Right or wrong, he has the call.

[@McClimber234]

Announcers are the worst.

[@tracythomas8896]

Red Rhino I'm saying that there is no way that he can make that call and be confident that she may have been in the box. In fact the replay shows she was completely in the box. He is inserting himself into the game for no good reason except he wants to be noticed as making a critical call.

[@tracythomas8896]

After watching the play a few times it is obvious that it was a retaliation call for when she had asked him for time out and he didn't like it. Umpires are suppose to be impartial but I know they aren't because I have a catcher that works the umpires into liking her so that she gets favorable calls. I've also been told by many coaches that they don't hold umpires accountable because the umpires will hold grudges. Our society is creating it so that authority is above questioning. Just because "men" put on a uniform doesn't mean they are Saints. This is a job they are getting paid to do. Just like any other job they are responsible for the decision they make and are not above being questioned. I know I umpire.

[@mikeodell1151]

Probably the last call an umpire would even consider making. To many other responsibilities to worry about being out of the box on contact.

[@bryanlucas3057]

Someone should just grab a marker and write "I'm blind" on that guys forehead

[@cjd0dg3r527kemp]

I hate all the people that don't know what slap hitting is and say that her swing is incorrect smh 😑😑

[@icecoldsteve732]

Exactly! It's a very common tactic in softball.

[@chlpacom]

No one knows because who cares about softball...lol

[@icecoldsteve732]

+dave z For what? Either she did or did not step out of the box. The whole foot has to be completely out of the box for her to be out. So if 99.9% of it is out, but the back part of the foot is on the line, she's good. Looking at the replay it appears that her whole foot was IN the box. The lines get worn away as the game goes on, so it becomes more and more of the umpires judgement if she was out. In this case the umpire believed she was out of the box and he erred in judgment. I have umpired many baseball and softball games on fields with no lines and it is incredibly difficult to determine if a batter steps out of the box. It's all judgement, but if I'm going to make a call like this I have to be 1000% sure she was out of the box.

[@icecoldsteve732]

+dave z Not sure about a rule citation for LL, but for ASA 7-6-D says the whole foot has to be out of the box, as does FED and NCAA. According to LL website it says whole foot has to be out and mentions "his or her" foot. I don't have the LL rule book in front of me but I do have 2016 FED, ASA and NCAA.

[@cyberbeast44]

I hate all softball players and fast pitch and slow pitch it's a pussy sport. Edit: do you ever wonder what drugs you were on when you make a comment?

[@jojag5]

Yes, a bad call, but not that bad. She was right on the edge of being out of the box.

[@robertbattie8802]

jojag5 on the edge is not out. You're either in or out. In his judgment she was out of the box. There are no prrfect umpires.

[@Wes-pq4pl]

It cost them an important game so it can be one of the worst

[@Wes-pq4pl]

@Kyle Alexander Wilson did you not see the replay?

[@dwolfg]

@Kyle Alexander Wilson Softball is 7 innings, this was in extra innings.

[@marmac2768]

The sad part is, she may have been "on the edge", but you have to have your foot COMPLETELY out of the box, including the line which is a part of the box, to be called out. I wouldn't have called her out, it was that close. I would have to be 100% sure that her entire foot was out of the box to call her out in a key situation like this. I wish I knew the circumstances of this game, whether it was an elimination game or a pool game or whatever. I am sure since it was between 2 teams from little Delaware, there was a bit of a rivalry going on as well.

[@baseballlife49]

i was about to think if that third pitch was the bad call but he didnt call it a strike

[@brianwiseman9518]

This is definitely one of the worst calls in sports history. I agree with the title.

[@savannahcary4876]

I wish people would look up more about the sport before they say stuff like: what a crap swing- no let me explain this to you what she did is called slap hitting it's a from of hitting to get in base.

[@asphalt-cowboy9479]

Yeah I was wondering to myself like wtf is this girl doing swinging like that, i appreciate the insight. I played baseball for 8 years when I was younger but have never heard of "slap hitting".

[@tracythomas8896]

Vogel Account yes this is correct. The object of the game as a hitter is too get on base any way that you can do that your team can keep batting and score runs.

[@bdickinson6751]

Too many armchair referees, umpires, coaches, quarterbacks, and know-it-alls in general these days. 🙁

[@user-hb7em6vl8p]

someone lob me the pitcher's @ tho

[@collinq7853]

Vic T @shainareed on ig

[@keithboyd9582]

@@collinq7853 She looks pretty good in a bikini. Batter is pretty cute too. Can anyone find her account?

[@ryanl5460]

Keith B fbi? Yes, this comment right here

[@natazm]

@@keithboyd9582 huh

[@rogan35official6]

Man that umpire is high

[@MarkSarg]

I saw, I backed it up to see it again...looked like she stepped out...

[@lcpeterbilt379]

Why do they not just stand still? Seems to work well for fast pitch baseball.

[@jasonbrownfield5413]

What is "fast pitch baseball?" Are you inventing a new sport?

[@lcpeterbilt379]

@@jasonbrownfield5413 ok.. just baseball

[@BratvaTV]

Why are people taking the title so literally. Did you really think you were going to see the worst call ever? lol

[@t.o.mcconnell4001]

Worst call is hearing those ladies jibber jabber over not knowing the rules.

[@0412kenneth]

If you're gonna call out of the box put a box there , you can't , even see the line

[@QuantumCipherForge]

she was caking

[@ilovegymnasticsgymnastlife]

she was really smacking

[@welcometodamal3876]

im sayn

[@benwagner713]

fr tho

[@bennjohnso5426]

the fields are adorable tiny

[@parableproductionsvideo]

Don't be a hero, buddy. Can't stand umpires like that.

[@annapennrose1158]

The batter's toe is CLEARLY OUT of the true line of the batter's box.

[@Mizman76]

But full foot has to be out. You dont know the rules so DONT COMMENT and look dumb!

[@melanieramirez1596]

For all of you that were "she can't run and hit at the same time", YES you can. It's something you do in softball. It's called slapping. Ps bad call.

[@Antygrvity69]

+Melanie Ramirez : As a person w/ a daughter playing HS softball, I understand slapping. However, this young lady's feet & stance were in the wrong position for slapping. Which is how she extended too much & ended up in a position for the Ump to make a bad call. In slapping, your 1st step should be the cross over. He 1st step was a slight lift of her right foot (which I see in a lot of girls softball today). If her feet were closer, she wouldn't have had to do that. she would've been in position to cross over w/ her left foot, slap the ball & as she made contact w/ the ball, continue running to 1st base.

[@robbie2951]

+Melanie Ramirez Thanks for the explanation. I don't watch softball so it struck me as odd that it looked like the batter is able to get a running start at the pitch.

[@shpaget1]

as a coach of girl's softball there is nothing fundamentally wrong with her swing on this play. Her first step is the cross over...she is just adjusting her plant foot before that. She is almost at the back of the box giving her the most room. And she only takes one step bringing her right to the front of the box. She could start further back, especially if she's a player that always slaps - but if she's a player who mixes hits and slaps moving to the back of the box can tip your hand. If anything is off it is her timing as she is slightly early as she gets to the front of the box and has to lunge to the ball that hasn't arrived yet.

[@shpaget1]

This play would be perfectly legal in Major League Baseball as well, as long as neither foot is entirely outside the box at contact - Ichiro Suzuki is quite adept at it, though not quite as exaggerated. Another note of interest, there is no rule in MLB that would prevent a pitcher from throwing underhand windmill.

[@marmac2768]

@@Antygrvity69 yet, she turned a slap hit into a double, if it would have stood. This little girl might have not had the "perfect" technique, but the results would have been great if not for the bad call.

[@johnnyg2049]

Very close but both feet were in at time of contact. That late in the game it can be very hard to tell so it's a judgment call. The coach should've asked the other umpire for help. Once she pointed at the umpire he was within his rights to toss her.

[@bruggmanbrandon5272]

Hahah because she pointed at him? Get real…… weak sass umpire shit, your a grown man and these are kids, your not threatened at all. Let’s the kids play, it’s not about you.

[@redwingfan9393]

The umpire is a clown and he doubles down on his clownish behavior by tossing the kid who dared tell him he was wrong. Too much power in the hands of the incompetent.

[@merlinleduc7381]

When you realize the pitcher's number is 2, the batter's number is 2, and the catcher's number is 22

[@jrizzledrizzle4697]

Good for that little girl. She told that dude he sucked, which is very true

[@gpturner0924]

There's no controversy here. In softball, you only need to keep one foot in the box to be in. Her back foot was so far in the box, there's no way she was out. That's a clean double, plain and simple, and this ump needs to be fined or fired for that call.

[@ChefLynnGB]

How can you fine a volunteer umpire? Little League umpires don't get paid, which is a large part of why they tend not to be great umpires. The better umpires all go work in paid leagues. If LL wants better umpires they need to be paying their umpires.

[@ToadHallPub]

So you're proposing that being "out of the batter's box" requires BOTH feet to be outside of it? I can confidently say there is no iteration of baseball rules that say that, even the slow-pitch weekend warrior men's league you play in. But that tracks, because in the pantheon of people that "know the rules", men's slow pitch softball players rank only above Little League Parents.

[@AI_Image_Master]

@@ToadHallPub USSSA rules. Defining when a player is out. Rule 7 sec 14 sub sec G "g. When an entire foot is touching the ground completely outside the lines of the batter’s box when the ball makes contact with the bat."

[@ToadHallPub]

@@AI_Image_Master exactly. One foot.

[@mattshaw9325]

This is not the worst call ever. The box is always the Umpire's judgement, even when the lines are chalked. That being said, if the lines are correctly chalked, the umpire should use them to assist him/her in making this call. If the line is not visible, it makes the call more difficult. As a softball umpire, I often see slap hitters step out of the box when contacting the ball. This is because they are trying to gain an advantage over the defense by already being in motion toward first base to beat a throw. Softball is a compact game, and there are often close plays at first on infield hits. Because of the inherent nature of the slap hitter moving forward, there are situations where the batter contacts the ball outside of the box simply due to missed timing from an off speed pitch, or etc. For these reasons, I generally look for this infraction when a slap hitter comes up to bat. When I make this call, one I've made several times (usually at the lower levels due to inexperienced players), I look for whether or not the foot is clearly/obviously, and wholly outside the box when contact is made. If the foot is anywhere near the line, odds are that she is touching the line, and I will let the hit/foul stand. I probably would have let this hit stand. What many of you may not know, and what really angers fans, is when you make this call on a foul ball. The rule states: The batter is out and the ball is dead if he/she hits the ball, fair or foul, while his/her entire foot is completely out of the box and touching the ground or is touching home plate at the time of contact.

[@tracythomas8896]

Matt Shaw I agree with everything you said except that the import gets to decide where the batters box is even if there are lines. Sorry that is incorrect umpires don't deserve that much power. And if that is there case why even have the lines for the box or foul lines.?

[@tracythomas8896]

I agree and appreciate what you have stated except it is the Umpires responsibility to make sure the field is safe and correct as is the rest of the equipment being used by the players. If not then you are making the umpire above the game. If he doesn't agree with the lines then he had the option to let the coaches know att the beginning of the games when he is going over rules and any allowances for conditions.

[@johnmorey9426]

Makes me feel better, thinkin about some bad calls I made.

[@erikbaran7197]

Wanna feel REALLY good? kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2rNoImkn95nncU

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

Ump retired from tennis after growing tired of getting too much lip from one player in particular.