worst phantom tag ever. he wasn't even close to catching that ball. umpire was out of position. should have been on the 1st base side of the plate, then he would have seen what should have been obvious from the ball's flight path. all that aside, you shouldn't ever slide head first into home, good way to break your neck.
At 0:11 the catcher tried to do a quick catch and tag, and because of the bad throw and that he rushed the tag, the ball popped over his head and out of the umpire's view, the umpire thought he had the ball when the catcher tagged him and called him out. He later called him safe when he saw the catcher run back to backstop to get the ball which you can see at 0:13. And these are travel teams, which may explain why they were allowed to slide head first.
He changed his call to safe as soon as he realized that the ball had flown over the catchers head. This is a just display of incompetence as an umpire from some guy who has a real job during the day. It's little league so what do you expect? No mistakes? It was funny to watch though.
Something that I was taught when waiting for a tag play at any base... when the tag occurs, point and say "tag"... then look for the ball. The fielder (or catcher in this case) will show you the ball if they have it, then you can make the "out" call. Without the ball, the "safe" call is made. What the "tag" call does is give you a way to take an extra, brief moment before making a potentially big call. Waiting to make the right call also helps avoid confusion after the initial play.
I love the way the tournament directors tried to get me banned from the facility because I posted this video...who the hell do they think they are.....they may be able to Boss their wives around and the umpires...but not me...East County fools...
Great hit. Up-loader is an idiot though
lilmurphy01 2 weeks ago
worst phantom tag ever. he wasn't even close to catching that ball. umpire was out of position. should have been on the 1st base side of the plate, then he would have seen what should have been obvious from the ball's flight path. all that aside, you shouldn't ever slide head first into home, good way to break your neck.
wingsfan977 2 months ago
TD is from what organization?
TravelSportsBaseball 2 months ago
even if the catcher had caught the ball and tried to tag the runner the runner slid in safe.
golfmaniac007 3 months ago
At 0:11 the catcher tried to do a quick catch and tag, and because of the bad throw and that he rushed the tag, the ball popped over his head and out of the umpire's view, the umpire thought he had the ball when the catcher tagged him and called him out. He later called him safe when he saw the catcher run back to backstop to get the ball which you can see at 0:13. And these are travel teams, which may explain why they were allowed to slide head first.
H3RoYaL 3 months ago
THE BEST PART... WAS WHEN I HIT THE MUTE BUTTON!
TopComment321 3 months ago
He changed his call to safe as soon as he realized that the ball had flown over the catchers head. This is a just display of incompetence as an umpire from some guy who has a real job during the day. It's little league so what do you expect? No mistakes? It was funny to watch though.
rstryker27 3 months ago
omfg that looks like my old team!!
CODwtfMOMENTS 3 months ago
Something that I was taught when waiting for a tag play at any base... when the tag occurs, point and say "tag"... then look for the ball. The fielder (or catcher in this case) will show you the ball if they have it, then you can make the "out" call. Without the ball, the "safe" call is made. What the "tag" call does is give you a way to take an extra, brief moment before making a potentially big call. Waiting to make the right call also helps avoid confusion after the initial play.
RadioMan1230AM 3 months ago
left handed catcher lol.
Wordshavemeanings 3 months ago
Good call.He made the right call and then looked for the ball.Quit crying.
AAAskeet 3 months ago
wow ive heard this song about 5 times now out of 7 vids i watched
worldterror2012 4 months ago
I love the way the tournament directors tried to get me banned from the facility because I posted this video...who the hell do they think they are.....they may be able to Boss their wives around and the umpires...but not me...East County fools...
jflippen 7 months ago
@jflippen are you allowed to slide head first? that might be why he called you out
BrandonandAlexInc1 3 months ago
To those that wanted this removed....TOO FRICKIN BAD!
jflippen 7 months ago
He corrected his call very quick, you can't watch the plate and the ball up high at the same time, good call!
454rponce 7 months ago
Way to keep your eye everlastingly on the ball. Great timing, too,
88fungo 7 months ago