Poorly written article. Which team one? The team batting or fielding. It doesn’t say. Also, what would the motive be? Did the ump miss some calls? Had there been arguments before hand. I’ve seen some pretty bazaar things in games. If a catcher is going to let the ump get hit, he would do it more subtly, and more than once. I think the catcher missed the ball plain and simple.
From the source blog:
Game 3, Saturday
Cartersville 13, Stephens Co. 1 (five innings): The Purple Hurricanes’ 5-foot-6 pitcher, Chris “Huddy” Huth, and an awakened quick-strike offense ruled matters in a 13-1 victory that was ended after the top of the fifth due to the 10-run mercy rule. Cartersville wins series 2-1.
From the comment section, where the video is embedded:
By CANESWIN
June 1, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
Kurt - Have you ever seen this before in a high school game? This happened in Game 3 of Cartersville vs. Stephens. The Canes were winning big and Stephens became frustrated with the home plate umpire over balls and strikes. Really their pitcher couldn’t hit his spots.
In this video, you will see the catcher duck on purpose to allow the umpire to be hit.
Have you ever seen this before?
http://www.workhorsevideoproductions.com/the%20pitch.mpg
By GRIM
June 1, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this
i saw it happen personally, the bad thing is the pitcher, catcher and shortstop were in on it… the SS is Ethan Martin, the pitcher his brother.
Actually, it did. The team that the catcher was playing for got thumped 13-1 I believe.
Now, I'd like to know the score at the time of the incident. Makes a difference.
If it was intentional, I would think they could have disguised it much better. If the catcher set up really low and tried to reach for the ball and then missed it, that would have looked more convincing. Who can say. No one was injured. Protective gear did its job. This time.