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Posted on 05/27/2026 9:58:08 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Brandon Magni says when he asked for a forfeit, he was told he could forfeit himself or call the police
The travel baseball industry was rocked over the Memorial Day weekend by yet another shocking incident in what is shaping up to be one of the ugliest on record for youth baseball.
Did an Oklahoma 11U baseball coach order his pitcher to hit an opponent? Was that boy then ordered to throw a fastball at the opposing team's dugout? Those are the accusations being thrown around by a coach out of Nebraska who says his dugout was targeted at a Kansas City USSSA tournament on Sunday.
"Today all of my boys learned a life lesson. While Easton was up to bat against Oklahoma Eleven, 11us coach- Mychal Ryals, told their pitcher to throw at Easton’s head. After Easton stepped out and told the umpire the coach said never mind throw it at their dugout instead. A 70mph fastball thrown into my dugout hitting one of my players," the Nebraska coach, Brandon Magni, alleged on his personal Facebook.
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Kid needs to be suspended for the season.
If the coach told him to do it, the coach should be banned for life.
I know it is hypocritical cause I did travel for one son 10 years ago (but not until 15 years old and he did go on to pitch in college), but all this travel and select baseball/softball has become an out-of-control cottage industry. It starts at around 9 to 10 years old. Every parent thinks their kid is the next Mike Trout.
They way the MLB runs these residential recruiting campuses in Central and South America ever seeing a pro career is a pipe-dream for American kids.
What about the umpire? He needs to be gone too.
Most youth sports is a similar scam. I have a friend who pays something like $14000 a year so his kid can travel around and kick a ball.
“Oh, but he might get a scholarship” So what, you’ve paid for his entire education and wasted every single weekend of your life in the process.
Sportsmanship seems to have died in Oklahoma.
The Coach should be in Jail for the rest of the season or all of next season!
The Pitcher should be not allowed to play for the rest of the season.
MLB should come down hard on the players who are attacking Oshei Otani.
They have been ugly this season, setting a bad example for the baseball players, young and old.
The Commissionor is a weak willed laugh and should be fired.
One of several reasons why soccer hasn’t caught on in the US is because we took what should be the cheapest sport there is and turned it into a racket that costs parents thousands of dollars every year.
Exactly. One ball, some flat ground and a pair of shorts.
Yon mean Shohei Ohtani?
“Was that boy then ordered to throw a fastball at the opposing team’s dugout? “
Ordered or not, that’s not a slip.
To do thst is obviously deliberate.
I think that’s what he meant.
And...what players are coming down on Shohei? Have I missed something?
Yes I did mean “SO.” I dropped two “h”s too with most letters wrongly placed.
Mea Culpa.
I was a Brooklyn Dodger fan...
Thank you.
**“Oh, but he might get a scholarship” So what, you’ve paid for his entire education and wasted every single weekend of your life in the process.**
I’ve attended a few of my 10 yr old grandson’s in the past. He’s got athleticism in his genes: his dad a state champ linebacker, his mom a gymnastics co-captain at Bama (her mom was as well, and her dad QB of 80 Nat Champ Tide).
The kid isn’t interested in it. Didn’t play in a flag fb league last year either. I think he got burnt out. Parents too.
The sports industrial complex: making life harder and more expensive one family at a time.
Ping to #15
About ten to fifteen years ago there was a former major leaguer running a girls softball camp over the summer for girls. He believed with a couple weeks of training he could get most girls to a skill level where they could get a college scholarship.
I don't know. Maybe BatGuano can shed a little more light on this.
Both the coach and the kid should be barred from baseball for life.
My boys were finishing up their youth sports careers just as travel teams were getting off the ground. And I thank the Lord. I would have opened a wrist if I’d been obliged my weekends traveling to towns 50-150 miles away to attend their games
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