Coach Attacks Youth Baseball Umpire, Who's Taken Off Field On A Stretcher

[Jilly_in_VA]

A youth baseball coach in The Colony, Texas, became so enraged by a call at the plate and being ejected that he shoved the umpire to the ground, viral video shows. (Watch it below.)

The Colony police awaited the signing of an arrest warrant for the coach on a charge of misdemeanor assault to cause bodily injury, police spokesperson Rick De La Cruz told HuffPost on Wednesday.

The coach, whose name was being withheld by law enforcement as of Wednesday afternoon, was banned from further tournaments.

“The worst thing was the kids having to see this,” L’Erin Hampton, whose 24 Sports organization ran the competition, told HuffPost on Wednesday.

The umpire, Sam Phelps, told Fox 4 that his neck snapped from the impact. A witness, Ryan Walke, said Phelps was on the ground for 10 to 15 minutes before being taken to the hospital on a stretcher.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/youth-umpire-sam-phelps-shoved-texas_n_6256e5dae4b0723f801412b7

[Beakybird]

1. Why misdemeanor assault? Shouldn't it be a felony?

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. I would sure think so

But it's Texas.

[brewens]

2. It's not real clear, but it looks like a good call too. Looks to me like the catcher had the ball

and let the kid slide under it. He should have made the tag and had the out but screwed up. No excuse either way.

[Beakybird]

5. Yup! That's how a Trump voter responds to a fair call.

[Hoyt]

4. What are these, 6 and 7 year old kids? Christ coach.

[Jm7603]

6. Should be lifetime ban and felony assault

In Texas: "Way to go, Coach! That'll show 'em!" I live in Texas and have seen this kind of behavior over and over. Consequences are few to none.

[rownesheck]

7. Yes. People in Texas take sports

too goddamned seriously. See Pt. Neches. The people there are the most nuts about their youth sports. I'm sure there are places in Texas just as bad or worse, but that town is the one I'm most familiar with.

[SallyHemmings]

8. WTF