Embarrassingly intentional. She should have been pulled and taken off the team. She obviously couldn't handle losing and decided to be take her frustrations out on the players. Thankfully, Needville lost. They didn't deserve to win with this sort of unsportsmanlike conduct.
she done this more than once i can tell you that and if there wasn't any up roar over it the school wouldn't of done crap the administrator is a crap as well. i talk to him through e-mail twice saying this was something unlike her... bs.... and secondly she was taught to do it thirdly if i could i would of mach right down and spoke to him face to face ... he told me to come down....
@@nazihaalfrid was the whole teamns fault? no did they coachs and managers stop it no. they didn't do anything till got into media and that was saving face vaule nothing would of happen if media didn't report on it. the 3-4 for umpires clearly saw it and had no call which he should of called which tells me these umpire should be ratted out and not every get another game. they allowed such nonsense like this to happen so i blame all adults here and the catcher
The first hit made it look suspicious, but the second time confirmed it! You can see the right leg of the catcher brace for impact as she leaned in towards the oncoming runner and throws her elbow out. If this occurred in a boys sporting event there would’ve been a brawl.
@@MexicoTijuana741 ASA rules state that the catcher cannot block the runner from crossing the plate. This catcher did not have the ball. The runner was safe by three miles and the catcher did not like it. She does not know it yet. The catcher is going to get mowed down. Probably soon.
Tony Miller Actually she was not blocking the plate because the runner had room to touch the plate and if she was blocking the plate the runner would have run into her so it can be called an obstruction on the catcher so there for the catcher was not blocking the plate, but you are right that there needs to be a play at the plate but she was not blocking it. Next time do your research.
+Rachel Schoch exactly it's so weird being a catcher because we are taught block the plate taught that your job is to to stop the runner from getting to the plate but then you also have to think about obstruction. It's a balancing act
That's a judgement call for the umpire. I can see where some might call (or at least warn the catcher of) obstruction. And actually in the 2nd occurrence, the runner wasn't able to touch home plate and had to come back to step on it. So that IS obstruction.
Tony Miller she has all rights in front of the base. She had the whole plate open to the runner. (As I would know considering I've been catching for 12 years)
I have been a coach for many years and I would have taken her out of the game myself if I thought she did it on purpose. Catchers are to guard the plate not hit the runners!
@Glennda Bradley Well “coach” it looks like you need a refresher on the rule book! The catchers job(just like any other baseman’s job) is to be there to make a play at the plate, but nowhere in the rule book will it say the catcher’s job is to “guard” the plate!!! No player on defense(those playing the infield and outfield while the opposing team is at bat), should be anywhere along the baseline(blocking runners from gaining access to the bases), unless the ball is being thrown in their immediate direction so as to make a tagging play at or near the base!!! The players running the bases cannot step out of the “base line”(they have to maintain their run within certain limits of the lines around the bases!!! If a defending player is standing in the baseline; thereby, causing the runner to step out of the baseline as they are progressing around the bases, that runner can be called out for stepping out of the baseline, no physical tag needs to be made in such a situation!!!! In other words, if you don’t want run over by the train, get your ass off the tracks!!
That catcher is suffering from a very rare dis-order called the George Costanza syndrome. The symptoms are involuntary elbow movement at an opportune time.
if it was unintentional why did two girls go down. why does her elbow only goes back when a opposing player is next to her? she should be thrown out of competitive Sports for life otherwise we were teaching our kids that poor sportsmanship is okay
yeah, let's slow our roll a bit there. She was penalized, including losing a scholarship. That more than adequately fits the crime. But, just to see you tremble with tear of frustration, she went on to graduate high school as an All-State academic and All-State athlete, National Honor Society, went to Sam Houston (D-1) on full scholarship, was team Captain, and graduated with high honors.
Long time ago I was scoring and noticed the catcher standing 6 inches in front of the plate. The ball never even came her way. As I crossed the plate I raised my elbow to protect my ribs because if you're running full speed you can't tell what will happen in an instant. She gave me a mean look, but I said "If you don't have the ball, get the fuck off the plate."
That is the position I play catcher. If there isn't a play at home you get out of the way. And you let them go and step on home plate unless there's a play. I believe we're there at her emotion got the best of her and she threw elbows intentionally.
her emotion didn't get better of her that how she is Mel i get your given her the benfit of doubt however its well done and to well done for me to even support nonsense like that. let say my favorite team i like was red sox and catcher of the red sox did that to player.... and i was the umpire i am still going to properly call it as it needs to be called. and i am ejecting people. in youth ball its automatic ejection and runners are safe
At one of my softball games, the ball was rolling to the catcher (the catcher on my team), when it came to home plate ( by the catcher), the runner kicked the ball away from home plate and was STILL SAFE! Their empire was terrible anyway. They won by 2 but we really won cuz they pretty much cheated.
Even if you could excuse the first elbow as "accidental", which already stretches credulity to its breaking point, you definitely cannot defend or excuse the second one! She knew she got away with one and tried her luck again, and got away with one again
When I was playing, which was some time ago, sometimes this kind of thing would happen. We were always taught by my coach "don't complain, don't say a word." The next time that player comes up to bat (in this instance being the catcher who threw the elbows), we'll solve the problem. Our solution? Head shots! That's right folks. One way or the other, when that catcher came up to bat, she was going to taste dirt. Period. End of conversation. Why? Because a dog is not going to change her bark. You have to pop it upside the head to get it's attention.
@@APT420 hahahahaha! Okay but throwing an elbow is not the way to handle it. When I was catching, I talked more junk than anybody else just to rattle the batter. That's as much a part of baseball (or fastpitch) as the bat, ball, and glove. And the response to that is if a player is chirping at you, chirp back. So I can absolutely imagine this catcher talking trash and the other team responding in kind. And umpires will generally leave that alone unless it gets ugly or violent. But when you take it to the violent level by throwing elbows like that, you have to go. I simply cannot imagine that catcher not being ejected.
Both the catcher and the ump should have both been suspended for the rest of the season, maybe even not let the ump officiate any more games...I mean how can you not call this, he was staring at the play the first time and then allowed it to happen again and did nothing to protect the player from a horrible catcher...that is borderline criminal conduct, regardless if it happened in the game...it was intentional, and designed to cause harm.
There is no question of the fouls, if you watched the play!?? Obvious, deliberate, tantrum inspired hits by the catcher! You would have to be nuts to call either of her plays reasonable or you approve of cheating. The catcher should be suspended for at least one full season! The umpires should be fired!
I played catcher for a men's softball team, i never blocked the plate or threw elbows. If i didn't have the ball yet, i was close to the plate but did not impede the runner. When i had the ball i was defending that plate as if it was a defenseless child. Man did I get bulldozed a bunch. But luckily, I never coughed up the ball.
As a former umpire in girls softball, the catcher was not blocking the base path. She was standing there where she could do just what she did. She should have been ejected with the first occurrence. It's definitely a gentler society we live in as the girls of 45 years ago would've gotten to her before I could and she'd be on her way to the ER instead of the bench. She'd been coached how to do that and had probably done it before.
Finally someone with a brain... Why would you let someone plow into you intentionally when you're not even on top of the base.... It looked like she was tired of players running full speed into her and just braced for impact.. The elbow was just deflecting the intruder away after getting ran into..
Thus why there is so many problems in sports. These umpires failed the game miserably....Warning should have been issued after the first collision and they need to explain to the coach and catcher they cannot impede a runners ability to advance without a play or ball.. The second time should have been an ejection...The opposing team is lucky there were no injuries from the sucker punch which is basically what she did.
It was obviously intentional because she didn't even ask the girl if she was ok and she did it a second time I mean she did it so hard both girls flew not even touching the plate
They need to start disqualifying teams for intentional fouls like that. That is the only way to stop it, especially with how self-centered and entitled the kids are today. She should've been suspended from school as well and not allowed on any sports teams for 1 year.
Good thing I wasn't the opposing coach, there would have been an impromptu team meeting about how to get to home plate with the catcher standing there....just saying....
People, there is a simple way to end that once and for all. Next runner plows the catcher. End of story. The catcher was clear;y blocking the plate illegally, so plowing her over would be justified. Also, the next batter could take a VERY long swing and the catcher would get the message. The u pure was clueless, so he would not have called either the catcher getting flattened, or the catchers interference that a long swing would cause. These things have been going on for years, there’s a way to stop it on the field. Also, drilling the first batter in the next inning would make the catcher very unpopular with her teammates if they get drilled for what she did.
The rule Sate that if the catcher did not have a ball she ca not be in the way of base line and was those two different batters hits or just one batters hit so those women could in fact could knock her down in my special olympics most every single person is blocking the hole plate and when I run to home plate I push the catcher and we only wear helmet and catcher only wear helmet and he did not have a ball in his hand and it is unify special olympics slow softball so if the runner comes into home catcher can not be in base line or running line both batters safe and catcher is ejected from the game and why the umpires who was half way up the third base line did not look back to home and see the catcher?
Shouldn't even be a question. Stevie Wonder could have seen this,and yet some people think it was accidental. Well,I would've "accidentally" taken her out if I were the next runner. 😡
That's obviously intentional, unacceptable, and she should be removed from the game. It's a game. Of course, normally u see runners blatantly running over the catcher to score runs and plenty of ppl defend that and shouldn't. Both are unacceptable. It's amazing to me that the level of anger, win at all costs, not caring about other ppl is everything in society. It's even all over girls sports, not just guys in my opinion. Thx.
Yep definitely intentional. That’s for sure not a sudden movement or elbow twitch. You can see she’s looking over the runner for the right time to throw the elbow.
Wow... that's pretty poor form for an umpire to turn a blind-eye to that. The umpire saw the first elbow happen then double-taked at it like, "did I really just see that?!" The catcher should've been ejected twice...
Not only did she do it twice, but she did it while standing on the chalkline, blocking the plate and her elbow extended once the runner came in contact with her. How is “was this intentional” even a question?
And yet, she wasn't ejected from the game. And the school defending her action (of course) here is part of the news : Catcher elbows runners trying to score Needville (Texas) High School catcher Megan Crosby throws her elbow into multiple runners from Hargrave (Texas) High School trying to score. Crosby was not ejected from the game. This action, which is two isolated incidents, is truly out of character for her,” Curt Rhodes said. “We do not support the action, but she is a great young lady. We strongly support our students and coaches; they are talented, dedicated people.”
I played high school varsity soccer for Jasper High School in Jasper, Texas and the State UIL officials don’t do shit. In my opinion, that was an immediate ejection for the catcher.
First one was not intentional at 033 the runner was starting to lean in to make contact with catcher. Second one was retaliation for the first runner thinking she was going to take out the catcher. Both times catcher was out of base line.
It looks like the base runners are ready to throw a shoulder. So, I wouldn’t say the catcher is just supposed to stand there and take it. If you’re about to check someone you better be ready for them to check you back they just got demolished
She meant to Bogarde the plate. The girls flying through the air from getting hit by an elbow is on them. I play checkers harder then that. How embarrassing...
No question it was intentional, and cowardly. To do that to 2 girls who are looking down to step on the plate is really shitty. And it seems her coaches must be OK with it. Which is even shittier.
Well, yeah. You know it has to be OK with the coaches, or they would have put a stop to it after the first time. It's apparent they either teach, encourage, or tacitly approve BS like this.
When my kids were little, I used to elbow them like that (well...not LIKE THAT...but you know...), when they got mad I'd tell them it is a side effect of some medicine I was taking. The medicine would "cause my elbow to move like this" and then I'd elbow them again. This is kinda like that.
Well I can tell you this if this happened on my ball field at the end of that play player ejected and if the manager comes out and argues they will be ejected that was flagrant violation and unsportsmanlike conduct not to be tolerated on my ball field ⚾️
The problem is, that's a big girl catching. You don't run her if you're going to end up on the short end of the fisticuffs. That's why drilling her next time up is better.
To the parents and spectators Just don't say anything about it and the umpire will review it if you start yelling he has the full right too eject you from the contest and most likely your daughter from the contest
Most disgraceful thing about this video is that the umpires didn’t eject the player and possibly coach too. Or uk, even address the situation, umpire literally watched it happen n just acted like he didn’t see a thing. Smh as a umpire this is embarrassing and makes us all look bad, trust me when I say not all umpires r as disgraceful as the one seen here.
Once? Maybe. Twice? Nobody can legitimately say that it was not intentional. I typically do not advocate for dirty play but you better believe that had that been me, I would have absolutely trucked the catcher if I ever had another opportunity. Lol
It was definitely intentional , so NEEDVILLE CHEATERS SUCK , AND SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY SUCKS TOO FOR STILL RECRUITING HER AFTER THAT AND GIVING HER A STARTING POSITION HER FRESMAN YEAR ! Sam Houston should have pulled her full ride scholarship offer !
The fact that the 2nd infraction is even made possible by the same girl is the problem. It was an obvious cheap shot the first time. These men or women behind the plate are paid to call the game but also they're required to protect these kids on the field as well. By him not calling it the first time correctly is just enabling it to happen a second time. Very poor umpiring. Some are great and some are just there for a paycheck. Shame
After a video of her apparently elbowing opponents went viral this week, catcher Megan Crosby has been disciplined by the Needville Independent School District. Crosby's penalty wasn't specified, but Needville ISD superintendent Curt Rhodes said disciplinary action has been taken against Crosby
How in God's name can an umpire honestly sit there and watch that saying it was not intentionally done. I wish the cameras would have kept rolling to see what happened. The catcher should have been tossed out the game. I would also love to see the game prior to these events to see if the other team initiated something like this being done. There is usually two sides of each story. i am not saying they did anything but would like to know if something happened prior to this.
Where the hell is the umpire, coaches or any adult in this game. Everyone is focused on home plate when a runner is coming in, so I assume they all saw it and did nothing. Pathetic
Absolutely intentional. Catcher was throwing a temper tantrum because her team was letting the game slip away from them. Two things: 1) I don't know if the field had a scoreboard or not, but if it does and I'm #4 (the second player she elbows), I'm coming back to the plate, and pointing to the scoreboard, and 2) If she doesn't get ejected from the second elbow, then the next time she comes up, it's an automatic drilling, and while a generally do not condone "head hunting," I'm telling my pitcher to go as high up as she feel comfortable....and if she's in a spot where she may not bat again, then their best player of the first three up next inning will be a suitable substitute. Normally, I don't sanction intentionally drilling batters or precipitating brawls, but this looks like one of those teams who will continue to engage in this sort of BS until the opponent sends them a forceful message to knock it off.
But TWO times as the players on the other team are try ih ng to get to the plate? I get it if she might've adjusted if it was uncomfortable but that looked 100% intentional. She looked like she was getting ready to do that when they came by
@@sofiaconner4804 Yeah, right, asshole. And what amazing timing on the strap, right? People like you should not be permitted anywhere near youth sports.
Embarrassingly intentional. She should have been pulled and taken off the team. She obviously couldn't handle losing and decided to be take her frustrations out on the players. Thankfully, Needville lost. They didn't deserve to win with this sort of unsportsmanlike conduct.
Marissa Zambrano-Gray she lived in my old neighborhood and yes I agree she did it intentionally
she done this more than once i can tell you that and if there wasn't any up roar over it the school wouldn't of done crap the administrator is a crap as well. i talk to him through e-mail twice saying this was something unlike her... bs.... and secondly she was taught to do it thirdly if i could i would of mach right down and spoke to him face to face ... he told me to come down....
but it wasnt the whole teams fault
@@nazihaalfrid was the whole teamns fault? no did they coachs and managers stop it no. they didn't do anything till got into media and that was saving face vaule nothing would of happen if media didn't report on it. the 3-4 for umpires clearly saw it and had no call which he should of called which tells me these umpire should be ratted out and not every get another game. they allowed such nonsense like this to happen so i blame all adults here and the catcher
@@critter2 thats what i said. I meant the whole team didnt do anything
The first hit made it look suspicious, but the second time confirmed it! You can see the right leg of the catcher brace for impact as she leaned in towards the oncoming runner and throws her elbow out. If this occurred in a boys sporting event there would’ve been a brawl.
Definitely intentional.Especially when there was no play at the plate on either play. Glad she lost. Sore loser.
First hit was clearly intentional.
Go around her, she is thinking runner is going to take her out
@@MexicoTijuana741shes supposed to go out the way
@@MexicoTijuana741 ASA rules state that the catcher cannot block the runner from crossing the plate. This catcher did not have the ball. The runner was safe by three miles and the catcher did not like it. She does not know it yet. The catcher is going to get mowed down. Probably soon.
How can anyone with any level of intelligence actually think that the catchers actions were NOT intentional?
The same way a mass murderer's mother can look at that camera and with a straight face say "oh but he's a good boy!"
same way a rump supporter thinks he's their friend
What was the conclusion there should have been ejections and a bench clearing
The batter should have picked up the bat and accidentally hit the girls elbow
i was a catcher for YEARS there would be NO reason for my arm to do anything of that sort 💀
That's definitely intentional I have played softball for a long time and that was no accident.
Maddies World Twice!
same
I dont see why theres even any question about those.. she should be suspended or get the beats! Lmao.. thats low.. thats like brad marchand low.. 😂
Same I have played for 7 years
Reverse Javi she did! I just found out she even lost her scholarship!! I don’t know where she was committed to though...
how can you say accidental when it happened twice.
I agree
If I had a nickel each time I heard that.
Accident prone? 🙄
That catcher shouldn't have been standing there either. Unless she's actively making a play at the plate she needs to be out of the way.
Tony Miller Actually she was not blocking the plate because the runner had room to touch the plate and if she was blocking the plate the runner would have run into her so it can be called an obstruction on the catcher so there for the catcher was not blocking the plate, but you are right that there needs to be a play at the plate but she was not blocking it. Next time do your research.
+Rachel Schoch exactly it's so weird being a catcher because we are taught block the plate taught that your job is to to stop the runner from getting to the plate but then you also have to think about obstruction. It's a balancing act
your taught ot block plate when you have a play or ball in hand otherwise you are obstruction
That's a judgement call for the umpire. I can see where some might call (or at least warn the catcher of) obstruction. And actually in the 2nd occurrence, the runner wasn't able to touch home plate and had to come back to step on it. So that IS obstruction.
Tony Miller she has all rights in front of the base. She had the whole plate open to the runner. (As I would know considering I've been catching for 12 years)
Somebody actually thought that both those plays were “accidental”?
she just makes her team look bad
I have been a coach for many years and I would have taken her out of the game myself if I thought she did it on purpose. Catchers are to guard the plate not hit the runners!
Catchers don't "guard" anything, coach. If you saw the video and didn't think she did it on purpose, you're a fool and your players deserve better.
@Glennda Bradley
Well “coach” it looks like you need a refresher on the rule book!
The catchers job(just like any other baseman’s job) is to be there to make a play at the plate, but nowhere in the rule book will it say the catcher’s job is to “guard” the plate!!!
No player on defense(those playing the infield and outfield while the opposing team is at bat), should be anywhere along the baseline(blocking runners from gaining access to the bases), unless the ball is being thrown in their immediate direction so as to make a tagging play at or near the base!!!
The players running the bases cannot step out of the “base line”(they have to maintain their run within certain limits of the lines around the bases!!!
If a defending player is standing in the baseline; thereby, causing the runner to step out of the baseline as they are progressing around the bases, that runner can be called out for stepping out of the baseline, no physical tag needs to be made in such a situation!!!!
In other words, if you don’t want run over by the train, get your ass off the tracks!!
That catcher is suffering from a very rare dis-order called the George Costanza syndrome. The symptoms are involuntary elbow movement at an opportune time.
Hahaha I see what you did there
ItaloCanadese she lived in my old neighborhood
But at the exact right moment for two players? Hard enough to knock them over? If that's the are she shouldn't be playing a base position.
ItaloCanadese .....yes agreed..... but the runner could have side steped.
Kearstyn Marie it's joke it's not syndrome
The catcher didn't move her elbow to catch the ball but to hit the player!
if it was unintentional why did two girls go down. why does her elbow only goes back when a opposing player is next to her? she should be thrown out of competitive Sports for life otherwise we were teaching our kids that poor sportsmanship is okay
yeah, let's slow our roll a bit there. She was penalized, including losing a scholarship. That more than adequately fits the crime.
But, just to see you tremble with tear of frustration, she went on to graduate high school as an All-State academic and All-State athlete, National Honor Society, went to Sam Houston (D-1) on full scholarship, was team Captain, and graduated with high honors.
Bruh I would have lost my shit on her, props to the runners!
I hear you, a fastball in the ribs works too
Long time ago I was scoring and noticed the catcher standing 6 inches in front of the plate. The ball never even came her way. As I crossed the plate I raised my elbow to protect my ribs because if you're running full speed you can't tell what will happen in an instant. She gave me a mean look, but I said "If you don't have the ball, get the fuck off the plate."
As someone who was a catcher growing up. “That’s my fucking plate. Take it from me” lol Take Care
That is the position I play catcher. If there isn't a play at home you get out of the way. And you let them go and step on home plate unless there's a play. I believe we're there at her emotion got the best of her and she threw elbows intentionally.
her emotion didn't get better of her that how she is Mel i get your given her the benfit of doubt however its well done and to well done for me to even support nonsense like that. let say my favorite team i like was red sox and catcher of the red sox did that to player.... and i was the umpire i am still going to properly call it as it needs to be called. and i am ejecting people. in youth ball its automatic ejection and runners are safe
I agree my son playes baseball and That's what there toutgh
@@critter2 In English and with some punctuation please?
At one of my softball games, the ball was rolling to the catcher (the catcher on my team), when it came to home plate ( by the catcher), the runner kicked the ball away from home plate and was STILL SAFE! Their empire was terrible anyway. They won by 2 but we really won cuz they pretty much cheated.
If I am umpiring, the catcher was gone after the first time. No place for that in the game.
Even if you could excuse the first elbow as "accidental", which already stretches credulity to its breaking point, you definitely cannot defend or excuse the second one! She knew she got away with one and tried her luck again, and got away with one again
Im a kiwi and i saw the intent all the way from new zealand
okay anyone that tries to say it's accidental is either blind, or has bias. she had no need to evem move her elbow back at all
When I was playing, which was some time ago, sometimes this kind of thing would happen. We were always taught by my coach "don't complain, don't say a word." The next time that player comes up to bat (in this instance being the catcher who threw the elbows), we'll solve the problem. Our solution? Head shots! That's right folks. One way or the other, when that catcher came up to bat, she was going to taste dirt. Period. End of conversation. Why? Because a dog is not going to change her bark. You have to pop it upside the head to get it's attention.
I heard all the girls were making fun of her fishy aroma. No wonder she was so mad.
@@APT420 hahahahaha! Okay but throwing an elbow is not the way to handle it. When I was catching, I talked more junk than anybody else just to rattle the batter. That's as much a part of baseball (or fastpitch) as the bat, ball, and glove. And the response to that is if a player is chirping at you, chirp back. So I can absolutely imagine this catcher talking trash and the other team responding in kind. And umpires will generally leave that alone unless it gets ugly or violent. But when you take it to the violent level by throwing elbows like that, you have to go. I simply cannot imagine that catcher not being ejected.
Both the catcher and the ump should have both been suspended for the rest of the season, maybe even not let the ump officiate any more games...I mean how can you not call this, he was staring at the play the first time and then allowed it to happen again and did nothing to protect the player from a horrible catcher...that is borderline criminal conduct, regardless if it happened in the game...it was intentional, and designed to cause harm.
Intentional to the max!
+Janet Harding did you just say "to the max"?
Ok...and?
WE DEFINITELY HAVE OBSTRUCTION AND MALICIOUS CONTACT IN BOTH PLAYS
There is no question of the fouls, if you watched the play!?? Obvious, deliberate, tantrum inspired hits by the catcher! You would have to be nuts to call either of her plays reasonable or you approve of cheating. The catcher should be suspended for at least one full season!
The umpires should be fired!
I played catcher for a men's softball team, i never blocked the plate or threw elbows. If i didn't have the ball yet, i was close to the plate but did not impede the runner. When i had the ball i was defending that plate as if it was a defenseless child. Man did I get bulldozed a bunch. But luckily, I never coughed up the ball.
As a former umpire in girls softball, the catcher was not blocking the base path. She was standing there where she could do just what she did. She should have been ejected with the first occurrence. It's definitely a gentler society we live in as the girls of 45 years ago would've gotten to her before I could and she'd be on her way to the ER instead of the bench. She'd been coached how to do that and had probably done it before.
Finally someone with a brain... Why would you let someone plow into you intentionally when you're not even on top of the base.... It looked like she was tired of players running full speed into her and just braced for impact.. The elbow was just deflecting the intruder away after getting ran into..
That was 100% intentional should have been ejected from the game immediately.
Thus why there is so many problems in sports. These umpires failed the game miserably....Warning should have been issued after the first collision and they need to explain to the coach and catcher they cannot impede a runners ability to advance without a play or ball.. The second time should have been an ejection...The opposing team is lucky there were no injuries from the sucker punch which is basically what she did.
It was obviously intentional because she didn't even ask the girl if she was ok and she did it a second time I mean she did it so hard both girls flew not even touching the plate
That beeatch is out there making some guy's life miserable right now!
Throwing elbows in his sleep lmao
Throwing elbows in his sleep, And acting like she was dreaming 🤣🤣
They need to start disqualifying teams for intentional fouls like that. That is the only way to stop it, especially with how self-centered and entitled the kids are today. She should've been suspended from school as well and not allowed on any sports teams for 1 year.
Good thing I wasn't the opposing coach, there would have been an impromptu team meeting about how to get to home plate with the catcher standing there....just saying....
People, there is a simple way to end that once and for all. Next runner plows the catcher. End of story. The catcher was clear;y blocking the plate illegally, so plowing her over would be justified.
Also, the next batter could take a VERY long swing and the catcher would get the message.
The u pure was clueless, so he would not have called either the catcher getting flattened, or the catchers interference that a long swing would cause.
These things have been going on for years, there’s a way to stop it on the field.
Also, drilling the first batter in the next inning would make the catcher very unpopular with her teammates if they get drilled for what she did.
I like drilling. And I would make sure it one of their better players.
i hate people that do that and there dumb couches don't do anything they should not have any sports for schools like that
home-schooled kids have couches
+Trace Howard still they don't need sports
supperpie take sports away from kids?
The couches just lie there and get sat on. Dumb couches.
Shay did eet ageehen! You're correct sir, she did. The most stealthy chicken wing I've ever seen thrown.
The rule Sate that if the catcher did not have a ball she ca not be in the way of base line and was those two different batters hits or just one batters hit so those women could in fact could knock her down in my special olympics most every single person is blocking the hole plate and when I run to home plate I push the catcher and we only wear helmet and catcher only wear helmet and he did not have a ball in his hand and it is unify special olympics slow softball so if the runner comes into home catcher can not be in base line or running line both batters safe and catcher is ejected from the game and why the umpires who was half way up the third base line did not look back to home and see the catcher?
Shouldn't even be a question. Stevie Wonder could have seen this,and yet some people think it was accidental. Well,I would've "accidentally" taken her out if I were the next runner. 😡
It was clearly intentional. She should have, at very least, been warned the first time, ejected the second.
Clearly you could see it was intentional and she should have been kicked out of the game I'm glad her and her team lost
That's obviously intentional, unacceptable, and she should be removed from the game. It's a game. Of course, normally u see runners blatantly running over the catcher to score runs and plenty of ppl defend that and shouldn't. Both are unacceptable. It's amazing to me that the level of anger, win at all costs, not caring about other ppl is everything in society. It's even all over girls sports, not just guys in my opinion. Thx.
gotta hand it to her though she's a brick wall
ted pen she's like 6"5
And she was my neighbor
She needs a trip to a psychologist, obvious anger management/mental health issues
Yep definitely intentional. That’s for sure not a sudden movement or elbow twitch. You can see she’s looking over the runner for the right time to throw the elbow.
Wow... that's pretty poor form for an umpire to turn a blind-eye to that. The umpire saw the first elbow happen then double-taked at it like, "did I really just see that?!" The catcher should've been ejected twice...
Not only did she do it twice, but she did it while standing on the chalkline, blocking the plate and her elbow extended once the runner came in contact with her. How is “was this intentional” even a question?
ump should never call an other game
100% all umpires on the field should never call another game not even rec level not even volunteer
that's my school Needville 💯💪💪
Whats the old saying "If your not cheating your not trying"...or is it "If your not 1st your last". I get em confused.
In men's sports, there be some payback in the parking lot waiting for the sore loser
When I saw this video in my feed I wondered if it was Tyler Texas. After the host pronunced “title” I said to myself, “yep, Texas.”
And yet, she wasn't ejected from the game. And the school defending her action (of course) here is part of the news :
Catcher elbows runners trying to score Needville (Texas) High School catcher Megan Crosby throws her elbow into multiple runners from Hargrave (Texas) High School trying to score. Crosby was not ejected from the game.
This action, which is two isolated incidents, is truly out of character for her,” Curt Rhodes said. “We do not support the action, but she is a great young lady. We strongly support our students and coaches; they are talented, dedicated people.”
I played high school varsity soccer for Jasper High School in Jasper, Texas and the State UIL officials don’t do shit. In my opinion, that was an immediate ejection for the catcher.
That umpire was about as useful as a soaked tampon
of couse you dont even have to look at it twice to know that!
A good punch in the Throat stops that kind of behavior.
Ban her. Doing it once is bad enough. What are we gonna do? Wait for someone to get hurt? Send a message that this is unacceptable.
First one was not intentional at 033 the runner was starting to lean in to make contact with catcher. Second one was retaliation for the first runner thinking she was going to take out the catcher. Both times catcher was out of base line.
I’d have the girls press charges <
That’s assault and there’s no room for that I’m sports.
Umpires should of ejected the catcher on the first elbow.
I just love how that catcher literally doesn’t move at all after bumping them lmaoo
It looks like the base runners are ready to throw a shoulder. So, I wouldn’t say the catcher is just supposed to stand there and take it. If you’re about to check someone you better be ready for them to check you back they just got demolished
She meant to Bogarde the plate. The girls flying through the air from getting hit by an elbow is on them. I play checkers harder then that. How embarrassing...
Why didn't someone yell, "She did it again!"?
Coach of that girl would be fired if I was superintendent of that school.
If this was how it was played all the time baseball might actually be watchable. That chick is my hero.
So it is ok to cause a injury to players?
So, intent to injure is OK with you? What about when it happens to YOUR team? You're an asshole.
No question it was intentional, and cowardly. To do that to 2 girls who are looking down to step on the plate is really shitty. And it seems her coaches must be OK with it. Which is even shittier.
Well, yeah. You know it has to be OK with the coaches, or they would have put a stop to it after the first time. It's apparent they either teach, encourage, or tacitly approve BS like this.
When my kids were little, I used to elbow them like that (well...not LIKE THAT...but you know...), when they got mad I'd tell them it is a side effect of some medicine I was taking. The medicine would "cause my elbow to move like this" and then I'd elbow them again. This is kinda like that.
100% intentional. There was absolutely no need for it. She should've been ejected from the game after the first time.
Obstruction with malicious contact - should be ejected.
Definitively INTENTIONAL and that ump should be removed!
💯% intentional. Ridiculous question actually…SMH
I don't know much about softball, but that catcher was stationary. Those runners ran into her. She just deflected them.
You are a fool who knows nothing about softball rules.
What hell was the ump doing? It happens twice and you don’t eject her? Is the ump blind?
Well I can tell you this if this happened on my ball field at the end of that play player ejected and if the manager comes out and argues they will be ejected that was flagrant violation and unsportsmanlike conduct not to be tolerated on my ball field ⚾️
If I was one of the runners who got the elbow I would’ve done kicked and pushed the catcher if the ump allows the elbow
The problem is, that's a big girl catching. You don't run her if you're going to end up on the short end of the fisticuffs. That's why drilling her next time up is better.
To the parents and spectators Just don't say anything about it and the umpire will review it if you start yelling he has the full right too eject you from the contest and most likely your daughter from the contest
If you do it once you can immediately apologize and plead you just got upset and emotional. Doing it twice no remorse is kinda crazy
Intentionally hit her , what a bad way to show sportsmanship to those girls
That umpire should be dismissed from umping ever again, he saw it both times and did nothing.
Most disgraceful thing about this video is that the umpires didn’t eject the player and possibly coach too. Or uk, even address the situation, umpire literally watched it happen n just acted like he didn’t see a thing. Smh as a umpire this is embarrassing and makes us all look bad, trust me when I say not all umpires r as disgraceful as the one seen here.
Catcher is ruthless
You don't need to ask. Sometimes "unbiased reporting" just makes you look weak but i guess I'm just mad because its so obviously intentional.
Once? Maybe. Twice? Nobody can legitimately say that it was not intentional. I typically do not advocate for dirty play but you better believe that had that been me, I would have absolutely trucked the catcher if I ever had another opportunity. Lol
It was definitely intentional , so NEEDVILLE CHEATERS SUCK , AND SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY SUCKS TOO FOR STILL RECRUITING HER AFTER THAT AND GIVING HER A STARTING POSITION HER FRESMAN YEAR ! Sam Houston should have pulled her full ride scholarship offer !
The fact that the 2nd infraction is even made possible by the same girl is the problem. It was an obvious cheap shot the first time. These men or women behind the plate are paid to call the game but also they're required to protect these kids on the field as well. By him not calling it the first time correctly is just enabling it to happen a second time. Very poor umpiring. Some are great and some are just there for a paycheck. Shame
After a video of her apparently elbowing opponents went viral this week, catcher Megan Crosby has been disciplined by the Needville Independent School District.
Crosby's penalty wasn't specified, but Needville ISD superintendent Curt Rhodes said disciplinary action has been taken against Crosby
Yes they stopped defending her after it went viral why not discipline her right away and remove her from the game.
How in God's name can an umpire honestly sit there and watch that saying it was not intentionally done. I wish the cameras would have kept rolling to see what happened. The catcher should have been tossed out the game. I would also love to see the game prior to these events to see if the other team initiated something like this being done. There is usually two sides of each story. i am not saying they did anything but would like to know if something happened prior to this.
Who ever defended it is clearly on drugs
BRO WHAT HAPPENED AFTERWARDS?
That catcher would have paid a price..... that's all I am saying.
Where the hell is the umpire, coaches or any adult in this game. Everyone is focused on home plate when a runner is coming in, so I assume they all saw it and did nothing. Pathetic
As an umpire myself, definite intentional. Twice. I would throw her out instantly
My cousin Stevie's says, "YEP. WHATCHA GUNNA DO ABOUT IT?"
Hahahahaha!
Absolutely intentional. Catcher was throwing a temper tantrum because her team was letting the game slip away from them. Two things: 1) I don't know if the field had a scoreboard or not, but if it does and I'm #4 (the second player she elbows), I'm coming back to the plate, and pointing to the scoreboard, and 2) If she doesn't get ejected from the second elbow, then the next time she comes up, it's an automatic drilling, and while a generally do not condone "head hunting," I'm telling my pitcher to go as high up as she feel comfortable....and if she's in a spot where she may not bat again, then their best player of the first three up next inning will be a suitable substitute.
Normally, I don't sanction intentionally drilling batters or precipitating brawls, but this looks like one of those teams who will continue to engage in this sort of BS until the opponent sends them a forceful message to knock it off.
Perfect timing .
How the heck do you even get accidental out of that
Her name is Megan and she lived in my neighborhood
I’m a catcher and sometimes the strap can bug you and you throw your arm out so I can’t really say if she did it intentionally
But TWO times as the players on the other team are try ih ng to get to the plate? I get it if she might've adjusted if it was uncomfortable but that looked 100% intentional. She looked like she was getting ready to do that when they came by
Ashley Zuniga I know it happened twice because it has happened to me because of my strap and discomfort in the position of my arm
@@sofiaconner4804 Yeah, right, asshole. And what amazing timing on the strap, right? People like you should not be permitted anywhere near youth sports.
I have been a college umpire and high school umpire this play should have been ejected by both their rules!
You know it was intentional, it's obvious, you just wanted everyone to comment to up your youtube stats.