Exactly

Absolutely! It, obviously, is a mistake he'll never make again but we all know the saying about hindsight! Very sad! They did seem to be pressing for a win!

It's not the worst because of the mistake. It's the worst because we were on the verge of an exciting at bat with the possibility of a tying or game winning hit. Not sure why you think a bad ending MUST be due to a player error.

OK I'll take the ones that won then

Then don't make it.

@@alexchen3332 Look buddy, whether I like it or not, the rule is the rule. As an umpire, I have to enforce the rules to uphold the integrity of the game. No exceptions.

SWGoji 2001 if I were the umpire I wouldn’t have the guts to make the call. I just couldn’t.

@@alexchen3332 That's the biggest problem of being an umpire. I have to enforce the rules no matter what. It sucks, but it is what it is

SWGoji 2001 It’s unfortunate

underrated comment tbh

😂

"The rule is 7.08(a. 4) - The runner is out when: the runner slides head first while advancing. There is also a Little League Case Book called "The Right Call" which says, "When to call a runner out for sliding head first - as soon as you determine the act is in fact a head first slide and not just a stumble or trip."

@@SaltiDawg2008 This is not relevant to the OP at all

Keniel Rivera how is he a perv😂

I play baseball and you're probably trash

@@kenielrivera7442 - what?????? What you wrote, made no sense whatsoever!

@@adriansookai ur garbo guaranteed he’s a good ump for that

@@adriansookai what dose you playing bb have anything to do with him being trash and he's probably not

steve b I doubt you could point out 1 person who went blind from sliding head first in baseball

styner3 exactly now ur 54 that was a long time ago

styner3 wow an you needed an injury for people to notice you lol u were a loner before that for sure

You're also 54 years old

It wasn't a rule when you played, but it is a rule now, and a rule is a rule. I feel bad for the kid because he was acting on his athletic instincts but -- it's a rule whether you agree with it or not.

why do they allow head first diving going back to a base, but not towards a base ?

@@aaronaguilar9172 You are generally going a lot slower when getting back to a base than when stretching for a double.

This rule is in place for the kids safety. I had a friend that broke both his wrists sliding headfirst in LL, which is an example of why the implemented this rule.

Little League doesn’t have fixed bases. They are breakaway.

@@deanb024 Having worked many levels of baseball, at different levels, from youth to men’s leagues, there is a wide variety of bases, and that is usually determined by the parks and maintenance departments in the various communities. MLB uses a fixed base (called, I believe, Hollywood bases). At lower levels (excepting possibly NCAA), these were rare, as the field itself has to have the infrastructure to affix the base. I live in the Northeast - and weather makes problems for field maintenance. The most common bases I saw were bases that were held in place with one or two stakes, and you just hope those stakes are driven in as far as possible, to avoid being a hazard to a sliding player. And then there were bases not held down at all, which fly off as soon as a runner slides into them. Umpires had to use our best judgment as to whether the runner was in contact with where the base should be. This can also create adventures around determining fair foul calls, if the base is not in its proper location, which is rarely marked. We were often happy just to have foul lines. Otherwise, you had to try to eyeball the side of the plate, the base, and a foul pole. It could prove to be an adventure. I’ve seen cities and towns spend a lot of money building a field, and then not spending enough money to maintain it properly. So there is no single standard for the type of bases, and as these are public parks, the public has access to these fields when games aren’t being played, so coaches had to bring their equipment, including their bases, with them to practices and games. One nearby city spent a great deal of money in building two fields, one for Little League, and one for older levels with a full size diamond. They spent on fencing, benches, even lights for night games. But they made one HUGE error. They had the backstop barely ten feet from the back of home plate, instead of the regulated 60 feet! Foul balls straight to the backstop literally could bounce off, ricochet, and hit you from rear. And trying to move the fence would have required moving all the lights, which would have been extremely expensive. So Williamsport can write rules regarding ball fields, but that doesn’t mean those rules will be followed.

Ramon Perez Bad coaches

I think third base should be an exception, because you’d rather a bad throw hit your feet or back than your head and the throw is always coming from behind you

@@minecraftcatmanplusg Actually, I think you'd be fine sliding feet first, unless your helmet flew off.

Well, head first slides have been ruled out in Little League for over 30 years, so 'your day' has been long gone.

Fluttershy Luva They are trying to teach proper form. Head first dives actually do cause a lot of injuries.

What is the ratio like 2% of the time you get hurt going head first and 1.8% of the time going foot first, you are one of the people that wants to give a trophy to every kid and not keep score so everyone feels good about themselves.

Fluttershy Luva the league I play in is major league rules. We have pickoffs, steals, balks, headfirst slides, drop third strike, ect. and it is really fun to watch and play because we are playing major league rules and at the same pace as the big leaguers.

9989812 same here pony is better

sliding head first slows you down, injuries are not insanely rare MLB players are trained to play through broken fingers. Nick Markakis played an entire game in DH with a broken thumb. head first sliding makes you jam your hands on the bag and it is easier to brake your wrist/arm getting caught under you than it is with a twisted ankle.

smokert5555 It's for the kids that can't headfirst slide correctly and hurt themselves then sue little league

The Pug I'm not sure how they hurt themselves. They're wearing helmets.

Every broken neck that every occurred in baseball/softball, at all levels, happened on head first slides. As well, as you may have noticed in the press about football recently, helmets don't prevent concussions, especially when you lead with the head....sliding head first can result in smacking your head on the fielders' knees and shins and WILL, even with a helmet, result in concussions.

shpaget1 Sorry, but i've never heard of anybody breaking their neck sliding head first, either professional or amateur. Do you have any references for this? I would point out sliding in baseball occurs rarely while tackles using the head can occur many times a game. It is also much more dangerous to be pitched to in baseball that it is running the bases. If they are outlawing head first slides but don't care about batting, what does that really say?

Except for my grade ten history teacher, no - I know of no professional incident, which is, however, part of the point. The older and more experienced you get, then the more you learn how to slide properly, in a controlled fashion. It does happen in amateur games...it's rare, just like broken necks in hockey are rare. The incident that does happen a LOT is broken fingers, wrists and hands...it seems to be easier to injure your hands than your knees/ankles on slides...especially if you don't know what you're doing. As far as batters...well, they did put helmets on batters, didn't they? And they put padding on catchers, didn't they? And some of the younger ball leagues make the batters wear chest protectors too, because there have been a few incidents of fastballs hitting players in the heart and stopping it. Some leagues are making pitchers wear masks and/or helmets. It's not about "outlawing" head first slides - it's about removing a potentially dangerous element of the game from players of an age that aren't coordinated enough to do it safely and properly, without impacting the integrity of the game. There are leagues that also forbid sliding into first base, and others that mandate sliding into home plate for similar reasons. As far as many times versus fewer times - doesn't matter. It only needs once, and the point is, helmets don't eliminate concussions, they reduce the incidence. Sliding headfirst exponentially increases your chance of a concussion of sliding feet first.

Rule needs changed been stupid since day one.

But this kid is 10 times smarter than Webber, so it's odd that he would make such a bone-headed decision... even in the heat of competition. Not surprising though about Webber. Not surprising at all.

@@donarthiazi2443 Do you have evidence of an IQ test or something?

Another dumb comment.

Preston Lea No. The rule is for PLAYER SAFETY. I not only approve of that rule, I ENFORCE IT VIGOROUSLY.

Steve Dandy dude sliding head first isn't gonna kill you

Reilly..it could easily break your neck. And then they kid would be as much of a burden to society as you are healthy.

Reilly Byers How about SERIOUSLY INJURE a player? It is SAFER to slide FEET FIRST. End of discussion.

knickknack07 - I agree with your first sentence, but after that, I STRONGLY object to LABELING someone who is handicapped "a burden to society." People who are handicapped can still have a "quality life" (albeit limited). Who are YOU to DENY them that? Lastly, pray that YOU never become handicapped and, as you said "a burden to society."

that's a terrible rule

Not always

I've been an umpire for 36 years. LL, HS, JC, NCAA, MiLB games. It is very rare to find a ball player or coach that knows the rules... At all. JS

There is no rule in Little League that prevents a runner from jumping over a catcher (just that they need to attempt to avoid contact) and no local leagues are allowed to alter that rule (at least not for Majors division.)

Michigan High School Athletic Association Rule, not Little League

Dumb rule. If you're going to have a rule dealing with contact at the plate, that rule needs to be that the catcher cannot block the plate. It's idiotic to say that the runner should have to attempt to avoid contact. Who is writing these rules?

Actually, you don't. A recent study showed the injury rate on head-first slides is about one in 250. For feet first, the rate is 1 in over 400.

Dive is BACK to a base not what he did sliding INTO a base.

Ya think? smh

Supposedly it's more dangerous for the runner. It's pretty easier to break a finger or dislocate a shoulder that young

paul blake that's a stupid rule and how is the runner supposed to remember when the games on the line

because its a little league rule... his coaches should have done a better job teaching him that....

Charles Baseball lol because it's an important rule to remember and not 1 that should be forgotten. The kid made a mistake. It happens. I'm just saying it shouldn't be in the video.

Because they are taught the fundamentals of sliding. And taught the rules. And taught that no player ever broke his neck sliding feet first. It's a safety rule. How are kids supposed to remember to put their helmet on when the game is on the line? How are kids supposed to remember to tag up on a fly ball when the game is on the line? How are kids supposed to remember to run on a dropped third strike when the game is on the line? For someone with "baseball" in his name you sure don't have a clue about the sport.

paul blake that is why I don't play little league, I play USSA

You are a player in the game it sounds like. You likely had no idea when he made the call since you were likely watching the play. It was probably being called right from the beginning and you didn't notice in the excitement. BTW, the foot stepping on the corner of the paint of the plate in it's own is nothing. The foot has to be completely out of the box. Now plate could delay that call a second in making sure he was confident the foot was out of the box. But to wait that long, no call would be made at that point.

Little League is chartered by Congress as a Leadership Development Program, not a Sports Program. Little League uses baseball as a vessel to teach life lessons. yes Pony is competitive and uses MNL rules, which is not why LL exists.

Because you are generally not running full force for 60 feet before diving back to the back. Even without lead offs, as you said, it is generally making too wide of a turn. Most of the time a too wide of a turn will be 10 feet at the most. So it is basically a no-momentum dive back. Much less risk of sliding in too hard, jamming your head/neck on the bag and breaking your neck.

Players leave the base when the pitch gets to the plate and then go back to the base. Runners are usually going faster heading into the base then returning to it. Have you ever watched a baseball game?

Depends on the age and league. In house usually has those rules for 7-10u. not travel.

Colby Gibson I play travel ball too and it's the same way

the point is that this rule is BS!

Oh..it is worse than concussions. IT doesn't take your head being out of proper position by very much and starting the slide a little too late to hit hard enough to break your neck. And then the kid gets to eat out of a feeding tube for the next 30 years before he dies in his early 40s.

Well...they have MUCH more data to work with than just what YOU saw. So they know there are more more (and more importantly, more SEVERE) injuries from head first sliding.