He didn't hit the kid. He just kind of tapped him on the chest after he dropped the f bomb. Of course they have to act like he was beating him to death. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]
ESPN to use 5-second delay after Staten Island player swears on live TV
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Staten Island manager Nick Doscher and one of his players were reprimanded by Little League World Series organizers Monday following an incident during the New York team's 1-0 loss to Lemont, Ill., in which the player yelled an obscenity and Doscher responded by striking him.
Staten Island, trailing by a run, had just turned a double play in the top of the sixth when the unidentified player swore as the players huddled in the dugout before the team's final turn at-bat.
The obscenity was clearly heard on ESPN's prime-time broadcast of the game, just before the network cut to commercial. It appeared that Doscher then struck the player with an open hand.
"Little League International was extremely disappointed in the behavior of the player and coach involved in the incident,'' the organization said in a statement.
"Because the incident was not noticed by any umpire, the Little League International Tournament Committee has reprimanded the player and manager. Both have been advised that any further similar or unsportsmanlike behavior will result in removal from the Little League International Tournament.''
Neither Doscher nor the player were immediately available for comment. The team planned a dinner off Little League grounds Monday night.
ESPN said it has decided to use a five-second delay for remaining Little League broadcasts.
Staten Island (0-2) faces Phoenix (1-1) on Tuesday, the final day of pool play.
You'll shoot your eye out.
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He didn't hit the kid. He just kind of tapped him on the chest after he dropped the f bomb. Of course they have to act like he was beating him to death. [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]
"There he goes, one of Gods own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die"
11-12 is too young to be using harsh words,,,
i didn't start until i was 8 or 9,,, HA
The Coach tapping the kid on the chest will overshadow the kid dropping the F bomb.
Of course. He should have just slapped the numbskull in the mouth.
"There he goes, one of Gods own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die"
You're probably right. He's lucky he just got a tap on the chest. When I was a kid it might have been a smack in the mouth!
ESPN said the coach "smacked" the player. They made it sound like he boxed his jaws.
In honor and memory of my best friend Toby (oletob)
Take em one at a time and everything else will take care of itself
The coach had the mic, he was probably trying to keep the kid from going off worse.
What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach, so you get what we had here last week which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it.
My dad took me out of a game one because I said the "s" word after being beaned twice in the same hand.
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He didn't hit the kid.
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Not my words. I was just quoting the headline.
Wish I could see a video of it, to see for myself the 'hit'.
You'll shoot your eye out.
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