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Mar. 4, 2013 6:15pm Becket Adams

Baseball is a lot of things: Exciting, strategic, historic, suspenseful.

It is not, however, a contact sport. Well, it isn’t unless your name is Pete Rose or you happen to be pitching for a Division III college baseball team that’s down 6-2:

The hit happened during a Sunday game between Hendrix College (Conway, Ark.) and Berry College (Mount Berry, Ga.), according to the video’s description.

Larry Brown Sports describes the scene:

The YouTube uploader, whose user name is “HendrixBaseballFan,” says the Berry College pitcher threw at batter Matt Simmons, who had called timeout just before the pitch was delivered. The next pitch was in the dirt, and Hendrix’s runner at third tried to score. We say “tried” to score, because nobody could have predicted what happened next.

As junior center fielder Collin Radack was attempting to score, he was leveled by Berry’s pitcher. You can’t even try to argue the contact was accidental, because the video shows the pitcher locating the runner and running straight at him.

As mentioned in the above, Berry was down by four runs when the pitcher, Levi Austin, took down Hendrix’s Collin Radack. So who knows? Maybe the dirty hit was a bit of frustration coming out.

Amazingly enough, and despite Radack being awarded the run (even though he clearly didn’t touch home plate), Berry managed to rally and take the game 9-7.

Oh, also, you better believe Austin was disciplined for his “unorthodox” tactics: “The school’s athletic director informs Larry Brown Sports that the player has been suspended for the team’s next conference three-game series.”

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dodgedart1966
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 8:10am
In other news–Berry’s football coach is now recruiting Levi Austin to play linebacker next season.
It was a good tackle.

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- redfish52
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 9:36am
  Oh but had the kid that got tackled was black the NAACP would be marching buy now..
  
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- TONY BOLOGNA
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 10:06am
  @Redfish52 – I feel sorry for you and the people who know you. To bring ethnicity or race into this discussion based on the story above is a sure sign that your mind is not working on all cylinders! It must truly suck to be you and have so much anger inside of your tiny little brain. I shall say a prayer for you.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 10:08am
  @redfish52
  
  And if the pitcher was black, you’d be talking about how it proves all blacks are thugs.
  
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- mcdaris324
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 12:17pm
  Berry doesn’t play football right now but they are going to have a football team next year
  
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- 226crimsontrace
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 12:25pm
  Wow, a base ball game, with excitement, at least enough for me to watch 10 seconds of it
  
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- Stoneez
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:27pm
  @ TonyHam….Redfish was just making a CORRECT observation considering the BS that goes on nowadays with our leaders, the media and race. Sure it says something about him, but it says probably more about you and your pathetically pious and arrogant attitude! “I’ll say a little prayer for you…” Shut the hell up
  
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rangerskippy
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 8:01am
Whaaaa, Whaaaaa

Put dresses on them all.

At about age eight, I went to my dad, and asked why we do not play baseball, being all the boys at school played it.

He looked at me with disgust, and replied “men do not play non contact sports, those sports are for girls. We play collision sports”

Thus I stayed with football and wrestling

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- greenongreen1
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 9:00am
  Love it.
  
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- blazer809
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 9:49am
  It’s baseball, you don’t run over a player without the ball in your hand. Come on man!? My dad told me that I should watch out for men name Skippy, but hey I wrote to ya….
  
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- rangerskippy
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 11:10am
  Blazer
  
  haaa, good comments.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 11:53am
  Outside of sports, this kind of thing is called battery, and can carry a sentence of up to 5 years in the State Penitentiary. Attempted on someone like me on the street the attack carries a sentence of extreme bodily harm and/or death, as I take the assault as an assault and shoot them before they can do harm to me or someone nearby.
  
  In the game this was an intentional assault, outside any rules or expectations. Much like in a contact sport paying players to injure players on the opposing team. Why sports get passes on this kind of conduct is beyond me.
  
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- Clive
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 3:03pm
  two dudes, rolling around on the ground, grinding on each other… nothing more “manly” than wrestling eh ranger?
  
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Exidor
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 7:47am
That kid has some growing up to do…

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REVerse
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:58am
Never seen that before. Desperation, I guess…

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mcsledge
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:37am
Amazingly enough, and despite Radack being awarded the run (even though he clearly didn’t touch home plate), Berry managed to rally and take the game 9-7.

He was awarded the run due to interference. Easy call by the umpire.

The pitcher on the other hand should be booted from playing collegiate ball.

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- yukon1969
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 6:14am
  To be accurate, it was Defensive Obstruction. Interference would have been on the offense. Easy way to remember is OI – DO (Oh I do).
  
  Once an umpire, always an umpire I guess.
  
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- braddock66
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 7:36am
  I love it they should think about changing some of the rules. baseball is too boring. Now this I could watch.
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 10:01am
  Baseball is a great game to play but watching it on TV is like watching paint dry.
  
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De-Elect
Posted on March 5, 2013 at 12:08am
Psychological evaluation coming up

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- Rojolobo
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 1:14am
  Football? No, wait. Soccer? No…ah ha..baseball. Got it.
  
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FightingBear
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:14pm
I don’t know what kind of pitching rotation they are on, but the chances are good that he wouldn’t have pitched in the next three games even without the three game suspension. In other words, this “punishment” may in reality be no punishment at all. I’m surprised reporters haven’t clarified this with the Athletic Director.

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Buddynoel
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:11pm
Pitchers don’t play every day in order to keep their arms fresh. Sitting him down for the next three-game series is not called a suspension, it’s called a pitching rotation. I bet someone will get spiked next time these two teams play.

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- midcoastmainepatriot
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 10:17pm
  I would’a busted his head the F#$K%N base-ball bat!!!!!!
  
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garbagecanlogic
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:21pm
Thats how they do it in the jungle and the streets of chicago – so what is new?

Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.

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skullbuster
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:18pm
Great suspension. As a pitcher he wasn’t going to play for at least 3 games anyway. His name is Levi Austin. Everybody remember that and let him and Hendrix know on facebook.

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Rowgue
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:11pm
Suspended for three games? If that school had an ounce of character he would be thrown off the team. He knew the run was going to score because what he did is baserunner interference. He didn’t care, he was intentionally going after a guy trying to injure him because his feelings were getting hurt.

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DeVain
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:59pm
Tackle baseball.

I may watch it then!

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DoOrDie
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:49pm
I would have kneed that pitches teeth out as he was getting up.

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jedmunda
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:44pm
Baseball is a lot of things: Exciting, strategic, historic, suspenseful. Except that it isn’t exciting, strategic, or suspenseful. Baseball is a lot of things: historic, . . . .well, OK, I guess all it is is historic.

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Matrix22
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:28pm
That was a pretty cheap move by the batter to begin with (calling time out right before a pitch), but man, there was no call for that sort of reaction from the pitcher.

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- Rowgue
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:04pm
  Yeah calling timeout once well before the pitcher was into his windup. Really bush league stuff there.
  
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Skip63
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:22pm
No don’t throw him out, sign him up for the football team!
Nice block!

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- Rowgue
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 12:18pm
  I’m guessing him trying to block somebody that’s actually aware he’s trying to block them wouldn’t go nearly so well for this panty waist.
  
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jungle J
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:18pm
progressive actions.

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zgomer
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:03pm
Throw the pitcher out of the game!

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zgomer
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:03pm
Throw the cheating pitcher out!

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Stevsea
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:54pm
All sports are on a downward spiral of zero sportsmanship, zero honor, crybaby losers. It’s a generational thing. It really is. But it’s not their fault. Very sad indeed.

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- Vision Harry
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:14pm
  Sorry Stevo, It is their fault. I don’t care what you’ve been taught, there is still free agency in this life. Unfortunately we lack it’s counterpart, accountability.
  
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- DoOrDie
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 8:46pm
  It’s completely their fault. No one has any morals or respect these days and that comes from within ones soul.
  
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- savagenatn
  Posted on March 5, 2013 at 4:47am
  not their fault huh? Let’s not hold anybody accountable, is that what we’re saying here? You have got to be kidding me! This punks coach AND father should ban him from playing on the team. What a da mn joke. He should have gotten the crap beaten out of him by the other team for this garbage.
  
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obamanation
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:51pm
This is exactly why I went from playing baseball to hockey. Baseball is too boring and I get to slam in to people in hockey every time I play! No pain, no gain!

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GoodStuff
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:44pm
“Lol and so baseball continues its downward spiral…”

Yes, because baseball players have never fought in the past. Stop your nonsense.

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TexasKnight
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:42pm
I am sad to say I did almost the same thing along time ago.
Playing as the catcher, and dropped the ball, i charged the incoming baserunner and took him OUT.
I should mention, I am 6-6 300lbs…..he was called safe, even though he never touched the bag either.

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- Rowgue
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 9:07pm
  He’s supposed to be called safe and awarded the base he was atempting to advance to. It’s baserunner interference.
  
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Master_and_Commander
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:29pm
Lol and so baseball continues its downward spiral…

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- GoodStuff
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:42pm
  “Lol and so baseball continues its downward spiral…”
  
  You mean baseball players have never fought in the past? Stop you nonsense.
  
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- Keatonc333
  Posted on March 4, 2013 at 7:24pm
  Downward spiral? come on man. America’s pastime is on the rebound! WBC!
  
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4xeverything
Posted on March 4, 2013 at 6:21pm
Hahahahahaha…I’d call that a Mike Tyson moment.

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