Coach thinks pitcher is cheating, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tense matchup between two rival college baseball teams, North Carolina and Liberty, the bottom of the fifth inning unfolds with dramatic tension. North Carolina's left-handed pitcher, Rap, is dominating the Liberty batters, "pouring strikes into the zone" with his "frisbee pitch." The Liberty coach, Scott, is watching the game closely from the dugout. He leans over to the North Carolina assistant coach, who used to work with him, and says, "Hey, your buddy over there, I think he's cheating." The assistant coach replies, "I don't have any problem beating him, but you know, our families are close." As Rap continues to cruise through the Liberty lineup, the Liberty coach suddenly stops the game. He approaches the umpires, holding the baseball delicately, and says, "Look at this ball, there's stuff on it." The umpires gather and inspect the ball, with the head umpire saying, "Let's do this after the game, let's not do this now and ruin this young college kid's life." The North Carolina coach, also named Scott, comes out to defend his pitcher, telling the umpires, "Check his bat, check his badge." The umpire responds, "I know, I know, I know," and takes the ball, telling the Liberty coach, "Get that out of here, we don't want you checking him again." The tension continues to build as Rap shuts down the Liberty batters, with the Liberty coach shouting, "We wear that baby!" in reference to something on the baseball. The umpire warns the Liberty coach to calm down, and Rap escapes the inning unscathed. After the game, the two coaches have a tense exchange, with the Liberty coach saying, "It's always somebody's got to lose, so hopefully it's him." The assistant coach acknowledges the families' close relationship, saying, "It is our families are close, you know, my wife his wife and his girls and my boys have spent a lot of time together." The dramatic moment highlights the high stakes and rivalrous nature of the matchup, with the coaches' personal history adding an extra layer of complexity. The umpires' handling of the situation, trying to de-escalate the confrontation, underscores the delicate balance they must maintain in college baseball games.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentyour buddy over there yeah you know he
said it's going to be weird if if we win
but do you have any problem beating him
no i don't have any problem beating him
but you know it is our families are
close you know my my wife his wife and
his so this guy was the assistant coach
or he was a coach at north carolina now
he's with liberty his name is scott the
coach of north carolina is scott so the
two scots know each other and this
should be a friendly matchup bottom of
the fifth inning and rap the lefty just
pouring strikes into the zone got a
little frisbee pitch that's
a ball and that is a swing and a strike
79 miles per hour next batter fouls one
to the left side
and the coach that we just heard talking
he's gonna pick it up and you say hey
stop pause pause pause pause pause i got
something to show you i got something to
show you look at this ball there's stuff
on it
um says oh no come here
come here
come here
you got to look at this ball and then
everyone's making a face and everyone's
making a lot of faces in the background
like oh
drama
oh no
holding the ball very delicately
not to touch the spot the umps get
together they look at it
what could this be
i'm just saying it doesn't look good the
umpire's talking saying what do you
think it is
uh let's do this after the game let's
not do this now
ruin this young college kid's life so
the coach comes out the other scott and
he says check his bat
check his badge scott scott scott scott
scott relax
you're all good nothing's happening the
pitcher rap
he's like all right you guys so we're
good they throw the ball back to the
dugout and then he gets back on the
mound he's like i'll just uh
probably get you guys out with ease now
meanwhile the third base on fire is like
hey don't worry i'm watching him oh yeah
if he does anything up here anything
silly i'm watching don't even worry i
got him scott says you got to be kidding
me
go walk down there which i don't know
what that means but it looks very much
he says go walk down there i have no
idea
rap
the lady was wearing two hats don't
think he is just a ridged brim strike
one or strike two strike three because
he had the foul ball on him wow you're
out chump
next guy strike one strike two and
another foul ball hits a player in the
chest knocks him down oh my god
[Music]
[Laughter]
yeah this is a coach screaming we wear
that baby which i don't know if that's a
thing to be proud of um or whatever i
don't even know what that is two-two
they get him out rap gets out of the
inning and the coach he just tells the
umpire something like hey man
that's you gotta check the bat
they check us we're gonna check their
guys something like that umpire says oh
i know i know i know scott i know i know
i know and then he takes the ball that's
by the opposing dugout and says get that
out of there we don't want you checking
him again
that's basically it
that's basically it i think the
consensus is
is that
he says the coach shouldn't have done
that so public because they're young
kids
but i have no
idea kind of an interesting thing i
don't think the scots are as friendly as
they said they were
i that's just my one guess
i don't think
weird if if we win but do you have any
problem beating him no i don't have any
problem beating him but you know it is
our families are close you know my my
wife his wife and his girls and my boys
have spent a lot of time together so
special guy special program so it's
always somebody's got to lose so
hopefully it's him yeah i don't know man
i'll publicly saying their pitcher might
be cheating thing
off base