Most Embarassing Moment...........

Since it seems to have slowed a little bit, how about a little fun time!

Share with us the most embarassing moment you have had as a player, coach, umpire or fan.

A good friend, Gman 13 asked me to tell my story on here one time, and I will, but first I must see that there are others out there as foolish as me!

Maybe this will give everyone a good laugh and I know I could use that!

 

Well it wasn't from me, but i watched it as I was on the same team as him at the time. We were playing at the ripken experience at myrtle beach. Our center fielder hit a line drive down the left field line, and was rounding third to score on an inside the park homerun, and 3 steps down the line he falls completely on his face and slides at least 7 or 8 feet on the turf, gets up and scores standing up. Probably the funniest thing i've ever seen in my life on a baseball field.


Another one:

Not sure when it happened but I was catching when a kid took a homerun swing on a 3-0 count and hit it straight into the ground, and right as he looked up at the conclusion of his swing, the ball flies up and hits the bill of his helmet and knocks it off as he's exiting the box, he wasn't sure what happened to he turned around caught his helmet and turned off and sprinted down the line at first. Another pretty good story.

 

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Back in the day, I was 13 years old playing 13-15 league, championship game, bottom of seventh, down by one, two out, full count, runner at second and third, I slapped a roper into right field. Thinking the RF might have a play at first, I ducked my head and ran hard and fast. Everyone cheered, so I figure now the game is tied. Going back to first after running long past the bag, I see a runner at third and get excited. I take my place on first, then take a large lead and take off to second base on the first pitch. Knowing there will probably be no throw or I can get pickled if there is we are going to win. Soon as I get within 12 ft from second and I see 2 things. One is a runner on second saying go back and the other is the second baseman coming at me with the ball and tagging me out. Everyone on the bench starting screaming at me. I had just stole 2nd with the bases loaded and lost the game. Fortunately, I lived within walking distance from the field. I saw the angry mob on the bench, so I ran out to centerfield, climbed over the fence and walked home leaving my equipment and bicycle.

 

I have so many, I'm not sure which one to mention first. You know that stupid play where there is a man on 1st and 3rd and the pitcher fakes it to 3rd and throws it to 1st. It NEVER works. It should be BANNED from baseball. You are not allowed to deceive a runner like that and no one on 1st is stupid enough to fall for that dumb trick.................................the 2nd time

 

TWo years ago I was coaching a team at St Andrews in a showcase tournament. The 3rd base coaches box there is a recessed concrete pad. I was winding a runner around third and tripped on the box and fell flat on my butt. The run scored and the kids were rolling in the dugout. I hit my head pretty hard on teh ground and a coach came to see if I was okay. I was too embarrassed to get up too fast... I will never forget that!!

 

Rec basketball but embarrassing just the same. My team called it final timeout with score tied, a couple seconds on the clock, and the other team going to the line for one shot. During the timeout, I reminded all the other players that we were out of timeouts. The opponent promptly misses the FT, I grap the rebound and of course go braindead and yell for timeout. Technical foul with one second left. They hit it, we lose, I sneak out the back door.

 

way too many to remember. one that immediately comes to mind was this year during junior legion, one of our players stole 2nd. he thought the ball was foul tipped and he slowly walked back to first base even though he was completely safe on 2nd. i dont know what the other team was thinking because he got back to 1st safe. it was funny stuff.

 

My HS coach tells this story to this day. My younger brother, a catcher and speed deprived, is on 1st. He decides he can get a great jump on the pitcher, and decides to go on his own...and slides into 2nd without as much as a throw. Only problem is, when he pops up he finds a teamate already there ... to this day he swears it was 1st and 3rd and not bases loaded.

 

My Moment!!!!!!

The local senior league called one day desperate for a home plate umpire and me being the nice guy I am, said yes! Before I go on, let me fill in a detail or 2. After a baseball game, my son and his friends and teammates decided to hang around a visit a mall to eat and kill time. As we walked around a store, the boys decided it would be funny to dare me to buy a man thong put it on. BASHFULLNESS, has never been one of my better qualities. So needless to say I did.

Now back to the original story! As I prepared myself to go umpire, I realized that I didn't have a jock strap or cup. I hadn't played or umpired in years, so I run to my son's room and try to pull one of his on! (for those that don't know us, my son weighs like 165 lbs and I look like I ate him) Needless to say it didn't work! I scrambled around the house trying to superglue some contraption to protect the jewels and then I remembered , THE THONG! So I switched from boxers to thong, placed the cup in it's intended spot and voila! It was actually comfortable, I was set!

I arrived at the game, gave my stern warnings to coaches and fans alike, it was a scalding hot day and as I said before, I wasn't prepared to umpire, so I had on underarmour shorts and a tshirt. I tucked the tshirt in so as not to allow crack to show, but I was bothered by the thought of that happening, so I went to the fans in the stands and asked them to please let me know if my shirt came untucked and ump crack began to show. (Besides I didn't want my shorts to slide down so that everyone knew I had on a thong instead of a jock strap) The game went off without incident, cup actually worked as it withheld a glancing blow. As I was picking up my water bottle off the fence behind the plate, this nice looking older lady whom I have known my whole life, looked at me and smiled and said, "honey, I watched your butt all game long and I never saw your crack one time." She winked at me and walked off! Probably most embarrassed I have ever been in my life.

The positive is that as an umpire, if you have never tried it, it is the most comfortable jock strap alternative you could ever use in your life. I am thinking of marketing my own multi purpose thong. Official butt floss of umpires everywhere!