and that's the same coach who brought in a new pitcher to inherit a 3-0 count with the tying run on 3rd. I know Kent wasn't throwing strikes but there is no way that's the right call to pull him there..
@@sambafreak13 I think he knew they were going to lose and didn't want his star player to have to go through further humiliation. The guy he put on the mound was a scapegoat.
@@Majerly_Annoyed I agree that may have been why the coach made the move, which in my opinion is a bad move. Star players need to face the heat and play up to par in pressure performances. The coach's language belittling him by asking the other pitcher if he could throw a pitch over the plate was probably more humiliating than if he stayed in and lost the game.
It’s little league you creeps. You entitled aristocrats from the UK love playing baseball because it’s so easy and there’s no crying. Unlike this little cry baby biootch who got the fat on his back hit. That’s the same people who get mad when somebody admires their home runs. It’s little league. And it’s the lamest easiest sport on earth. Cocky? You realize you are saying the word c@&k and talking about 12 years olds? Plus these punk bitches aren’t 12 and they aren’t from the southwest USA. Maybe Australia!!?! Louisiana? The southwest? Are you dumb?
OMG what am I missing here lol did the kid hurt another player ? Was foul play involved ? What did I miss because all I saw was 12 yr old kid having fun playing the game he loves and after loosing the game he shook everyone's hand and left it all on the field, based on the comments you would think this kid was some diabolical villain lol ppl shaming the kids parents and coaches SMH it's ridiculous the kid went out there and had fun like a 12 yr old should when playing sports, it's a great learning lesson for him and he handled it very well
@@Jay-ls4cd Exactly. What he learned was that his coach should not have let him pitch. And when he did he left him in there to long. The coach clearly cost the team this game.
You obviously know nothing about baseball. The coach lost the game for them by leaving him in there way to long! And there is nothing wrong with this kid celebrating, we need to be made felt inferior sometimes, your just a little cry baby that has had a easy life.
Exactly..it is NOT the kid's fault. I bet the bank that his Dad is a cocky blowhard. No other reason why he'd allow his kid to act this way. It's good that he was humbled.
Absolutely, his parents are probably kissing his ass and not teaching him anything that will really help him succeed in life. He’ll fail because he isn’t held accountable for anything. Why he wasn’t tossed for sitting on the base is beyond me or anyone else. The umps failed the game allowing that.
I agree. Also, besides the "meditating" on third base, he really didn't do all that much wrong. Especially when it's the biggest moment of his life, and he's hopped on adrenaline and excitement. I feel like the guy making this video and titling it the way he did is a far greater offense or classless act than anything the kid did. Especially when that kid must feel _horrible_ already. Ashamed, embarrassed, feeling like everything was his fault, that everyone blames him, etc. As someone who's played sports all their life at various levels(never the LLWS mind you, but still), that shit will stick with him for the rest of his life. "Man, if only I did this, or didn't do that," fantasizing about things going differently, etc.
What happens when all you've heard your entire short life is how great you are. If I had ever sat down on a base like that I'd have been doing all my sitting on the bench next game.
@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 showboating is disrespectful to other players, other teams, the league, the fans (except for the stupid ones who were not raised properly), and baseball in general. Arrogance is not becoming.
The Louisiana coaches are exceptional! The sportsmanship shown by the Louisiana players shows that their coaches are teaching them how to live their life with Class. Stay Classy Louisiana!
His behavior on the field, mimics his behavior off the field! Hopefully he learned a lesson that will help him to be a better person both on, and more importantly off the field!
This is the result you get when everyone in your life tells you that you are the greatest thing ever, every minute of the day. I feel bad for the kid, he's been conditioned his entire life to act this way. Horrible parenting and coaching are to blame for this. Hopefully he matures and sees what life is all about.
True. Plus, what is with all the Little League on TV now? Used to be that just the LLWS championship game was televised. Now it's everywhere. These kids know very well that they are on TV.
I was umpiring when the losing team were acting like clowns. No respect for the game. I talked to the manager about his teams' clowning actions to no avail. I soon stopped the game and awarded the opposing team the winner.
@@tomguba1137 excellent move! When the Umpires, collectively, stop tolerating that garbage and act accordingly, maybe things will change. If anyone on my children’s teams acted a fool and the Umpire/Official tossed ‘em or prematurely rendered a game decision, I would come up at the end of the contest and shake their hand and give a $100 tip
exactly, disregarding how classless this is, if he was good as he thought he was this would be just another saturday and there would be no need to celebrate like that. Business as usual.
@@richpaul6806 You mean like just about every WR or DB or RB in the NFL? Yeah, great players but no class, heck the NFL even gives them a camera in the end zone to act like jack asses!
Good sportsmanship shown at the end. It's also good to learn these lessons when you're young - nothing is over till that final buzzer sounds. Whether you're the leader, or the chaser, it ain't over till it's over. Go hard till the end.
I feel bad for the kid put on the mound with the bases loaded and a 3-0 count against him with just a 1 run lead. The coach should have made the cocky kid shoulder the responsibility of blowing the lead. If one of those two boys had to face the terrible memory of blowing the biggest game ever, it should have been the showoff.
I would expect the pitcher to be replaced as well, my only hangup was when he was on a 0-3 count. That's a huge amount of pressure to put on any reliever. I think the coach made the right call, baseball is a whacky sport. Look at the Mariner/Indians game back in 2001, trailing 14-2 in the 7th the Mariners came back to win it in the 11th. Anything can happen and complacency is usually the culprit.
No place for narcissistic behavior in Little League baseball. Seems to be the norm now, I know they're kids but it's an ugly character trait to have. It's not all about you😮😮
My Dad coached me in Little League when I was 12 years old. I was pitching in a tournament similar to this game. My Dad pulled me from the game because we were losing (didn't have my best stuff, Lol) and I was acting like a brat on the mound blaming my teammates for my poor performance. As I sat on the bench watching my team lose the game, I was in tears. After the game I refused to shake hands with the other team because I was embarrassed because I was crying. When my Dad walked back to the dugout & noticed I wasn't at home plate shaking hands with the other team, he ordered me to go into the other team's dugout & shake hands with every player. It was 100 times more embarrassing. With tears rolling down my face, I walked across the entire infield to the other dugout to congratulate them & walked back to my dugout. That life lesson has stuck with me my entire life...be humble in victory & gracious in defeat. That was 41 years ago & I can remember it like it was yesterday.
My son coached my granddaughter's softball team. She was an exceptionally good player. She started throwing attitude when it came to being coached thinking she knew it all, didn't think she needed to be coached and was stupid enough to tell her father so. She found herself sitting out a series of games and not on the bench. He made her stay home .... he told her she would derive no benefit from sitting on the bench with a sour attitude to match her sour expression. When she finally got to play again, she would put herself up front when any of the coaches had anything to say.
Kudos to the kid on the other team that gave the kid 5 when he got the homerun. I'm always routing for good sports like that⚾️⚾️🧠💪🏾 kudos to the entire Louisiana team for the love after the game. True sportsmanship
Shame on that manager of the Oklahoma team for allowing that kid to act that way. When I managed on the little league and high school level, if any of my players acted like that they'd be sitting on he bench quicker than they could blink an eye. The showboating that goes on today is shameful and does nothing but show that the coaching staff is undisciplined and, as we saw in this video, is fuel to the opposing team.
Bad coaching. Letting the kid do what he wants because he’s a good bat. Putting him in to pitch because he can pitch to bad hitters was not a good move. This team got as far as they did on good hitting and fielding because they only had 1 good pitcher.
@@pivotmaster9556that kid does not even know theres a lesson to be learned here. Did you see the look on his face when they got hits off him. He’s like hay. Im me. You are not supposed to hit off
It’s been decades but our MLB players often found new life in Japan. The Japanese then would only allow one American player per team, due to their crassness.
In the wise words spoken by my HS football coach over 45 years ago, "Son, act like you've been there before.". Drop the bat, put your head down, and humbly jog around the bases.
Every time John Stallworth caught a TD for the Pittsburgh Steelers he just dropped the football to the ground No spiking no dancing. That's the way it should be!
@@JimFox-vm9rx yeah, our freshman football running back coach told us(i.e. the backs) to either drop the where you got tackled, or to bring it to an umpire.
...just like Mickey Mantle used to do. Drop the bat, look at the basepath and run around the bases. This kid was imitating the many cocky and self-centered major leaguers who flip bat's, point fingers, and otherwise gloat whenever they do something they think will get them on SportsCenter.
Those coaches were worthless. Not only did they allow that behavior but they made a pitching change with a 3-0 count bases loaded. You can’t set up a next pitcher for failure anymore than that.
Played a lot of baseball growing up, t-ball, LL, high school, 2 years college and 1 year triple A, any of those clubs had I or any other player sat on the base like that, anyone of my coaches would have instantly pulled us and probably not have played the next game. Flipping of the bat, the slow roll around the bases would have gotten us a lecture and the promise of being pulled next time.
I played up through Senior League (age 15) back in the 70's. I can tell you that had I done a bat flip and a Cadillac home run stroll, I could expect to get drilled my next time up.
So you're saying you played 2 years of college ball, got drafted and sent to triple A and then retired at 20 or 21? Seriously? Come on man, you can make up a more realistic scenario than that.
@@mattw8529 Single A short season MAYBE but you don't go straight to Triple A. Man even Ken Griffey Jr had a cup of coffee in single A for the Vermont Mariners
@mattw8529 the son of a gym owner I worked for did the same. Played triple A for a few years, realized he wasn't going to make it to the majors, so he hung it and did something else instead. Minor league players don't make a whole lot, so for many, it's not worth staying there for an entire career
The kid has talent, there's no doubt about that. But if he gets anywhere in the game it will be because of lessons like this. Humility and respect are the foundations of a good teammate and a good person.
Talent at 12 years old means nothing about whether or not he will physically mature into a MLB caliber player. Him being cocky has nothing to do with it either. I've had friends drafted by MLB teams and they were both just big dudes with big arms. One was probably less mature than these kids and the White Sox still paid him a bunch of money to dick around on farm squads for a few years.
It’s little league you creeps. You entitled aristocrats from the UK love playing baseball because it’s so easy and there’s no crying. Unlike this little cry baby biootch who got the fat on his back hit. That’s the same people who get mad when somebody admires their home runs. It’s little league. And it’s the lamest easiest sport on earth. Cocky? You realize you are saying the word c@&k and talking about 12 years olds? Plus these punk bitches aren’t 12 and they aren’t from the southwest USA. Maybe Australia!!?! Louisiana? The southwest? Are you dumb?
The sportsmanship, kindness, integrity and character those young men from Louisiana played with, was so refreshing to see. In a country where the adults seem to care less and less about these traits, I was pleased to see this.
Mickey Mantle, another OK kid, said he always ran around the bases with his eyes down and his speed normal. He said he knew the pitcher was already embarrassed by the home run so there was no reason to make it worse by flipping a bat or acting like a peacock.
I pitched through Senior League. I can tell you that anytime a pitcher gives up a home run, they've got a clock running in their heads, subconsciously timing the batter's home run trot. There was no hard and fast "rule" as to what was acceptable and what wasn't, but just kind of an instinct when a "slow trot" (OK) crossed the line into taunting or Cadillacing. (Not OK) And pitchers remember, too.
They also know EXACTLY how high you flipped that bat. 3 feet is okay, 10 feet becomes an IOU. Each pitcher has an allowable height in his head. No sport has more unwritten rules than baseball. Not even close. It's part of the charm.
Great job Louisiana for keeping your head up and not giving up and then being a good sport at the end and not rubbing it in the other kids face like he was doing to yall our state sucks most of the time but at least we have our good moments when we need it.
I watched the game in real time and thought that kid needed to be disciplined by his coaches,parents and even maybe the umps. If he tried out for my team I would either not take him or make him the last player to play in a game till his attitude changed. Sad that it was going on for years.
It's been almost 50 years since I played Little League. None of that behavior would have been tolerated even once when we played, even the recreational teams we played on. It would have been warming the bench until we learned our lesson, apologized to the coach and the team, and never tried anything like it again. It is embarrassing that a top team going for a championship would allow this behavior. It is a real shame how bad parenting and coaching has gotten. The other kids deserve better.
My Brit brother living in the USA, volunteered to coach lacrosse at the local high-school, having been a high-level player. He soon suspended the 'star player' for lack of on-field and training discipline, bad attitude. The kid was a know-all 'Star' and had been treated as such. My brother was practically attacked in the car-park by some of the parents. 'He's our star player!' Rick just said, 'Tough. Until he learns, he's on the bench.' It was such an issue that the School Board became involved, the Community Leaders, all sorts. He was ostracised in some local stores. It went totally crazy until Rick just walked into the School office and quit, leaving them with ringing ears and no coach.. Many of the other players, though, were pleased he took the stance.
I blame the parents for allowing a 12 year old child to be so cocky and disrespectful. If that were my child he would get away with that behavior once. It’s a tough lesson to learn, but hopefully that child learned his lesson and will be more humble in the future.
@@user-ru6mq5sc5n 😂 Either you have never played competitive team sports, or you did and you were terrible. That kid clearly has talent, but he needs to learn the importance of acting like he’s been there before. Again, the adults in his life are to blame as he is just a kid and only knows what he is taught.
That young man is good and was neat to see the opposition treat him like they did even though he did seem to be a bit cocky. He will learn from this and I hope he goes on to greater things.
I remember we beat one of our rival teams in little league. As we lined up to high five and say good game, we all would raise our hand over their hands so they’d miss the high five. Our coach saw us doing that, and made us get BACK in line and do it again and apologize. We stayed at the field for hours after the game in a complete smoke sessions. Running laps etc. Every single parent was in agreement to it as well. That night has stuck with me all my life. The importance of sportsmanship, but also the importance of good leadership/parenting. We were held accountable for our actions, and the coaches/parents ensured we stuck to it. A lot of people these days need to learn these lessons.
Your just a little cry baby. You don't destroy a child's confidence by telling them you can never celebrate. You know nothing about parenting, and it shows.
I blame EVERY ADULT. Coaches, parents, even the umpires. That type of poor sportsmanship should be reprimanded. I'm glad this team lost this game and hopefully they learned their lesson. If they did I hope they use their talents in a proper sportsman like way and have continued success.
they have their entire lives to be treated poorly by others or be humbled . get a life dude . they are kids. sports isn’t about punishment. plenty of that out in the world already . it’s little league
Why the Umpire? As a former umpire I would have put a warning out for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' with the bat flip and slow jog. The meditation at 3rd would have got him tossed. That's why the Umpire.
Exactly right, and don’t say it’s just little league. It is little league, for both teams. How do you think those kids felt on the other team when that kid was acting like a complete ass and rubbing losing in their faces. Like 💩. Karma is real and it is awesome and can deal people up life lessons that their parents, coaches and others haven’t inspired. Hopefully that kid learns something from it, because he obviously has skills, but he has serious sportsmanship issues.
I agree with you on that. I coached when my son played foe quite a few years and I would never put up with that. Playing a game of 14 under I had nine players and my son played center and batted third. He comes up to bat in the bottom of the 1st with one out and hits a linedrive that the 2nd baseman caught before hitting the dirt, threw to 1st base, double play. The umpire makes the call and my son says, you must be blind blue. He didn't throw him out, I did. We ended up playing with 8and lost the game as each time he was supposed to bat he was automatically out. Lesson learned for the team. Teach the game and alao teach discipline and respect.
@@joshuasmith9350 What an asinine comment. Childhood is the time for learning to be a productive adult. It is not the time for learning to be an asshat. It is irresponsible parenting and coaching to allow this kid to behave this way. He should be learning to have respect for his team, for his opponents, and for the game itself. All of the meaningless and ridiculous celebrations in pro sports are why I can no longer even stomach them.
The "Baseball Gods" have a way of humbling you when you get too cocky, and that is exactly what happened here. They also have a way of rewarding you when you hustle and play the game right way, so kids out there just play the game the right way.
Hey question, what level is this, 10u? 11u? 12u? I'm kinda surprised they are throwing so many balls. Is this common at this age level? And what distance are they pitching?
I’ve coached youth soccer and basketball for over 10 years combined. A couple of years back I had a kid on my soccer team who was very cocky, talked down to his teammates and opposing players, and played dirty. In our league we must play all players at least half the game regardless of their behavior. It was a tough situation. I talked to the kid and his father multiple times. I wanted to help him. I could tell that his father played a huge role in his behavior. His dads mentality was win at all costs, even if players get hurt. The day before our end of the year tournament the dad of this kid texted me that he would not be sending his kid to the tournament if I didn’t play him all game. I told him I couldn’t do that. I also told him that if his kids behavior didn’t change, as he got older no coach would play him or keep him. Especially if he wanted to play in more competitive leagues or High School. The dad got mad at me, but he still sent his son the following day to the tournament. In the tournament I played him the mandatory half game but not more. His attitude was horrible. We lost the first 2 games of the tournament and our season was done. After the game we had pizza for the kids and we told them how proud we were of them. It was a fun season. The dad came down on his kid and made him cry after the game. It really sucked to watch. I tried to tell them there’s up and downs in sports, shit that’s life. I wanted to teach that kid so badly, but the following season he didn’t return. I never saw him play soccer again. The craziest thing is that I kept the same group of kids the following season and we won the Championship. I wish his dad would’ve taught him to remain humble, grateful, and work hard. He would’ve felt the joy of winning the Championship if he had stuck it out. If anyone reading this has an opportunity to influence kids…we probably all do…try to teach them to be humble win or lose, to not take the games too serious, and to have fun. I used to be that dad that would talk too damn much on the sidelines while my kids played. Until an awesome referee pulled me to the side after one game and said…hey man, just let them play and have fun. I’m so grateful he told me that. He coached too and that simple statement shaped the way I coached later on when I was given that blessing.
My dad passed when I was young so my uncle coached me until I quit in middle school. I learned so much more than sports from that man. So did many of my teammates. One year a counselor asked him if we could let a kid with severe autism just practice with us and go to games to sit on the bench. My uncle would put him in RF and let him play pretty often and after a few years Mason got his first hit (a grounder between 1st and 2nd) and we were so pumped for him as a team. We won the championship like every year, but that moment will always stand out to me. Another one is our star pitcher Devin who's father was abusive and my uncle stayed in touch with Devin until he went into the military. He would ask me if I've talked to an old friend and I'd say not in a while and he could tell me exactly how they were doing and what their goals were. People like you and him are what make youth sports important and can really help shape a man or woman.
I was coaching the 8 - 11 year old kids soccer. I had one really good kid,that wouldn’t pass the ball. I found out his dad was paying him $5 for every goal he scored. He would have four defenders on him, with three open players in front of the goal, but still wouldn’t pass the ball. I pulled him, telling him why, and caught hell from the parent. I advised the parent his kid was not a team player, and wouldn’t play again until that changed.
Good sportsmanship is such a universal virtue which makes me wonder why we tolerate poor sportsmanship in certain political leaders who can't just humbly accept defeat. I think as a nation we're losing these values.
When I was in High school, our Wrestling coach was Mike Jeffries, the most successful wrestling coach in Missouri high school history. We had a match against local rival the Jefferson City Jays. As we were preparing for the match, coach Jeffries pulled the team together. The Jays have been hit especially hard by the flu bug. As a result we were going to take 5 or 6 forfeits, so the match was over before it started. Coach said "If you get a forfeit, go out there and let the ref raise your arm and run right back to the bench. Show respect. if you have a match give it everything you've got. And remember, never kick an opponent when he's down." If Coach Jefferies had a kid pull that "Zen Bhudda" stunt at 3rd eh would have pulled that kid from the game and tore into him in the dugout.
Could be up for debate bro. I went to Oak Park and I wrestled under coach Gary Mayabb. This was back in the late 90s early 2000s. Oak park was a wrecking crew in the state of Missouri for years.
Actually Coach Moore from Ritenour high school is the winningest wrestling coach in MO high school history He has won 15 State titles Mike Jeffries has only won 12
When I was a teenager playing travel hockey, I scored a hat trick and did a little celebration with my teammates on our end of this ice. Nothing big, but it was showboating. My father came down to our bench from out of the stands, and chewed me out something awful. At the time I didn’t quite understand because I’d just scored a hat trick. He made his point though, and I never showboated after a goal again. Not once. Dads are important. I’m glad I had one who taught me that behaving with dignity was more important than celebrating a goal.
Theres nothing wrong with celebrating a hat trick so long as you dont taunt the other team. Unless of course you were losing or something. Hat trick is different than what this kid did.
He'll be this way his whole life, this loss won't change his attitude one bit. He'll blame his teammates for the loss. I've seen players like this, I've played with kids and teenagers like this. They learn nothing. The name on the back of the jersey means more to them than the name on the front. I promise you he's this cocky off the field too.
3:40 - It's GOOD sportsmanship for the winning team to console the losing team. However, GREAT sportsmanship is displayed when the losing team congratulates the winning team.
not only that, but he hadn't thought of how to rearrange the players until he got to the mound. As a pitching coach, would you pull a pitcher in a 3-0 count?
You’re absolutely right. The coaches in the parents allowed him to do this but cocky players don’t get away with anything even disrespecting their own opponents. You play the game with your heart respect others
I loved the attitude of the Louisiana kids. They celebrated with "Kent" when he was doing well...there were no hard feelings being expressed. That same level of patience allowed them to come back and win the game, and celebrating in the end...while perhaps "Kent's" emotional self control (and perhaps that of his team) ended up being the reason they ended up losing in the end.
Gracious kindness does better at changing someone than shouts, threats, punishment… Louisiana should feel proud… more than winning the game… they contributed towards positive change in that talented young player.
We were ahead by a good bit very late in a JV baseball game. I was the runner on first base. I saw that second base was not covered, and the pitcher was not holding me on. I successfully stole second on my own accord, thinking I would be congratulated for the initiative. Coach pulled me out of the game after that half inning. Told me I was showing-up the other team. I was humiliated and hurt. Valuable sportsmanship lesson learned that day to read the room and act accordingly on the field. Obviously, I've never forgotten it.
Oddly, our kid’s hockey team was far enough ahead that our coach said to stop offensive rushes, so they began to just rag the puck in the D zone. The other coach took this as showing them up and was pissed to the max!
That would be a good lesson for many Hollywood child actors-- they grow up in the biz cute as everything, and then as they grow up, they start having problems with drugs and booze, and this carries over to when they are young adult men or adult ladies (they have many run-ins with the law, like traffic stops, binge drinking, etc., and then their probably promising careers get derailed so quick they don't know what hit 'em).
Glad to see this.I remember a time that if you disrespected the other team,you got a fastball aimed at your head and the crap beat out of you after the game!
I love to see it! I dont hate on success, i hate on poor sportsmanship. Baseball has gone down a path it isnt going to comeback from. Over the last 20 years, society had admonished the unwritten rules and now you have players like this as result. Its not so much his fault as it is the parents, coaches and PROS that accepted that ideology.
“Unwritten rules” is one of the dumbest concepts in all of sport. These same unwritten rules routinely demand a human being throw a hard object at another human being 90 miles per hour. Unwritten rules are bad for the game.
You must have had a horrible dad! If my son did that it would put a smile on my face. You need confidence and motivation in life and to celebrate your success. There is a time where to much pride can get in the way, but not here. Many of the greatest athletes of all time had serious swagger and probably would not have made it that far without it.
@@user-ru6mq5sc5n lol "There is a time where to much pride can get in the way, but not here" ...and they lost. One thing to celebrate when the game is over but when there is a lot of game left. Kid celebrated more than Nolan Ryan getting his 5,000th strikeouts.
Love this. You hope that these moments humble these kids… but probably not. He probably thinks “Fluke! 999,999 times out of 1,000,000… I’m striking out the side.” Or “That ump was terrible and blind, can’t blame me… I threw strikes and he called balls”.
One thing I learned about the game coming up….It’ll humble you. Good job to each one of these young men and hopefully some lessons were learned that day!
Why didn't the other coach have the pitcher throw at his head the next time he was up to send a message?? That's how you handle things on the diamond and in the Board Room.
The kid seems very ,very talented.. I hope his actions and loss in this one game teach him a valuable lesson in being a good sportsman, and humbleness. Im the pros , it doesn't matter how great you are if no one wants you on their team. I really do hopemhe learns and grows
@@juliebraden6911 punctuation? No... However I would have pointed out the several words that were either jumbled together,or changed by the word prediction feature. Just saying. There are plenty of periods, as well as commas in my comment. Maybe you could fill me in since I'm so incredibly dumb.
I played ball for 7 seasons, the last 4 as a pitcher or shortstop. Only had 2 pitches. Only needed 2. But all my coaches would have NEVER tolerated cocky-ness or unsportsmanlike behavior, ever..if we even gave the Umpire a stare, we would be "runnin' bases" after the game for 30 minutes. It wasnt just about "the win", it was about building teamwork and personal charcter, always.
It’s always good to be humble, especially when you are ahead by quite a few runs… doesn’t matter the sport, just stay humble. It’s not over, until it’s over
First time I’ve seen a ballplayer actually sit on the bag and meditate. The kid was humbled on the mound. His hitting confidence hasn’t been shook at all. No time for reflection. That is the culture, it’s bigger than this kid. How many hitters have you seen come and go? But it looks like he hits to all fields and with power. Plus he’s a left handed stick. We’ll see where goes on the big diamond, his stroke should carry up.. should be able to hide him somewhere on the field.
The kid acted right when it counted the most, after the loss. That moment show more of his character than him mimicking the pros that he looks up too. Hopefully his parents and coaches sit him down for a good talk.
I had watched the game in real time and was bewildered when the kid sat on third base in a meditative pose. I kept waiting for the ESPN crew to cluck their tongues over it*, but they remained strangely quiet, especially since the replay producer made a point of replaying it four times and zeroing in on his meditation pose. The kid made a point of facing his own dugout when he did it so I eventually shrugged it off as him "playing" to the Okla supporters. Also, there had been lots of analyst chatter in prior games about the OK team's connection to Bob Jones U so I thought maybe it was a quirky "thanks to God" type thing, sort of like players crossing themselves after a good play. I'm glad this video was posted because it affirms my initial thoughts that the kid had been grandstanding. (*ESPN analysts used to be very willing to "call out" bad behavior, usually in the guise of "advice to young players watching the game," but they went out of their way this year to ignore it, sometimes even whitewashing it.)
Now the HR celebration at the plate was OK. That was what the Milwaukee Brewers would do any time Prince Fielder hit a HR, in recognition of his, ummmm, "great heft."
As soon as the kid got away with sitting on 3rd base, I knew that he was very poorly coached.
No coach worth his salt would ever put up with that.
‘Can you throw 3 pitches down the middle?’ What coaching!!!
and that's the same coach who brought in a new pitcher to inherit a 3-0 count with the tying run on 3rd. I know Kent wasn't throwing strikes but there is no way that's the right call to pull him there..
@@sambafreak13 I think he knew they were going to lose and didn't want his star player to have to go through further humiliation. The guy he put on the mound was a scapegoat.
@@sambafreak13 Yes, insane bonehead play. lol Unreal.
@@Majerly_Annoyed I agree that may have been why the coach made the move, which in my opinion is a bad move. Star players need to face the heat and play up to par in pressure performances. The coach's language belittling him by asking the other pitcher if he could throw a pitch over the plate was probably more humiliating than if he stayed in and lost the game.
There is a difference between being confident and being arrogant. Remember that folks
"Son, I'm taking you out."
"But I'm not tired!"
"Well, the outfielders are."
"Give me the ball; people are starting to talk..." - Casey Stengel
Zing!
Ha!
Man... that made me laugh so hard! Lol! 🤣
@@mvp019 "If you know any ways to cheat, start now." - Earl Weaver
Lesson learned. Nobody else was going to teach him, so the game did.
Wise words
Good to learn that lesson while he's still young.
Only right comment in here.
It’s little league you creeps. You entitled aristocrats from the UK love playing baseball because it’s so easy and there’s no crying. Unlike this little cry baby biootch who got the fat on his back hit. That’s the same people who get mad when somebody admires their home runs. It’s little league. And it’s the lamest easiest sport on earth. Cocky? You realize you are saying the word c@&k and talking about 12 years olds? Plus these punk bitches aren’t 12 and they aren’t from the southwest USA. Maybe Australia!!?! Louisiana? The southwest? Are you dumb?
Yes, indeed.
Humility is a valuable lesson. Even those kids' parents and coaches who allowed his shameful behavior got a lesson.
You just a little adult cry baby😢
No.. they didn't.
OMG what am I missing here lol did the kid hurt another player ? Was foul play involved ? What did I miss because all I saw was 12 yr old kid having fun playing the game he loves and after loosing the game he shook everyone's hand and left it all on the field, based on the comments you would think this kid was some diabolical villain lol ppl shaming the kids parents and coaches SMH it's ridiculous the kid went out there and had fun like a 12 yr old should when playing sports, it's a great learning lesson for him and he handled it very well
@@Jay-ls4cd Exactly. What he learned was that his coach should not have let him pitch. And when he did he left him in there to long. The coach clearly cost the team this game.
god forbid kids have fun
This is probably the best thing
that could have happened to this young man.
You obviously know nothing about baseball. The coach lost the game for them by leaving him in there way to long! And there is nothing wrong with this kid celebrating, we need to be made felt inferior sometimes, your just a little cry baby that has had a easy life.
Only if he accepts this as a lesson to be learned.
he seems to be a blossoming turd who will probably end up in prison
@@tbjfsu Most likely he and his parents will blame the other kids,
Not a chance. Cocky snot punk be cocky snot punk.
Parents and Coaches allowed that kid to behave that way, you can’t blame the kid alone.
Exactly..it is NOT the kid's fault. I bet the bank that his Dad is a cocky blowhard. No other reason why he'd allow his kid to act this way. It's good that he was humbled.
Absolutely, his parents are probably kissing his ass and not teaching him anything that will really help him succeed in life. He’ll fail because he isn’t held accountable for anything. Why he wasn’t tossed for sitting on the base is beyond me or anyone else. The umps failed the game allowing that.
I agree. Also, besides the "meditating" on third base, he really didn't do all that much wrong. Especially when it's the biggest moment of his life, and he's hopped on adrenaline and excitement.
I feel like the guy making this video and titling it the way he did is a far greater offense or classless act than anything the kid did. Especially when that kid must feel _horrible_ already. Ashamed, embarrassed, feeling like everything was his fault, that everyone blames him, etc. As someone who's played sports all their life at various levels(never the LLWS mind you, but still), that shit will stick with him for the rest of his life. "Man, if only I did this, or didn't do that," fantasizing about things going differently, etc.
My guess is the dad never played the game and the kid is no s precious little angel. It's the umpires fault, another kids fault, it's cloudy......
@@Mockturtlesoup1What! Biggest moment of his life!
I hope the lesson in humility extends to the coach and his parents, too. It seems they condoned his behavior.
That's funny these are the same words I was thinking
The kid just mimics the antics of so-called "winners" he sees on social media.
Your right , The Coach is more to blame than the kid .....He could have coached that out of him long ago !
He will be doing the same thing in a week.
@smurtis1972 I agree with you 100%, but I was trying to be an optimist.
What happens when all you've heard your entire short life is how great you are. If I had ever sat down on a base like that I'd have been doing all my sitting on the bench next game.
agreed. this is why lebron james ended up the way he did
No DOUBT!!!
my father would havemade sure i couldn't sit anywhere cause he ripped the skin off my ass with the belt.
Yeah the bat flip wasn’t bad but sitting down on the base and acting like he was meditating was ridiculous and should not happen
If I'd have done that, my coach would have been out to get me before I could have gotten comfortable in the bag.
I’m glad the game ended the way it did.
The sportsmanship demonstrated by Louisiana was the real important lesson in the game.
They should have shown as much sportsmanship to him as he did to them. In other words, none.
Too bad Kent does not know that part of the game.
Flipping his bat? So disrespectful. Yup... I'm happy the deserving team won.
@@jerryjeromehawkins1712 showboating is disrespectful to other players, other teams, the league, the fans (except for the stupid ones who were not raised properly), and baseball in general. Arrogance is not becoming.
@@VioletDeliriumslmfao
Nothing wrong with being humbled. Hopefully he learned a lesson he can carry with him throughout his life.
It was everyone elses fault.
So it is ok to go off the field pouting when removed from the game and show up the other team after hitting a home run.
@@63076topher I think you missed the point.
Doubt it.
He didn't, and he won't. Sad.
"When you score a touchdown, act like you've been there before."
That was a great movie. _(or at least that little part of it)_
Reminds me of the incomparable Barry Sanders
I was pleasantly surprised to see the excellent display of good sportsmanship after the game. That's so important.
Best part of the video!
@@patsimmons7352 yah, and I noticed no crazy parents
Kids ate the best
as soon as the game winner stomped the plate he looked over at 3rd where lil ol 99 was lolol.
Curious if it's actually against the rules or something, delay of game or something?
Great job mom, dad, and coaching staff. He might be the one doing it, but it's all on you guys.
take a seat on that bench son,
College and Pro sports are not blameless.
agreed
@@skalin2345 you mispelled "in the bleachers son"
@@drumhaver223 A much as I hate how College and Pro athletes act, that is a BS excuse that parents use. Your child, your responsibility.
The Louisiana coaches are exceptional! The sportsmanship shown by the Louisiana players shows that their coaches are teaching them how to live their life with Class. Stay Classy Louisiana!
True. One of the Louisiana infielders even gave the kid a high 5, when he was going from 2nd to 3rd, after the homerun.
Agreed , The sportsmanship shown by Louisiana after being almost humiliated and still show compassion is incredible
I can tell you're old but the antiquated way you put more than one space after punctuation. Your out of touch opinions are just verification.
@@juliebraden6911 Shouldn't you have wrote You're??? and maybe a coma after touch? Don't correct someone when you make these errors. Loser.
His behavior on the field, mimics his behavior off the field! Hopefully he learned a lesson that will help him to be a better person both on, and more importantly off the field!
He learned the most important lesson in life. BE HUMBLE or GET HUMBLED.
This is the result you get when everyone in your life tells you that you are the greatest thing ever, every minute of the day. I feel bad for the kid, he's been conditioned his entire life to act this way. Horrible parenting and coaching are to blame for this. Hopefully he matures and sees what life is all about.
True. Plus, what is with all the Little League on TV now? Used to be that just the LLWS championship game was televised. Now it's everywhere. These kids know very well that they are on TV.
He needs to be cut to truly teach him.
Spot on. Goes back many years to Dr Spock telling parents they should never discipline their kids. Parents, either discipline your kids, or life will.
You don't know how this kid was raised. Bet television and social media are just of big factors
@@metallicafan416 Yea and then it's up to the parents to tell their kids that acting that way is stupid.
I hate players who showboat and are disrespectful to their opponents
Jose Bautista
@@GeeEm1313 Yes. He was the Poster Child. And then no one wanted him. Go figure
I was umpiring when the losing team were acting like clowns. No respect for the game. I talked to the manager about his teams' clowning actions to no avail. I soon stopped the game and awarded the opposing team the winner.
@@tomguba1137 excellent move! When the Umpires, collectively, stop tolerating that garbage and act accordingly, maybe things will change. If anyone on my children’s teams acted a fool and the Umpire/Official tossed ‘em or prematurely rendered a game decision, I would come up at the end of the contest and shake their hand and give a $100 tip
Like the entire NFL the past 20 years
My dad always taught me in every sport I play, when I do something good: “Act humble, act like you’ve been there before.”
You had a good dad
Bingo. Respect the game, your teammates, and the opposing team.
exactly, disregarding how classless this is, if he was good as he thought he was this would be just another saturday and there would be no need to celebrate like that. Business as usual.
@@richpaul6806 You mean like just about every WR or DB or RB in the NFL? Yeah, great players but no class, heck the NFL even gives them a camera in the end zone to act like jack asses!
@@richpaul6806 Dude he's a kid, he doesn't even know what "business" means.
Good sportsmanship shown at the end. It's also good to learn these lessons when you're young - nothing is over till that final buzzer sounds. Whether you're the leader, or the chaser, it ain't over till it's over. Go hard till the end.
I feel bad for the kid put on the mound with the bases loaded and a 3-0 count against him with just a 1 run lead. The coach should have made the cocky kid shoulder the responsibility of blowing the lead. If one of those two boys had to face the terrible memory of blowing the biggest game ever, it should have been the showoff.
Just shows how the coaches enable this cocky brat they didn’t want him to lose the game.
I see your point, but the coach was still trying to win for the other kids on the team.
I would expect the pitcher to be replaced as well, my only hangup was when he was on a 0-3 count. That's a huge amount of pressure to put on any reliever. I think the coach made the right call, baseball is a whacky sport. Look at the Mariner/Indians game back in 2001, trailing 14-2 in the 7th the Mariners came back to win it in the 11th. Anything can happen and complacency is usually the culprit.
The coach should've taken the kid out when he sat on 3rd base. Says a lot about the coach.
No place for narcissistic behavior in Little League baseball. Seems to be the norm now, I know they're kids but it's an ugly character trait to have. It's not all about you😮😮
My Dad coached me in Little League when I was 12 years old. I was pitching in a tournament similar to this game. My Dad pulled me from the game because we were losing (didn't have my best stuff, Lol) and I was acting like a brat on the mound blaming my teammates for my poor performance. As I sat on the bench watching my team lose the game, I was in tears. After the game I refused to shake hands with the other team because I was embarrassed because I was crying. When my Dad walked back to the dugout & noticed I wasn't at home plate shaking hands with the other team, he ordered me to go into the other team's dugout & shake hands with every player. It was 100 times more embarrassing. With tears rolling down my face, I walked across the entire infield to the other dugout to congratulate them & walked back to my dugout. That life lesson has stuck with me my entire life...be humble in victory & gracious in defeat. That was 41 years ago & I can remember it like it was yesterday.
My son coached my granddaughter's softball team. She was an exceptionally good player. She started throwing attitude when it came to being coached thinking she knew it all, didn't think she needed to be coached and was stupid enough to tell her father so. She found herself sitting out a series of games and not on the bench. He made her stay home .... he told her she would derive no benefit from sitting on the bench with a sour attitude to match her sour expression. When she finally got to play again, she would put herself up front when any of the coaches had anything to say.
Damn dude!! That's crazy. Looks like your old man nailed it because it still affects you today. Good stuff
So the lesson is learn how to be a good failure?
@@codyh4613 nope, you take your loss with grace, and come back stronger.
Had a moment VERY SIMILAR to this exact story lol I FEEL YOUR PAIN SIR
It annoys me that we can't just celebrate a good play anymore. We have to humiliate our opponents too.
I wish I could Like your comment a thousand times.
Welcome to the NFL !! ...where grown men act like fools when they make even a half-decent play.
Unfortunately, they get it from grown men....
@@advicemaster1365 ...from Big boys, not real grown Men.
Agreed. These kids have been learning this crap from the pros for the better part of 15 years now.
Kudos to the kid on the other team that gave the kid 5 when he got the homerun. I'm always routing for good sports like that⚾️⚾️🧠💪🏾 kudos to the entire Louisiana team for the love after the game. True sportsmanship
Shame on that manager of the Oklahoma team for allowing that kid to act that way. When I managed on the little league and high school level, if any of my players acted like that they'd be sitting on he bench quicker than they could blink an eye. The showboating that goes on today is shameful and does nothing but show that the coaching staff is undisciplined and, as we saw in this video, is fuel to the opposing team.
agreed, i think this lesson might be the best way to never forget it though
Bad coaching. Letting the kid do what he wants because he’s a good bat.
Putting him in to pitch because he can pitch to bad hitters was not a good move. This team got as far as they did on good hitting and fielding because they only had 1 good pitcher.
@@pivotmaster9556that kid does not even know theres a lesson to be learned here. Did you see the look on his face when they got hits off him. He’s like hay. Im me. You are not supposed to hit off
yup never would be allowed to do in front of others he can be doing it in dugout
he was show boating but at least he was a gracious loser
That kid needs to take lessons from Shohei Ohtani. Always humble, kind, respectful
Double like! I was thinking the same thing when I found this comment.
That's a culture thing....never going to happen in the US....especially with black players.
@@RapIsDeadly What a jerk. Take your cynicism - especially the racist kind - and shove it.
@@RapIsDeadly nothing racist about that at all.
It’s been decades but our MLB players often found new life in Japan. The Japanese then would only allow one American player per team, due to their crassness.
In the wise words spoken by my HS football coach over 45 years ago, "Son, act like you've been there before.". Drop the bat, put your head down, and humbly jog around the bases.
Every time John Stallworth caught a TD for the Pittsburgh Steelers he just dropped the football to the ground No spiking no dancing. That's the way it should be!
@@JimFox-vm9rx yeah, our freshman football running back coach told us(i.e. the backs) to either drop the where you got tackled, or to bring it to an umpire.
...just like Mickey Mantle used to do. Drop the bat, look at the basepath and run around the bases. This kid was imitating the many cocky and self-centered major leaguers who flip bat's, point fingers, and otherwise gloat whenever they do something they think will get them on SportsCenter.
@@Mockturtlesoup1 Barry Sanders never once spiked the ball or celebrated like a fool .
Same in football. Hand the ref the ball and act like you belong on the endzone.
Those coaches were worthless. Not only did they allow that behavior but they made a pitching change with a 3-0 count bases loaded. You can’t set up a next pitcher for failure anymore than that.
That coach didn't even know the name of his right fielder. LOL.
Played a lot of baseball growing up, t-ball, LL, high school, 2 years college and 1 year triple A, any of those clubs had I or any other player sat on the base like that, anyone of my coaches would have instantly pulled us and probably not have played the next game. Flipping of the bat, the slow roll around the bases would have gotten us a lecture and the promise of being pulled next time.
I played up through Senior League (age 15) back in the 70's. I can tell you that had I done a bat flip and a Cadillac home run stroll, I could expect to get drilled my next time up.
So you're saying you played 2 years of college ball, got drafted and sent to triple A and then retired at 20 or 21? Seriously? Come on man, you can make up a more realistic scenario than that.
@@mattw8529 Single A short season MAYBE but you don't go straight to Triple A. Man even Ken Griffey Jr had a cup of coffee in single A for the Vermont Mariners
Were you meditating at 3rd base? There’s no meditating! There’s no meditating in baseball!
@mattw8529 the son of a gym owner I worked for did the same. Played triple A for a few years, realized he wasn't going to make it to the majors, so he hung it and did something else instead. Minor league players don't make a whole lot, so for many, it's not worth staying there for an entire career
The kid has talent, there's no doubt about that. But if he gets anywhere in the game it will be because of lessons like this. Humility and respect are the foundations of a good teammate and a good person.
Talent at 12 years old means nothing about whether or not he will physically mature into a MLB caliber player. Him being cocky has nothing to do with it either. I've had friends drafted by MLB teams and they were both just big dudes with big arms. One was probably less mature than these kids and the White Sox still paid him a bunch of money to dick around on farm squads for a few years.
The behavior of today's MLBers belie your claim. That's where these kids learn it.
Almost all 12 yr old fall off by the time they are 16. its one thing to dominate in 12 yr old leagues its another to do it in high school
He’s 12 and in Little League. Talent is enduring into the late teens. Many kids peak early and never get much better.
He’ll be flipping burgers for the rest of his life telling people about the homers he hit in grade school.
Everyone needs a big slice of humble pie every now and then to help keep their head out of the clouds.
Kid got a well deserved humbling. Hopefully he grows feom this experience.
You can always tell which kids are taught at home that they are better than everyone else
Hope you don't teach grammar
Parents are probably worse than the punk, apples don't fall far from the tree.
@@stoneystoneystoneyst You are missing the subject pronoun.
@@bluebina0327😂 and a period.
It’s little league you creeps. You entitled aristocrats from the UK love playing baseball because it’s so easy and there’s no crying. Unlike this little cry baby biootch who got the fat on his back hit. That’s the same people who get mad when somebody admires their home runs. It’s little league. And it’s the lamest easiest sport on earth. Cocky? You realize you are saying the word c@&k and talking about 12 years olds? Plus these punk bitches aren’t 12 and they aren’t from the southwest USA. Maybe Australia!!?! Louisiana? The southwest? Are you dumb?
Love seeing a happy ending, to where this punk gets a huge dose of humility
The sportsmanship, kindness, integrity and character those young men from Louisiana played with, was so refreshing to see. In a country where the adults seem to care less and less about these traits, I was pleased to see this.
Mickey Mantle, another OK kid, said he always ran around the bases with his eyes down and his speed normal. He said he knew the pitcher was already embarrassed by the home run so there was no reason to make it worse by flipping a bat or acting like a peacock.
I pitched through Senior League. I can tell you that anytime a pitcher gives up a home run, they've got a clock running in their heads, subconsciously timing the batter's home run trot. There was no hard and fast "rule" as to what was acceptable and what wasn't, but just kind of an instinct when a "slow trot" (OK) crossed the line into taunting or Cadillacing. (Not OK) And pitchers remember, too.
They also know EXACTLY how high you flipped that bat. 3 feet is okay, 10 feet becomes an IOU. Each pitcher has an allowable height in his head. No sport has more unwritten rules than baseball. Not even close. It's part of the charm.
@@russs7574 lol putting 2 or 3 spaces after punctuation like an old fart on an Underwood
@@juliebraden6911 Actually using punctuation, like someone that has an IQ above 100.
@@juliebraden6911 You're being a little like Kent there.
Great job Louisiana for keeping your head up and not giving up and then being a good sport at the end and not rubbing it in the other kids face like he was doing to yall our state sucks most of the time but at least we have our good moments when we need it.
He got served a big slice of humble pie. Shows the great parenting skills too.
Sadly he probably was taught to act that way by a douche set of parents. The coach isn't much better.
The fact that this video is on here for perpetuity is awesome.
Usually a punk is a punk for the same amount of time.
"Pride goes before a fall" is a constant law in this universe.
Great job by the kids keeping up and coming back! Great lesson for everyone! And the parents!!
I watched the game in real time and thought that kid needed to be disciplined by his coaches,parents and even maybe the umps. If he tried out for my team I would either not take him or make him the last player to play in a game till his attitude changed. Sad that it was going on for years.
Especially for the “meditating” schtick.
Problem is, if you want to win you would be silly to decline that kid being on your team
@@brianmeen2158that’s the problem all team sports need
@@brianmeen2158 These are League All-Star teams. He's not replaceable.
Trumper.
Im glad i grew up in a time where we just played it cool and were cool.
It's been almost 50 years since I played Little League. None of that behavior would have been tolerated even once when we played, even the recreational teams we played on. It would have been warming the bench until we learned our lesson, apologized to the coach and the team, and never tried anything like it again. It is embarrassing that a top team going for a championship would allow this behavior. It is a real shame how bad parenting and coaching has gotten. The other kids deserve better.
My Brit brother living in the USA, volunteered to coach lacrosse at the local high-school, having been a high-level player. He soon suspended the 'star player' for lack of on-field and training discipline, bad attitude. The kid was a know-all 'Star' and had been treated as such. My brother was practically attacked in the car-park by some of the parents. 'He's our star player!' Rick just said, 'Tough. Until he learns, he's on the bench.' It was such an issue that the School Board became involved, the Community Leaders, all sorts. He was ostracised in some local stores. It went totally crazy until Rick just walked into the School office and quit, leaving them with ringing ears and no coach.. Many of the other players, though, were pleased he took the stance.
Kent didn't blow the game. The team did.
Ya I’m sure no one was cocky when u played 50 years ago because your era was soooooo much better
@@1891kmk The kid was just being a kid. All this talk about horrible parenting is all BS
@@1891kmk Lots of cocky kids. Just wasn't allowed or encouraged in a game in our neighborhood. Guess we really were different. 🤷♂️
I blame the parents for allowing a 12 year old child to be so cocky and disrespectful. If that were my child he would get away with that behavior once. It’s a tough lesson to learn, but hopefully that child learned his lesson and will be more humble in the future.
Your just a little cry baby. We need more kids like him. I bet his parents are outstanding.
@@user-ru6mq5sc5n 😂 Either you have never played competitive team sports, or you did and you were terrible. That kid clearly has talent, but he needs to learn the importance of acting like he’s been there before. Again, the adults in his life are to blame as he is just a kid and only knows what he is taught.
That young man is good and was neat to see the opposition treat him like they did even though he did seem to be a bit cocky. He will learn from this and I hope he goes on to greater things.
I remember we beat one of our rival teams in little league. As we lined up to high five and say good game, we all would raise our hand over their hands so they’d miss the high five. Our coach saw us doing that, and made us get BACK in line and do it again and apologize. We stayed at the field for hours after the game in a complete smoke sessions. Running laps etc. Every single parent was in agreement to it as well.
That night has stuck with me all my life. The importance of sportsmanship, but also the importance of good leadership/parenting. We were held accountable for our actions, and the coaches/parents ensured we stuck to it. A lot of people these days need to learn these lessons.
I love this kind of stuff. Put the little ego in check. Beautiful.
Your just a little cry baby. You don't destroy a child's confidence by telling them you can never celebrate. You know nothing about parenting, and it shows.
wish these moments would happen more often and to adults as well
Great coaching done on some great kids ! Good sportsmanship reflects on a good team. Bravo
I believe that any player, good or bad, should stay humble and professional at all times.
Kent just learned his first BIG lesson!
Don't be cocky! You'll only wake up the inner tiger in your opponents.
I blame EVERY ADULT. Coaches, parents, even the umpires. That type of poor sportsmanship should be reprimanded. I'm glad this team lost this game and hopefully they learned their lesson. If they did I hope they use their talents in a proper sportsman like way and have continued success.
they have their entire lives to be treated poorly by others or be humbled . get a life dude . they are kids. sports isn’t about punishment. plenty of that out in the world already . it’s little league
Why the Umpire? As a former umpire I would have put a warning out for 'unsportsmanlike conduct' with the bat flip and slow jog. The meditation at 3rd would have got him tossed. That's why the Umpire.
Exactly right, and don’t say it’s just little league. It is little league, for both teams. How do you think those kids felt on the other team when that kid was acting like a complete ass and rubbing losing in their faces. Like 💩. Karma is real and it is awesome and can deal people up life lessons that their parents, coaches and others haven’t inspired. Hopefully that kid learns something from it, because he obviously has skills, but he has serious sportsmanship issues.
I agree with you on that. I coached when my son played foe quite a few years and I would never put up with that. Playing a game of 14 under I had nine players and my son played center and batted third. He comes up to bat in the bottom of the 1st with one out and hits a linedrive that the 2nd baseman caught before hitting the dirt, threw to 1st base, double play. The umpire makes the call and my son says, you must be blind blue. He didn't throw him out, I did. We ended up playing with 8and lost the game as each time he was supposed to bat he was automatically out. Lesson learned for the team. Teach the game and alao teach discipline and respect.
@@joshuasmith9350 What an asinine comment. Childhood is the time for learning to be a productive adult. It is not the time for learning to be an asshat. It is irresponsible parenting and coaching to allow this kid to behave this way. He should be learning to have respect for his team, for his opponents, and for the game itself. All of the meaningless and ridiculous celebrations in pro sports are why I can no longer even stomach them.
so much excitement for a game that will long be forgotten faster than anyone can imagine
The "Baseball Gods" have a way of humbling you when you get too cocky, and that is exactly what happened here. They also have a way of rewarding you when you hustle and play the game right way, so kids out there just play the game the right way.
You obviously know absolutely nothing about baseball. The coach clearly lost the game for them by leaving him in there too long.
@@user-ru6mq5sc5n What are you babbling about? He was just brought into the game in the 6th inning dummy, he faced a grand total of 5 batters!
Humility. Learn it, love it, live it.
OK Mr. Hand, LOL.
Kid got a gift but he’s missing one important element to his game and that’s a good mentor.
And good parenting. It’s obvious
Hey question, what level is this, 10u? 11u? 12u?
I'm kinda surprised they are throwing so many balls. Is this common at this age level? And what distance are they pitching?
@@nofurtherwest3474 in my 12u league I think more strikes are thrown at the same distance
And i play rec baseball
3:55 coach giving some ACTUAL good life lessons here. Keep your head up and grind out youngblood
I’ve coached youth soccer and basketball for over 10 years combined. A couple of years back I had a kid on my soccer team who was very cocky, talked down to his teammates and opposing players, and played dirty. In our league we must play all players at least half the game regardless of their behavior. It was a tough situation. I talked to the kid and his father multiple times. I wanted to help him. I could tell that his father played a huge role in his behavior. His dads mentality was win at all costs, even if players get hurt. The day before our end of the year tournament the dad of this kid texted me that he would not be sending his kid to the tournament if I didn’t play him all game. I told him I couldn’t do that. I also told him that if his kids behavior didn’t change, as he got older no coach would play him or keep him. Especially if he wanted to play in more competitive leagues or High School. The dad got mad at me, but he still sent his son the following day to the tournament. In the tournament I played him the mandatory half game but not more. His attitude was horrible. We lost the first 2 games of the tournament and our season was done. After the game we had pizza for the kids and we told them how proud we were of them. It was a fun season. The dad came down on his kid and made him cry after the game. It really sucked to watch. I tried to tell them there’s up and downs in sports, shit that’s life. I wanted to teach that kid so badly, but the following season he didn’t return. I never saw him play soccer again. The craziest thing is that I kept the same group of kids the following season and we won the Championship. I wish his dad would’ve taught him to remain humble, grateful, and work hard. He would’ve felt the joy of winning the Championship if he had stuck it out. If anyone reading this has an opportunity to influence kids…we probably all do…try to teach them to be humble win or lose, to not take the games too serious, and to have fun. I used to be that dad that would talk too damn much on the sidelines while my kids played. Until an awesome referee pulled me to the side after one game and said…hey man, just let them play and have fun. I’m so grateful he told me that. He coached too and that simple statement shaped the way I coached later on when I was given that blessing.
Soccer. 🙄
My dad passed when I was young so my uncle coached me until I quit in middle school. I learned so much more than sports from that man. So did many of my teammates. One year a counselor asked him if we could let a kid with severe autism just practice with us and go to games to sit on the bench. My uncle would put him in RF and let him play pretty often and after a few years Mason got his first hit (a grounder between 1st and 2nd) and we were so pumped for him as a team. We won the championship like every year, but that moment will always stand out to me. Another one is our star pitcher Devin who's father was abusive and my uncle stayed in touch with Devin until he went into the military. He would ask me if I've talked to an old friend and I'd say not in a while and he could tell me exactly how they were doing and what their goals were. People like you and him are what make youth sports important and can really help shape a man or woman.
I was coaching the 8 - 11 year old kids soccer. I had one really good kid,that wouldn’t pass the ball. I found out his dad was paying him $5 for every goal he scored. He would have four defenders on him, with three open players in front of the goal, but still wouldn’t pass the ball. I pulled him, telling him why, and caught hell from the parent. I advised the parent his kid was not a team player, and wouldn’t play again until that changed.
you totally missed the point and clealry shows you got so,me learning to do boy.@@AlwaysAwesome001
Good sportsmanship is such a universal virtue which makes me wonder why we tolerate poor sportsmanship in certain political leaders who can't just humbly accept defeat. I think as a nation we're losing these values.
When I was in High school, our Wrestling coach was Mike Jeffries, the most successful wrestling coach in Missouri high school history. We had a match against local rival the Jefferson City Jays. As we were preparing for the match, coach Jeffries pulled the team together. The Jays have been hit especially hard by the flu bug. As a result we were going to take 5 or 6 forfeits, so the match was over before it started. Coach said "If you get a forfeit, go out there and let the ref raise your arm and run right back to the bench. Show respect. if you have a match give it everything you've got. And remember, never kick an opponent when he's down." If Coach Jefferies had a kid pull that "Zen Bhudda" stunt at 3rd eh would have pulled that kid from the game and tore into him in the dugout.
Could be up for debate bro. I went to Oak Park and I wrestled under coach Gary Mayabb. This was back in the late 90s early 2000s. Oak park was a wrecking crew in the state of Missouri for years.
@@truthh8322 Before kids started crying after being hit by a pitch.
Actually Coach Moore from Ritenour high school is the winningest wrestling coach in MO high school history He has won 15 State titles Mike Jeffries has only won 12
@@zyrrhos Guess you never got drilled by a fastball at that age (or any other) then. It HURTS. And at that age, some tears are justified.
Was the coach his daddy? If not his daddy would have hurt the coach...
When I was a teenager playing travel hockey, I scored a hat trick and did a little celebration with my teammates on our end of this ice. Nothing big, but it was showboating. My father came down to our bench from out of the stands, and chewed me out something awful. At the time I didn’t quite understand because I’d just scored a hat trick. He made his point though, and I never showboated after a goal again. Not once.
Dads are important. I’m glad I had one who taught me that behaving with dignity was more important than celebrating a goal.
Theres nothing wrong with celebrating a hat trick so long as you dont taunt the other team. Unless of course you were losing or something. Hat trick is different than what this kid did.
It’s to bad after being a part of some great programs, nobody had taught that kid the most important aspects of the game.
Respect and Sportsmanship.
Didn't see Kent meditating after the game...... . Shame on the parents and the coaches for allowing that behavior.
Perfect example of pride coming before the fall.
He'll be this way his whole life, this loss won't change his attitude one bit. He'll blame his teammates for the loss. I've seen players like this, I've played with kids and teenagers like this. They learn nothing. The name on the back of the jersey means more to them than the name on the front. I promise you he's this cocky off the field too.
Body language and smirk are pretty much a dead giveaway for that.
Yep, he's a punk and already a narcissist and usually, unfortunately, people don't change. But I hope he does!
Precisely.
He's a Bryce Harper clone.
He's a shoo-in for US Senator for sure in 30 years!
the kid on the other team that high fived him tho....sportsmanship right there
Unlike the uptight blowhards in these comments, he realizes it’s a game. Played for fun.
Some kids need humility. It's always amazing when it happens in the same game.
3:40 - It's GOOD sportsmanship for the winning team to console the losing team. However, GREAT sportsmanship is displayed when the losing team congratulates the winning team.
As a pitching coach, what that coach said to the final pitcher during the change was absurd. It was a direct cause of the last two walks.
We he should have never left him in there so long. The coach lost that game, not the players.
not only that, but he hadn't thought of how to rearrange the players until he got to the mound. As a pitching coach, would you pull a pitcher in a 3-0 count?
Exactly. He basically told the kid to aim rather than throw. That never works out well.
Over confidence and karma can be devastating! This kid learned a valuable lesson here! Hopefully he will grow from it.
You’re absolutely right. The coaches in the parents allowed him to do this but cocky players don’t get away with anything even disrespecting their own opponents. You play the game with your heart respect others
I loved the attitude of the Louisiana kids. They celebrated with "Kent" when he was doing well...there were no hard feelings being expressed. That same level of patience allowed them to come back and win the game, and celebrating in the end...while perhaps "Kent's" emotional self control (and perhaps that of his team) ended up being the reason they ended up losing in the end.
Ques - what age level is this and what is the distance from pitcher's mound to home plate?
Very cool that the other team that won still gave him props after all that.
Serves him right. Stay humble, no matter what your age.
Gracious kindness does better at changing someone than shouts, threats, punishment… Louisiana should feel proud… more than winning the game… they contributed towards positive change in that talented young player.
Louisiana showed class. Those kids are coached well.
He watched that double off the wall from the mound instead of backing up home.
yep - all about him - complete the job - not everyone on the team is a 'team player' - he's just a big kid, others will catch up soon
We were ahead by a good bit very late in a JV baseball game. I was the runner on first base. I saw that second base was not covered, and the pitcher was not holding me on. I successfully stole second on my own accord, thinking I would be congratulated for the initiative. Coach pulled me out of the game after that half inning. Told me I was showing-up the other team. I was humiliated and hurt. Valuable sportsmanship lesson learned that day to read the room and act accordingly on the field. Obviously, I've never forgotten it.
Oddly, our kid’s hockey team was far enough ahead that our coach said to stop offensive rushes, so they began to just rag the puck in the D zone. The other coach took this as showing them up and was pissed to the max!
Arrogance and confidence are two different thing. Hopefully life lesson learned.
Always teach your kids to be humble no matter how good they are in what they do
That would be a good lesson for many Hollywood child actors-- they grow up in the biz cute as everything, and then as they grow up, they start having problems with drugs and booze, and this carries over to when they are young adult men or adult ladies (they have many run-ins with the law, like traffic stops, binge drinking, etc., and then their probably promising careers get derailed so quick they don't know what hit 'em).
Glad to see this.I remember a time that if you disrespected the other team,you got a fastball aimed at your head and the crap beat out of you after the game!
I love to see it! I dont hate on success, i hate on poor sportsmanship. Baseball has gone down a path it isnt going to comeback from. Over the last 20 years, society had admonished the unwritten rules and now you have players like this as result. Its not so much his fault as it is the parents, coaches and PROS that accepted that ideology.
“Unwritten rules” is one of the dumbest concepts in all of sport.
These same unwritten rules routinely demand a human being throw a hard object at another human being 90 miles per hour.
Unwritten rules are bad for the game.
My dad would have dragged me off the field by my face the first time I did that.
Well said
You must have had a horrible dad! If my son did that it would put a smile on my face. You need confidence and motivation in life and to celebrate your success. There is a time where to much pride can get in the way, but not here. Many of the greatest athletes of all time had serious swagger and probably would not have made it that far without it.
@@user-ru6mq5sc5n the world has enough narcissists
@@user-ru6mq5sc5n Swagger ≠ Confidence.
@@user-ru6mq5sc5n lol "There is a time where to much pride can get in the way, but not here" ...and they lost. One thing to celebrate when the game is over but when there is a lot of game left. Kid celebrated more than Nolan Ryan getting his 5,000th strikeouts.
Pride goes before a fall , much needed lesson that we all need sometimes .
The coach lost game by living him in there. So you trying to quote Scripture does not apply here.
Love this. You hope that these moments humble these kids… but probably not. He probably thinks “Fluke! 999,999 times out of 1,000,000… I’m striking out the side.” Or “That ump was terrible and blind, can’t blame me… I threw strikes and he called balls”.
Pulling the kid at 3-0 count with the bases loaded is insane.
One thing I learned about the game coming up….It’ll humble you. Good job to each one of these young men and hopefully some lessons were learned that day!
Why didn't the other coach have the pitcher throw at his head the next time he was up to send a message?? That's how you handle things on the diamond and in the Board Room.
This video made me so happy.I cant stand arrogant kids with obviously terrible parents.
The kid seems very ,very talented.. I hope his actions and loss in this one game teach him a valuable lesson in being a good sportsman, and humbleness. Im the pros , it doesn't matter how great you are if no one wants you on their team. I really do hopemhe learns and grows
Is punctuation really that hard?
@@juliebraden6911 punctuation? No... However I would have pointed out the several words that were either jumbled together,or changed by the word prediction feature. Just saying. There are plenty of periods, as well as commas in my comment. Maybe you could fill me in since I'm so incredibly dumb.
I played ball for 7 seasons, the last 4 as a pitcher or shortstop. Only had 2 pitches. Only needed 2. But all my coaches would have NEVER tolerated cocky-ness or unsportsmanlike behavior, ever..if we even gave the Umpire a stare, we would be "runnin' bases" after the game for 30 minutes. It wasnt just about "the win", it was about building teamwork and personal charcter, always.
It’s always good to be humble, especially when you are ahead by quite a few runs… doesn’t matter the sport, just stay humble. It’s not over, until it’s over
First time I’ve seen a ballplayer actually sit on the bag and meditate. The kid was humbled on the mound. His hitting confidence hasn’t been shook at all. No time for reflection. That is the culture, it’s bigger than this kid. How many hitters have you seen come and go?
But it looks like he hits to all fields and with power. Plus he’s a left handed stick.
We’ll see where goes on the big diamond, his stroke should carry up.. should be able to hide him somewhere on the field.
Lesson from this is, stay humble no matter your age.💯
3:30. A lesson to everyone, if you can't handle the celebration dont make the play 😂
always warms my heart to see bad things happen to an oklahoma sports team.
-bring back our sonics
The kid acted right when it counted the most, after the loss. That moment show more of his character than him mimicking the pros that he looks up too. Hopefully his parents and coaches sit him down for a good talk.
I had watched the game in real time and was bewildered when the kid sat on third base in a meditative pose. I kept waiting for the ESPN crew to cluck their tongues over it*, but they remained strangely quiet, especially since the replay producer made a point of replaying it four times and zeroing in on his meditation pose. The kid made a point of facing his own dugout when he did it so I eventually shrugged it off as him "playing" to the Okla supporters. Also, there had been lots of analyst chatter in prior games about the OK team's connection to Bob Jones U so I thought maybe it was a quirky "thanks to God" type thing, sort of like players crossing themselves after a good play. I'm glad this video was posted because it affirms my initial thoughts that the kid had been grandstanding. (*ESPN analysts used to be very willing to "call out" bad behavior, usually in the guise of "advice to young players watching the game," but they went out of their way this year to ignore it, sometimes even whitewashing it.)
BJU? That's Oral Roberts territory in Ok
Your just a little cry baby.
Now the HR celebration at the plate was OK. That was what the Milwaukee Brewers would do any time Prince Fielder hit a HR, in recognition of his, ummmm, "great heft."
Lesson of the game Don’t be Cocky 😊😊😂. Be Humble ❤
When humble pie was served.
It is a shame that this kid has no one to teach him how to be a decent person.
This is where he learns. He's still a kid.
@@electrolytics Should've learned this at home or by his coach !!!!!