It’s Father’s Day, and what could be more appropriate than chuckling a little at the kind of situation that saw dads felled on America’s Funniest Home Videos for decades.
Yesterday’s Stanford-NC State College World Series showdown included one of the more fun broadcast innovations the college game offers: ump cam. Unfortunately for the home plate ump, that included this moment, when a bounced pitch evaded the catcher and ended up in the worst possible place.
https://twitter.com/pitchingninja/status/1406375692506435585?s=21
If 2020 was a sound, huh?
The weird thing about clips like that is that every man watching it probably makes the exact same sound instinctively. Fortunately the umpire was able to continue:
He was ok.
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) June 19, 2021
Always wear a cup out there, everyone. Can never be too careful.
About Jay Rigdon
Jay is a columnist at Awful Announcing. He is not a strong swimmer. He is probably talking to a dog in a silly voice at this very moment.