BAH, BAH, BAH, IT WAS S'POSED TO BE A CURVEBALL!!!!

Mos of you know now that Rick Reilly is on ESPN, and ESPN.com. Once his contract ran out with SI, ESPN made him a flattering offer that he humbly accepted, and that brings us to date...

Currently, his article on espn.com talks about the high school pitcher/catcher combo that blatently let a fastball go by the catcher, and hit the ump in the mask. Seems they didn't like the way that he was calling the game. The kids coach thinks that they just got their signals crossed, and that the catcher was expecting a curveball instead of the fastball that the ump got.

Judge for yourself...



Pretty obvious that the catcher took a nosedive so that the ump would get hit. Reilly stated that the high school catcher involved was going to walk-on to a small college in the area... After learning of this episode, the college coach told him not to bother coming out.

Here's the kicker though...

Now the Ump involved has lawyered up. He went and got checked out at the hospital, and took an MRI. What's going to happen next? The catcher's Dad is going to have to settle with the Ump and his lawyer. The video, as you can plainly see, is too damning. The irony? The father could have to dip into the kids college fund to pay the settlement.

Maybe he can get the shortstop of the tema to cut a check for him, as he was the 15th overall pick in this year's baseball draft.

By the way, if you read the story, you see that it was the Georgia AAA State Championship game... Talk about one to remember...

I'm glad Reilly is finally at the network. It's a natural marriage, and we'll be seeing more than just a 1 page article in the back of SI.