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Here’s the frontrunner for college baseball cheap shot of the century (VIDEO)

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A few days ago the benches cleared during a game between Yavapai Community College and Scottsdale Community College in the top of the ninth, and even though the “fight” only involved a bit of jawing, chest puffing, and no punches thrown at all, that didn’t stop one Yavapai player from destroying an unsuspecting baserunner with the mother of all cheap shots.

While the two teams hurl profanities at each other following an incident down the first base line, the Scottsdale player standing on second surveys the scene, not knowing he’s about to get leveled by the charging Yavapai left fielder.

And does he ever get leveled.

It takes a while, but the Scottsdale player eventually leaves the field under his own power, while the instigator of the attack seems to have gotten away with a cheap shot for the ages.  Hopefully these two teams meet again, after the Scottsdale team has viewed this soon-to-be viral clip, and that scumbag cheap shot artist gets a well placed fastball in and around his head and/or groin.

Totally uncalled for.  Not the cheap shot, but rather the choice of Who Let the Dogs Out by the Baha Men  for the benches clearing musical interlude.  Didn’t congress pass a law to ban that song from being played at sporting events?  If not, they probably should.

[via Hot Clicks]

UPDATE:  According to our friends at Bob’s Blitz, the d-bag cheap shot artist has been identified as Austin O’Such, freshman outfielder and cleanup hitter for Yavapai Community College, and apparently he’s been suspended for the above on-field incident, so says the Daily Courier.

Here’s the 6-foot-2, 220-pound O’Such (via GoRoughriders.com)…

"I don't always plow over opponents, but when I do, I prefer they be unsuspecting..."

So there’s that.

 

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  • Tom

    you can tell what number the LF was after he came back into the video…went to the school’s baseball team link and this is the a-hole:

     O’Such, Austin
    24
    Freshman
    OF
    6’2″
    220
    Los Altos, California
    punk!

  • CCrockett52

    If anyone with authority to act reviews this tape, that left fielder should be banned for the remainder of the season. He could have seriously injured that player, who did nothing other than to remain on the base that he was entitled to. Payback is going to be a b**** later for that jerk.

  • Jonnyb

    is there no outrage over this?  Everyone is silent.

    • Anonymous

      The real gem is the chick who said, “Oh, he tripped!”  I hope the same thing happens to her somehow somewhere.

  • Drconsalvi

    left fielder is a punk

  • Scott

    That player should be kicked off the team by his own coaches. That shows what type of person he is. Scum!

    • Anonymous

      Kicked-off for starters.  He should also be prosecuted for aggravated battery.  

      That left-fielder WILL be sued, guaranteed.  The guy at 2nd base, justified or not, will claim that he has headaches, blurred vision, and whole host of other medical maladies after the hit.  All he has to do is take this video to court and he will win.  I’m not necessarily saying that it’s right, but this left-fielder will really regret his cheap shot two years from now when he’s broke, living in his mother’s basement,  and working as a grocery bagger.

      • Roarc

        He was probably already broke, living in his mothers basement, sacking groceries before he went to JC as a 24 year-old freshman. What a loser.

  • Tinez36

    what an effing piece of shi* left fielder… he will get his someday cause what goes around comes around, what a Pu**y cheap shot… couldnt even be a Man and face him head on… Coward.

  • Dave

    This guys cheap shot just shows the type of garbage in the world normal people have to watch out for.My guess is they knew each other and the garbage was afraid to step up like a man.

  • Anonymous

    24 years old and a freshman.  Sounds like he failed a few years in school.  Now we know why!  This Punk should be kicked off the team, not suspended.  “O’Such” a LOSER!!!

    • Anonymous

       Yes, you know I didn’t realize that until you mentioned it: 24 & a freshman. I’ll bet he’s flunking anyway.

    • Scooterhay

      he is #24,not 24 years old-he is 18 years old and made a huge error in judgement and should be severly punished but lets not hang a child for making a mistake he probobly would give anything to do over.

      • Watchinglosers

        Whatever, he’s a punk for even doing that to anyone, muchless in a game. He could see the guy wasn’t moving or participating in the situation. What an ass.

      • Rod1smith

        Youre a moron

      • Budlin35

        I was taught that the first time it’s a mistake, but the second time is a choice.  This is not the first time O’Such has done this.  He was ejected before from a game for another cheap shot. 

  • Ronald W Jeffery

    Clearly uncalled for, I would ban him for life and press charges.  He’s nothing but a thug and probably has always conducted himself this way.  90 days !!!

  • Walt

    We don’t suspend the criminal law inside baseball stadiums.  That was at the very least a battery and might even be deemed a felonious assault.  I don’t suggest that every time two guys run together someone ought to be charged, but when it’s that blatant the guy ought to be arrested and prosecuted criminally.  To do otherwise, in my mind, is to sort of condone it.

    • Anonymous

      Where’s Goose Gossage when you need him?  This was really a dirt bag maneuver.

  • Nunyer

    PUNK..!

  • http://www.facebook.com/norvaisas Peter Norvaisas

     That douche bag needs to be suspended from baseball and let the guy he ran over gang tackle him like the asshole he is.

    • Anonymous

      Very appropriate sobriquet you hung on O’Such, I still like the Goose Gossage option though.

  • Bill

    That guy is so much brain dead slime.  I hope he is convicted for felony assault and banned from sports.  And coach, if you keep him on the team you’re not much better.  Did you take your cue from the Saints defensive coordinator?

  • tomXVI

    sideways

  • justice

    What a  wuss.  If I was the coach my answer to his actions would be swift.  ”pack your crap you are off the team.”

  • Rds

    Typical Arizonian behaivior cant wait to get out of this state!! Stupidest thing I ever did moving here,reminds me of the incident not to long ago at Arizona state univ football game when a moron fan threw a beer bottle from the stands and hit someone on the field I think it was a cheerleader. Dont even get me started about the way people drive here,I have lived all over the U.S. and Ari zonedout ians   are the Rudest and most agressive I have seen anywhere.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mark-Stephens/100000611713913 Mark Stephens

      The scumbag  is from California. Waaaay worse than Arizona.

    • Gator7783+

      Then leave

  • Edncc18

     PUSSY!

  • Capt. fairplay

    What a scumbag! Karma is a B**ch, you have your’s coming.
     

  • Scooterhay

    I  do think this young man needs to be punished severly for his cowardly act but we all need to take a step back and realize he is a 17 or 18 year old freshman,not  a 24 year old like some of you are saying.He wears the #24 jersey.I believe that before you throw rocks,you should look at your own lives and i bet you have made  a mistake or two that youd give anything for a do over.I make no excuses for this guy,the video speaks for itself.i am just saying,kids screw up,his screw up is viscious a nd cowardly but it was in the middle of what looked to be like the start of a brawl.im very glad to see that the young man that was run over seemed to be okay.

    • Watchinglosers

      Yeah, the start of a brawl that the second baseman was having no part in nor looing to from the looks of things. However ther punk that ran him obviously needed his ass kicked, I don’t care what age he was.

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gurn-Blanston/100002604673757 Gurn Blanston

        I’m 50.  5’10″, 230 pounds and and an ex-soldier.  I volunteer to kick that punkass!

  • Biggymic

    Come on people, let his suspension stand on the field and no further action from the law is necessary. This society is becoming to sue happy. Let the league punish only. Then when the two teams play again, get your payback the way the sport is played. 

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Gurn-Blanston/100002604673757 Gurn Blanston

      Are you fuckingkidding me?  The game is NOT played that way. 

  • Watchinglosers

    What a coward…Once they found out they should have all jumped his ass. Punk!

  • Justin Smith

    hey everyone go to the teams  FB page and leave all these comments there

  • Larry

    COWARD

  • BobHodgson

    O’such should be banned from baseball, at the very least by the college, for such a cowardly act.  The base runner could have been permanently disabled and should sue O’such for assault & battery.  O’such is a bad apple and not a baseball player.

  • mayhem

    shit like this doesn’t happen here in Pa.,it’s that thug, disrespecting attitude that goes along with the meterosexual lifestyle in Ca.  Next game I would throw at this assholes head until he gets hit. No doubt this little boy should be suspended.  I hope Ca falls in the ocean soon, that state is a cancer.

    • Anonymous

      This happened in AZ!

  • Keefripken

    talk about coming out of left field

  • Anonymous

    Suspended? Why isn’t he being investigated for criminals charges?

  • JChicago

    I hope the player who was hit gets a lawyer and sues Austin O’Such for as much money as a jury will award. I also hope the District Attorney files criminal charges again O’Such and sends him away to a dark hole in prison where he belongs.

  • Anonymous

    The whole thing O’ so Sucked. O’Such would have lasted 5 minutes on the streets of the BRONX and should be hung by the Balls until they rot off.

  • Anonymous

    This dirt bag has a history of plowing into competitive players: http://www.kitsapsun.com/photos/2011/jun/07/206218

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_RBNZBZ4E2TD4F2CMNFTSCD2RUY GaryC

    Kicked off the team… Lawsuit files against him and no college ball for 2 years…

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/J23GTA7TJQ6IPWKQEPGTVXVSVI Cody Y

    Sow when a fight breaks out in hockey they both should be charged with assault, battery, disturbing the peace etc? What about a boxing match? The fact of the matter is criminal law IS suspended within the confines of athletics, and even though his attack was blatant, unprovoked and intentional, even his maximum punishment should be baseball related, and that’s is. How many lawsuits would there be if the MMA allowed them? Pain and suffering, hospital bills, facial reconstruction surgery?

    • Anonymous

      This was not a fight.  Like you said this was an attack.  And of course criminal law and morals do not stop at the edge of the field. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_CHF4D2X5ZVLWX5REIM6CBTT2N4 Brian B.

    The baserunner was lucky to not be seriously injured or even killed. This scum who checked him should never be allowed to play ball again!

    I am 47, from Wisconsin, and played hardball (2nd baseman) into my 30s.  I’ve  had guys slide into 2nd base spikes up numerous times. I’ve been hit by spikes (metal). Sometimes, when runners would come in spikes up, I would jump, evade, and come down with spikes down. Payback is a bitch.

    There are some things in baseball that are intolerable, such as the BATTERY enacted by Osuck. If I were playing against this team with scum/Osuch at the plate, I would hope our coach would order all pitches high and tight with nothing to hit. If Osuch were running bases, pickoff plays with throws at it head should be ordered. He tries to steal any base, spikes come down.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YZAYCZ2M66ZPBPBM2RQFSLKBKY robert t

    dude’s lucky his own team mates didn’t turn him over to the other team.  That’s not something that’s put up with from a rookie freshman player not even halfway through the season.

  • http://twitter.com/SMcTwelve Scott McCarthy

    Was I the only one who’s first reaction to this video is: “I’m not sure the runner scoring from 3rd actually touched the plate…”?

  • Tone

    All you haters probably never played a mans game so let go of this you were not there so go back to your oscure lives and let men play on.
    .

  • Kuka Nyongesa

    Future Saints linebacker?

  • Kuka Nyongesa

    Future Saints linebacker?

  • Anti-Bully

    Obviously Mark is someone who has been on the giving end of such things.  It was malicious in intent and the runner could have sustained serious neck injuries.  The law doesn’t read… if the victim is ok afterwards, then no foul.

  • Unger1111

    You’re the problem!

  • Sabrecat

    simple assault charges should be filed for chickens**t like this or maybe a lawsuit against a blatant not-part-of-the-game blind side shot.

    MARK…..everyone is sensitive to hurting anyone??? Have you looked outside?
    Watched the world news? Noticed how many wars are currently happening??

    SENSITIVE???  Are you stoned or just ignorant? Maybe you’re an idiot that loves the stupidity of violence?

  • Rod1smith

    the people who are saying ( its no big deal its part of the game) are the problem.  Dirty punk scumbag moves like this have never been part of the game.  I hope the idiot and the scum bag program he is in gets a suspension at least.. Criminal charges should be filed by the parents if not by the school.  Dont let the good ol boys hurt your kid like this and not act on it…File the charges yourself. 

  • Tony Georgi

    Cincinnati / Xavier was worse than that…no major suspensions in that sucker punch so whay are you surpised at this?

  • BS22

    I am a player for Scottsdale Community College and saw it happen, O’ Such is a fag and a coward for that.  Glad it was caught on tape and he deserves everything he gets.

    • SportsLez

      Coward, yes.  Idiot, yes.  Bully, yes.  But what, exactly,  makes him a fag?

  • Isaiahfiftey3

    his uncle coached for the saints

  • Anonymous

    “I don’t always plow over opponents, but when I do, I prefer they be unsuspecting…” (Austin O’Such)

    With ‘Such’ a cowardly hit as displayed on the video, and then this even more cowardly statement after the fact, certainly much, much more than mere suspension from the school and the baseball team is called for.

  • Protkd

    He got up way after the incident and the comment “boys will be boys” is part of the reason
    Why bullying still exists. Worst possible response to a helpless person being ran over
    Like a human tackling dummy. How about I do that to you and then you can reply will a better adjusted response.

  • Bub97103

    the coach should have the balls to kick him off the team!!

  • Purcella23

    Both schools athletic governing body is the NJCAA, similar to the NCAA. Was this incident reported to the NJCAA and video given to them? I believe self- governing in this instance is ill-advised. The young men are adults and this appears to be a legal issue. However, both colleges have an athletic director and each team has a coach who are responsible for what happens within the program. The college also has a Sports Medicine team responsible for the care of the athletes. Who is watching?

 

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