Umpire wasn't paying attention when the shortstop caught the ball | Things You Missed

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The video highlights a historic moment in Women's Professional Blind Football League history, marking its first-ever ejection during a match between the New York Heights and the Boston Hunters. The incident stemmed from a controversial play where the umpire failed to see a catch made by the shortstop, leading to confusion among the officials regarding whether two outs had been recorded or if a runner on third base should have been doubled up. When the situation escalated into an argument between the home plate umpire and the manager, Jamal Weekes, the tension boiled over when the umpire warned the coach to watch his mouth. This verbal altercation resulted in the manager being ejected from the game, creating a unique piece of history for the league despite the chaotic nature of the blind football environment where visual cues are limited. The broadcast then shifts focus to the European Blind Football Championship, featuring an intense match between France and England that showcased the unique mechanics of the sport. In this competition, players must wear two layers of masks that cannot be touched by anyone, including their own teammates or opponents, while referees constantly monitor compliance with these strict safety rules. The French star player, Frederick Veru, scored all four goals for his team using a zigzag running strategy designed to exploit the auditory nature of the game; since the ball makes noise and walls keep it in play, defenders chase the sound rather than the visual position of the ball. This tactic allowed Veru to weave through the defense effectively, though his celebration and subsequent argument with officials led to a yellow card, demonstrating the high emotions involved even when visibility is zero. Following the football segment, the video presents a humorous challenge known as the "Slippery Stairs Competition," where six competitors attempt to race up a wet, slippery staircase while trying not to fall. The race quickly devolves into chaos as participants slip and slide uncontrollably, leading to a strategic free-for-all where players pull each other down to prevent others from winning. Brianna Cherry in red dominates the field early on, but the competition intensifies when Green attempts a leapfrog maneuver to secure first place, only to be caught by Pink who decides to pull Purple down instead of following standard defensive strategy. The race concludes with a comical twist when Green reaches the top and accidentally breaks the bell, causing it to fall directly onto Purple's hand, adding an unexpected obstacle to the already difficult task of navigating the wet stairs. The episode wraps up by promoting "Frog Week," a special event tied to the end of the MLB season where viewers can submit photos of real frogs or drawings of imaginary ones to compete for awards like Frog of the Year. The host also mentions upcoming content featuring amateur golfer Ryder Cowan, who recently earned all-American honors and is set to face Miles Russell in a high-stakes match. Throughout the video, the narrator emphasizes the importance of catching up on missed moments, whether it is a historic ejection in blind football, the strategic chaos of a slippery stair race, or the quirky world of frog competitions, promising continued coverage of these unique events once summer breaks conclude.

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The WPBL had its first ever ejection and it came from this play. They think they got two outs and doubled up the runner on third. And then the pitcher's like, "Wait, what? That's an out." And that's an out. Whoa, that's crazy. She turned, she said, "That's crazy. They can't believe it. What are you talking about?" The umpires get together like, "What did you have?" "Well, I didn't I don't What did you have?" I said, "Well, what do you have?" They call this a scoop. Now, manager Jamal Weekes, he's talking very calmly. He's like, "What are you talking about? You got to make that call." Cuz she didn't even see it. Look at the field umpire. She turns the wrong way. And at point of catch, her head is looking to right field cuz she turned the other way. Now, it's hard. There's only two umpires out there. And it's a hot shot. She doesn't have eyes on it. She has to make a call. That's a guest call. You got to ask Homeplay for help. home play dump, I guess, just wants to stick with her teammate and say, "No, you have it." But, I mean, she didn't even see it. I mean, we know she didn't see it. Anyway, it goes back and now that umpire is talking with the coach and you can see he says to her, "Watch your mouth when you're talking to me. Watch your mouth. You better watch your mouth when you're talking to me." And then she ejects him. We don't see the ejection. And they're like, "What? She had it seems like she's the one that said something and he said, "Hey, hey, hey, don't say that." And then he got ejected for getting offended. She writes down in her paper, I think we missed the call, but we created history and that's cool. So, the first ever ejection in the WPBL has happened in a game between the New York Heights and the Boston Hunters. And he just stares her down the whole way. Pretty calm. The European Blind Football Championship opened up with a great match between France and England. And there's a collision right away. And France's best player Veru loses his mask. So the official has to retape him. Now, as we watch this, I'll pause and I'll answer all your burning questions about the Blind Football Championship League. Here's how it works. The referee is required to tape up the masks and they have to wear two layers of masks. The outside players, you cannot touch your own mask. You cannot touch opponent's mask. You can't touch anything. And the referees can check your mask at all times. So Frederick Veru, he I don't know why I'm rolling my Rs on a French name. Frederick V. He gets his mask done up. It looks like he's like, "Can you tighten it, please?" He doesn't like how they're doing it. Now you see the guys in white. Those are the guides. Each team gets a guide on the sidelines on the other side. The ball makes noise. The walls keep everything in play. Look at him dice up the opponents. A lot of people saw this and said, "That dude can see. You can't tell me he can't see." He's just weaving. He's just weaving. I think he's just running a weave pattern. Defenders don't know what's going on. He celebrates and then he runs to the sideline and he starts screaming at someone. Can he see them? The whole point is he can't see that now. He screamed the ref. He's mad. They give him a yellow card. He doesn't care. His name is And he scored all four goals for France as they went on to beat England. Goalkeepers like, "Hey, man, chill out." Here's the replay. The ball makes noise, too. So, he's just zigzagging, right? Which is seems the best strategy on offense because all the defenders are going to chase the noise of the ball. So once they run that way, then you gotta go the other way and just hope you don't run into him. Bam. Wait, do you see the guide? Holy smokes. Look at the guide behind the net. He kicks with him. Like when you feed food to your baby and you open your mouth, too. The guy behind the net. See how he kicks too cuz he's the guide. That's cool. I actually like that kick. Today's episode of Things You Miss is brought to you by you guys. We need your help. Let us help you. Help us. We're all helping each other. Frog Week is coming up. As you know, last week of the MLB season, Frog Week. We've got two awards that you can submit yourself or someone you know and you can win. Historic victory could be yours. There's submissions needed for two categories. At home, frog of the year. Do you have a pet frog? Send in a picture. Tell us about it. Do you not have a pet frog? Well, then you can win in the imaginary division. Just think about a frog. Draw a picture. Have one commissioned. Tell us about your imaginary frog and you can win Imaginary Frog of the Year. Inaugural frog week is coming up and you are now prepared to help us help you. help you help us help save the frogs. Ryder Cowan ranked eighth in the world amateur rankings. He's coming off earning first team all-American honors as a junior and he's facing Miles Russell who they say is the best high school golfer since Tiger Woods. That's a pretty good sin. Teeing off here on the 17th and he puts it into about the thickest stuff he could put it. Not great. He's like, "Oh boy." His first attempt to get out of here, if that had a sound effect, it would be He said it was a pretty impossible shot. The next one felt just as impossible, but he needs to get it in to win this match. And he gets it out of the rough. And it's rolling. And it is in. Oh my goodness. Drops it in there for birdie. Horrendous T-OT. Second shot. Uh, [laughter] but this one is about as perfect and all it takes is one good shot. He says, "Thanks, man. Miles missed his putt. He wins. What a way to finish it for Ryder Cowan." Next up, we've got ESPN the OO slippery stairs competition. We've got six competitors. Choose which color you think will win based off what you're seeing. All right. Now, the goal is first one up the slippery stairs wins. Top three get the top three. Now, you can see they all slipped right away, right? There's going to be a thorough breakdown, so hang tight. You can see Pink slow and steady in the back. She's like, "You guys are all going to fall and I'm just going to get through you while you're on the ground." And it doesn't fully work out. Now, we are a couple seconds in and no one has made any ground. They are all falling. Green is just falling a lot in the back. And now Red's trying to go slow and steady. Slow and steady. And you're asking yourself, can they play defense? Yes. You see Orange try to get Red down. Now Red, she got to the second platform and then took off. Brianna Cherry all by her lonesome. Destroys the field. Wins by so much it's maybe the least interesting part of the race. Look at her go. No one is in sight. They're all stuck at the beginning. She sees the bell. She gets to it and she says, "This is mine." Ringading ding ding ding ding ding. I win. And you guys are all the way down there getting help from the spotters. But now it gets fun. Green is in the lead but slips and takes purple down with her. And that gives Orange a big lead. And Orange, who was trying to play defense against Cherry in red, she comes in second place. And she also had a big lead. And she's going to ring that bell. Ring a ding ding ding ding ding ding is what the bell says. Now we've got ourselves an allout brawl for third place. And green falls down. And then you see green down. And you can see purple pulls pink down. Now whoever's at the top needs to get pulled down. And there's a big slip up in strategy coming up here. Green is in the back. And you who's going to play defense? Who's going to play defense? You can see at one point pink decides, "Okay, they're a little bit ahead of me." She pulls purple. Purple says, "If I'm going down, you're coming with me." Blue grabs Blue's leg. Smart. If you're going down, take the others with you. Now, Pink sees they slid past her. She's got a head start. And they're like, "Nope, you're gone. Whoever's at the top gets yanked down." That's how it works. But there's a big flaw here because Green is going to make a little leapfrog jump. Frogw week and that puts her in first place. And instead of purple getting green, pink decides, I'm going to get purple. And now you've screwed up. At this point, a professional slippery stair player does not take purple down. They team up with purple to take green down. You've got to attack on top. If not, you've just given the lead to Green. And again, this is third place because Briana Cherry in red dominated the field. It gets even better though because Green goes to ring the bell. No ring ding ding ding ding ding ding ding. She broke it. The bell fell off. She's like, "Uhoh, the bell is falling down and lands right on Purple's hand." And she's like, "What the hell? I thought the obstacle was the wetness, not a falling bell. And that's everything you missed that you never planned on watching. Thank you very much for tuning in. Sorry about the little delay or like mini break that we took. Once we get through the summer, though, we're back. We're weekly. We're the best. You're the best. And we're covering everything that you didn't watch. Go tell your neighbor.