I agree, as well, it's hard to prove anything from the video. The fact there's a runner on goes against the umpire, but I do not know what the score was at the time this occurred.
But just watching the catcher makes be think this is intentional. The pitch is nowhere near the dirt, yet the catcher crouches and ducks as if he's trying to smother a ball in the dirt. The catcher doesn't even track the pitch with his eyes/head whatsoever.
In 27 years, nothing like this has ever happened to me. I sure hope that it doesn't. I'm not likely to walk off and file a police report, but I am likely to file ejection paperwork (x3).
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