I’m honestly sorta surprised at responses like this that I’ve seen here and other places defending the ump/thinking it was okay because it ‘taught the player a lesson’.
Yes, the player overreacted to a terrible strike 2 call (and no, it wasn’t a clear strike and the announcers were surprised by the call/commented that it was “way low”). Did he ‘disrespect’ the ump? Sure, I guess the kid could have handled it better but he took a couple of hops out of the batters box, maybe said a few words (couldn’t clearly see his face watching the video on my phone), got back in the box and pointed to where the ball crossed the plate without saying anything. What does the adult do to this? Makes a mockery of the game with what has to be the worst strike 3 call I’ve ever seen.
The ump disrespected the integrity of the game and the pitcher/both teams more with his strike three call than anything the batter did. A dad teaching moment there would have been for the ump to call the rest of the game professionally and then speak to the player afterwards - the ump showed zero respect for the game with his actions.
Professionalism/integrity from the ump should be expected if the score is 1-0 with the tying run on 3rd or down 7-3 with two strike and two outs in the 9th. No excuse for the call.
It is baseball, there is no clock and you are never completely out of it until all of your outs have been used up.
May 11, 2004: Wes Helms ended a 14-inning battle with a home run to top Montreal, but the real fun was a five-run ninth to tie. In fact, the Brewers were down to their last strike and still facing a four-run deficit, but Chad Moeller singled against Rocky Biddle, Brooks Kieschnick doubled and Scott Podsednik tied the game with a two-run single. https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2021/05/14/25-top-walk-off-homers-milwaukee-brewers-history/4512962001/