Little League World Series player tries sitting down in hilarious at-bat

That’s one solution to attempt to earn a stroll.

One Little League World Sequence participant squatted down within the batter’s field throughout the Mexico-Venezuela sport Tuesday, however the umpire wasn’t shopping for it.

Within the high of the fifth inning with a 1-0 depend, Mexico second baseman Santiago Hernandez stepped as much as the plate and instantly sat right down to shrink the strike zone, along with his backside almost grazing the filth contained in the white traces.

Venezuela pitcher Adrian Soto threw a strike, and the announcers calling the sport had enjoyable with the viral second.

“Now he’s sitting down, and that’s a strike no matter your stance,” one broadcaster mentioned.

One other announcer questioned if Hernandez had practiced this tactic beforehand.

“I inform you what, they should have practiced this too as a result of I hope they inform him it’s not going to vary the strike zone,” he mentioned. “I like each second of it.”

The umpire then appeared to inform Hernandez to regulate his foot.

“He’s mainly standing along with his entrance foot on dwelling plate as properly,” the announcer mentioned, whereas the opposite added, “All you must do is preserve your foot on the white line.”

The Little League rules tackle gamers’ batter’s stance in figuring out the strike zone.

“The umpire shall decide the strike zone in response to the batter’s traditional stance when that batter swings at a pitch,” in response to the present version of Little League’s Guidelines, rules, and insurance policies.

“An important a part of that definition is ‘over dwelling plate’ that means that the strike zone will all the time stay over dwelling plate, and it doesn’t matter the place within the batter’s field the batter stands.”

Mexico beat Venezuela, 3-1, on Tuesday to advance to the fourth spherical.