A grumpy college baseball umpire wouldn't let a player admire his clutch grand slam

C'mon!

It feels like we say this a lot, but we’ll repeat it: home runs are fun. They should be celebrated by the hitters who send them over the walls and by fans.

This umpire who was manning home plate for Dallas Baptist vs. Oregon State didn’t see it that way.

Dallas Baptist’s Andrew Benefield stepped up to the plate in the seventh inning with his team down 5-2 and hit what would end up being the game-winning grand slam, but as he stood there to admire it — as he should! What a dinger! Enjoy it, Andrew! — the home plate umpire told him to hurry along.

ANDREW BENEFIELD!!

Benny hits a grand slam on the first pitch of his at bat and DBU has the LEAD!
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— DBU Baseball (@DBU_Baseball) June 7, 2021

You will NOT admire your home runs with this umpire pic.twitter.com/6ivfTYbDg1

— CJ Fogler (@cjzer0) June 7, 2021

C’mon! Don’t stamp all over his big moment!