re: Auburn Softballer doesn't appreciate Florida coach's unwanted touching

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It's funny, when I watched it at first, I thought the same thing. Then today, happened to watch it a few more times with all the discussion and it seems like his arm goes out a bit, but after reading your comments and looking at it on slow mo loop, it appears to make contact, she rotates which then sort of moves his hand and arm off the normal line it was traveling. I'm apt to at least retract my "clearly" comment on his intent upon watching again... Either way, I don't have an issue with her initial reaction, particularly given the family history. Stand up for yourself if you think you've been slighted sure... but as others have said, if she truly just didn't want to interact with him, stay in the dugout... whether she's "looking for it" or not, she seems to revel in the opportunity at the very least...

Neither of them look great here, but one of them was a bad split second interaction at worst, the other decided to make it a bad 20-30 second showing on top of already acting childish to begin with...

FWIW, I think the handshake/high five line is about as stupid as the post game interview of the losers... It's typically awkward. If it's organic, fine... see boxers/mma fighters that hug/congratulate each other after the fight vs. ones that just go to their side and celebrate (sometimes prematurely)... I just don't think forced fake friendliness after a sporting event is doing anything to promote "sportsmanship".

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Yeah, the girly-girl drama is a bit much, especially since one of them isn't a girly-girl. Whether he was in the right or wrong, he should have just kept his temper told her to go away and returned to the handshake line. I still don't see clear evidence that this was deliberate with malice aforethought, which would save him in court, but I acknowledge it's certainly possible he crossed the line. Fuzzy evidence doesn't mean you're innocent, just that you can't be proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Check the casting when they make the inevitable Hollywood blockbuster about this incident. If Christopher Walken plays the coach, the screenwriters are taking his side. If he plays the girl, they're taking hers.