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College Ump Ripped for His Move Right After Tennessee Hitter's Huge Grand Slam

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Tennessee's Levi Clark had some fun watching this ball travel to the moon.
Tennessee's Levi Clark had some fun watching this ball travel to the moon. | @SECNetwork

One of the coolest feelings in sports has to be launching a baseball to the moon with the bases loaded in front of a ton of adoring fans. Tennessee freshman Levi Clark experienced that on Saturday when he crushed a go-ahead grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning that led to the Vols' 7-3 win over Samford.

Clark did what most people would do in that situation: he watched the ball sail out of the park while very slowly making his way toward first base. The home plate ump wasn't a huge fan of that, as he quickly told Clark to get on his way.

First, here's the home run:

Here's a closer look at the ump quickly stepping in:

Not a huge deal but many fans wished the ump would have just let Clark enjoy the moment a little more before rounding the bases:

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Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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