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Andy Nesbitt

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. | @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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This article was originally published on www.si.com as College Ump Ripped for His Move Right After Tennessee Hitter's Huge Grand Slam.

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