A resurfaced clip of Ben 10 on Twitter has fans speculating if the polymorphic superhero was about to drop the N-word. Show Twitter user @trapvjai recently tweeted an old clip of Cartoon Network’s Ben 10 in which they speculated that the titular character was about to call the opposing team’s pitcher the N-word. The jest that Ben uses went like this, “We want a pitcher, not a hairy-“ before being cut off by grandpa Max, who yanks Ben bank from his forward stance and chastizes him with a stern look and growling his name with a gravelly tone. While there are probably many variations of this phrase that make their way through various circuits of children’s baseball, the rendition that I remember being used while I was growing up was, “We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher!” Another one was, “We want a catcher, not a broken ladder!” While I can’t speak to the broken rhyming schemes of children, there are not many other words that really fit with what Ben was going for. Apparently in 2017, the Dodgers used the same phrase that Ben Tennyson was about to unleash on his opponent against the Cubs. The Dodgers used the same phrase from my childhood, “We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher!” but merely replaced “belly” with “hairy” to get “We want a pitcher, not a hairy itcher!” Yeah, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me but apparently, it’s a thing even at the MLB level. At least with “belly itcher” the phrase is implying that the pitcher is performing poorly due to being distracted by itching their belly. Love Film & TV?Get the latest Film & TV news, features, updates and giveaways straight to your inbox Learn more With “hairy itcher” what does that mean? The person is hairy and likes to itch things. Or the person has an itchy body because of how hairy they are? How that would imply that they’re a bad pitcher, I don’t know. But maybe that’s diving too deep into the minds of 13-year-old kids. “So I’m rewatching Ben 10 and why I come across this one episode where he was itching to call his opp a n**ger?”
However, one other detail that makes the whole situation kind of suspect is that directly after Ben is cut off, there is an arrow on someone’s t-shirt that points directly towards a black man in the stands. This might be reading too far into things, but if we know anything about these early 2000’s cartoons, it’s that the animators packed them full of imagery that only adults would pick up on. Either way, we’ll leave it up to you to decide. “it’s the arrow pointing right after he said it”
Get unlimited access to the coverage that shapes our culture. Subscribe to Rolling Stone magazine Subscribe to Rolling Stone magazine INDIANAPOLIS--A melee broke out between players and fans at a little league world series game Saturday in Indianapolis. According to witnesses, the fight started when Owensboro, KY player Kevin Paxon, 11, charged into the stands after a heckler referred to him as a “belly itcher.” He was followed by several teammates, and the ensuing brawl resulted in five arrests. A fan seated nearby described the events that led to the incident. “Kevin [Paxon] was pitching, and he got pulled from the game because he wasn’t doing so well,” said Anne McCowan, 37, who was seated on the first base line. “As he was walking back to the dugout, this group of kids, they couldn’t have been more than 8-years-old, started chanting ‘We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher.’ Well that just rubbed Kevin the wrong way. He threw his glove on the ground, climbed over the wall, and went after them.” Paxon manage to punch one of the youngsters before being swarmed by a group of spectators. That’s when his teammates came to his aid. “After Kevin punched that one little kid, everything went kind of nuts,” said McCowan. “A bunch of people grabbed him and started hitting him, and then four or five of his teammates jumped into the crowd and joined the fray. One of them picked up a folding chair and threw it. It was pretty scary but if you ask me, [Paxon] had a right to be upset. Fans have gotten out of control. I can see criticizing someone’s game, but calling him a ‘belly itcher?’ That’s personal.” Police and security were able to get the situation under control, but not before several people were injured, including Paxon, who walked away with a bloody nose and bruised ribs. Timothy Doyle, one of the hecklers who infuriated Paxon in the first place, escaped with some minor cuts and bruises. “All I did was call him a ‘belly itcher," said Doyle, 9, who attended the game with his parents but was sitting with friends when the brawl took place. “I don’t see what the big deal is. When you come to the game you have a right to heckle the players. If he can’t handle it he should find a different line of work. These athletes, they think they can do whatever they want but they need to understand that they’re not above the law. This is a black day for little league baseball.” Paxon and his teammates haven’t been formally charged with anything as of yet. However, they will be suspended from their teams and forced to miss the rest of the little league world series. Paxon, in a statement released to the press, apologized for the incident, calling it “unfortunate.” “This is an embarrassing and unfortunate incident and I apologize for anyone that I may have hurt or offended,” the statement read. “Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a violent or short tempered person. Obviously I was disappointed in my performance in the game and I let my emotions get the best of me. It’s just too bad people can’t come to the game and enjoy themselves without verbally abusing the players, especially with small children in the vicinity—like me.” While other little leaguers condemned the act, many were able to sympathize with Paxon, saying they, too, have experienced abuse at the hands of fans. “Fan behavior at these games has really gotten crazy,” said Jonathan Kepper, 12, of the Kankakee, Illinois all-stars. “It used to be that people would come and watch the games, and if you messed up they might boo or something. Now it’s ‘belly itcher’ and things like that. Heck, I, myself, had someone say to me, ‘We want a hit, not a hairy armpit.’ A hairy armpit? What do my armpits have to do with anything? I’m not even old enough to have hairy armpits.” Another player, Kyle Moyer, called for the league to crack down on abusive fans. “You know, as a ballplayer, you do have to control yourself and not run into the stands attacking people,” said Moyer, 11. “But you have to remember that we’re human beings, too. It’s all about respect. If someone insults my boyhood, I’m going to want to defend myself. If I was in Kevin’s shoes I probably would’ve reacted the same way. I will not be disrespected, especially in front of all these ESPN cameras.” Copyright 2005, The Brushback - Do not reprint without permission. This article is satire and is not intended as actual news. Copyright 2005, The Brushback - Do not reprint without permission. This article is satire and is not intended as actual news. Little Leaguer Charges Into Stands After Being Called ‘Belly Itcher’ Where did the saying we want a pitcher not a belly Itcher come from?Remember being a kid and yelling things like “We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher!” or “We want a batter, not a broken ladder!”? Or there's the great scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off where Ferris and his friends are at a baseball game yelling things at the players.
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