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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:24:50 PM EDT
Umpire Ejects Entire Crowd During Baseball Game Umpire Says Fans Were Being Unruly WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa –– An umpire has emptied the stands at a high school baseball game, ejecting the entire crowd of more than 100 fans for being unruly. Umpire Don Briggs said he had no problem with any of the student athletes during Thursday's game between Winfield-Mount Union and West Burlington. He said he had to take action because fans were being unruly, yelling and arguing. However, West Burlington Superintendent James Sleister said he didn't see any unusual behavior and said he thought the umpire overreacted. The game resumed after a 40-minute delay. West Burlington won 12-11. The umpire called police as a precaution. West Burlington police officer Al Waterman says there were no arrests. He says he saw no unruliness himself. 
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:26:48 PM EDT
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Just what baseball needs. Fewer spectators!
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:28:41 PM EDT
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GTFO YOU GODDAMN SPECTATORS! WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, A SPECTATOR SPORT?
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:28:51 PM EDT
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What a way to end his umpiring career
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:29:53 PM EDT
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Fans were yelling? What the fuck is wrong with society?
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:32:07 PM EDT
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I don't know the details, but some people take (their spawn's) baseball so fucking seriously I can imagine the possibility of good reason for this.
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:36:05 PM EDT
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I don't know the details, but some people take (their spawn's) baseball so fucking seriously I can imagine the possibility of good reason for this. I agree... all those sporting event referee and ump physical attacks by parents are isolated incidents. |
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:40:54 PM EDT
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I used to ref 7-8 YO youth soccer games. I handed out lots of red cards to parents/specs etc.
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Posted: 6/14/2009 10:46:38 PM EDT
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I don't know the details, but some people take (their spawn's) baseball so fucking seriously I can imagine the possibility of good reason for this. I agree... all those sporting event referee and ump physical attacks by parents are isolated incidents. Agreed, I've seen far to many incidents of parents going at it on the sidelines or in the stands |
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Posted: 6/14/2009 11:22:26 PM EDT
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I don't know the details, but some people take (their spawn's) baseball so fucking seriously I can imagine the possibility of good reason for this. I agree... all those sporting event referee and ump physical attacks by parents are isolated incidents. Agreed, I've seen far to many incidents of parents going at it on the sidelines or in the stands A local one had a guy take a umbrella to another parent. 
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Posted: 6/14/2009 11:26:00 PM EDT
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We had referees at a highschool football game escorted out by police to protect them from our crowd once.
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Posted: 6/14/2009 11:33:48 PM EDT
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Umpire controls the game on and off the field. That's the way it is.
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