Umpire ejects entire crowd during baseball game

[marmar]

AP via Yahoo!:



Umpire ejects entire crowd during baseball game

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.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090613/ap_on_fe_st/us_odd_umpire_ejects_crowd

[WI_DEM]

1. That ump is going to spend his life living this down.

[panader0]

2. When my girls played ponytail softball

I saw many unruly parents. The opposing parents sat in different stands and slung insults at each other.

[Captain Hilts]

3. Reminds me of the Library of Congress ref. librarian who responded to an inquiry

with "who gives a fuck?" She was sent to work in the stacks for six months after that. But, as one of THE best reference librarians she was back on station eventually.

Like this librarian, he did what every librarian/umpire has wanted to do.

[kath]

4. Ooh, I missed that one. Did she say that to a patron?

Trying to find it on the InterTubes, no luck...

[Captain Hilts]

5. Some say it was to a patron, some say it was said at a meeting. I can't imagine

an excellent ref. Lib. being put in the stacks for saying 'fuck' at a meeting...