This is quality stuff...I have been to a few games where I wish an umpire would toss the entire crowd. Fans (parents) can take the games a bit too seriously and act like complete idiots. It's as if they don't care how their actions embarrass the kids.
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WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) - 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.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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