Umpire ejects entire crowd at baseball game in Iowa
Above: Umpire Walter Brown unleashed his wrath on Monrovia co-head coach Brad Blackmore who was ejected in an April 22 baseball game vs. San Marino.
How crazy is this?!? I ran across this blog post on the Seattle Times' high school sports blog. I know it's kinda late, but wondered how I would write a story like this if it happened in the WSGV. Talk about a creative lead ....
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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.
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I've been to a few games where I wished that the crowd would get ejected.
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