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Old Thu Aug 09, 2001, 09:52am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally posted by Gre144
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Originally posted by bluezebra
"On vary rare occassions it is impossible to ignore a belligerent fan and if you do ignore him the situation can get progessively worse. I think that if a fan is out of control, the coaches need to remove him or they need to call the police. If he can't be removed than the game should be forfeited. In short, in baseball as in real life you can't always ignore situations.

Greg"

By what rule would you forfeit the game?

Bob
I don't know of a rule, but what would you do with a fan that is bothering you, other fans, players etc and is cursing at the world at the top of his lungs? Ignoring doesn't always solve the problems, that is my only point.
Rather than forfeit the game, often a better tactic is to suspend the game, and write a detailed report to the league. Let them decide whether to forfeit the game, or order it resumed.
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