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Old Tue Aug 02, 2005, 10:36am
mcrowder mcrowder is offline
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Good god, Peter. What do you work, a prison league?

Except in the MOST EXTREME of circumstances, any effort by the umpire to "control" a group of out of control fans is only going to exacerbate the situation. You are paid to UMPIRE THE GAME ... not play etiquette police to the fans.
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