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Old Fri Sep 20, 2013, 03:01pm
Manny A Manny A is offline
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Originally Posted by bluehair View Post
Not this time, but this guy has punched an umpire before (apparently common knowledge). This umpire wasn't going to let it happen to him. Should he have waited for a sucker-punch? Damned if you do (hold him off by the neck), damned if you don't (and get bitch-slapped by this AH).
Well, there are more appropriate ways for someone to fend off a potential opponent, IMHO. A hand to the chest is better than a choke-hold to the throat.

Even he himself, in the article that Dave Reed linked, said that what he did was unprofessional and not handled correctly. With that, I do agree.
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