Abuse of umpires

[Ump20]

Originally posted by Jim Mills

Jim:

Here's a couple of links.




Wichita State case--Sporting News


Wichita State case--Topeka Capital-Journal

[Edited by Jim Mills on Feb 28th, 2001 at 10:40 AM]

Jim Mills originally mentioned

...In amateur sports, when illegal acts that result in injury are committed, and the victim proves malicious intent or reckless disregard for safety, perpetrators are indeed punished, both criminally and civilly. Let's watch the Wichita State case.

Thanks for the link. I do recall the incident. From my reading of it sure sounds like a criminal assault rather than a civil case. I take it the Wichita State pitcher was not arrested. From an umpire's standpoint it does not sound as if the umpires could have anticipated such an incident in the top of the first with an on-deck batter 24 feet from home plate! Jim Simms/NYC