At a summer league 15U game I was BU. A fan started getting on the PU about his ball and strike calls. The PU ignored him till he started using profanities. At this point the PU said "Sir there are women and children present would you please watch your language". His response was "I can talk any f*****g way I please". The PU said no you can't and told him to leave the park. At this point the irate fan tried to enter the field thru a gate by the 1st base dugout. I met him there and said to come in here you're going to have to come thru me and that won't be easy! He was then grabbed by two off duty policemen (they showed me their badges)and escorted him away! That was the only time in 15 years of being an umpire that I received applause from the spectators.
P.S. I think the irate fan's name was Drumbum or something like that!
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Mon Jul 25, 2005, 03:46pm
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