That 13-Year-Old Umpire Explains How That Adult Brawl Broke Out During Youth Baseball Game
by Larry Leo
June 23, 201915 Comments
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This parents brawl broke out last weekend at Westgate Elementary School in Lakewood, Colorado during a game between a group of 7-year-old kids after a parent didn't like the 13-year-old umpire's call. Now the umpire speaks with his side of the story...
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Cordova said that “when an old man dropped the f-bomb on the sidelines” he issued a formal warning to both fans and the teams from the Bear Creek Junior Sports Association to knock it off.
“It was kind of weird,” the young umpire said. “I shouldn’t have to tell a grown man how to act around little kids.”
Rather than heed the umpire’s call for calm, the adults on both sides of the diamond started to argue over whether the offending fan should be removed from the grounds at Westgate Elementary School. The barking turned to fisticuffs with adults running on to the field and throwing punches.
“I issued it (the warning) to the entire field, and then everybody started yelling and screaming and it just got really chaotic, like, ‘He should should be ejected, he should be out of there.’ Coaches were pointing,” Cordova recalled.
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