# "Silent" Little League Games? Anyone heard of this?

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**Created:** [May 18, 2006, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-little-league-games-anyone-heard-of-this/357215 "2006-05-18T03:10:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silent-little-league-games-anyone-heard-of-this/357215/41 "2006-05-20T18:35:00Z")

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[QUOTE=jsc1953]  
It’s interesting to see how different sports handle this problem. All my umpire training has told me that our authority stops at the fence; we run the game, and somebody else runs the stands.  
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Huh. My training as a softball umpire for house league was the exact opposite: we had the authority to eject anybody, including spectators, from the game. I never heard of anybody actually ejecting a spectator\*, but we did have the ability.

Perhaps this was because there was no one else at the diamond who _could_ police the stands; the umpires were the only objective observers there.

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  - Although now that I think about it, I once received a warning from an umpire when I was a spectator. The score was about 20-2 and the leading team was bunting. I shouted out something to the effect of, “You’re bunting up by 18? Show some respect!”

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