# Violence at kids baseball game. Ugh

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-at-kids-baseball-game-ugh/835873>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 22, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-at-kids-baseball-game-ugh/835873 "2019-06-22T01:58:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-at-kids-baseball-game-ugh/835873/1 "2019-06-22T01:58:29Z")

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Really, really awful behavior. 13 YO ref tells parents to stop yelling the F word at a 7 YO baseball game. Melee ensues.

> **[Parents brawl over a 13-year-old umpire's call at youth baseball game. Police...](https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/19/us/parents-brawl-little-league-baseball-trnd/index.html)**
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> "We were disgusted, quite frankly," a police spokesperson said. "Baseball and 7-year-old kids, it's the parents that need to grow up here. That's the saddest part."

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**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violence-at-kids-baseball-game-ugh/835873/2 "2019-06-22T08:52:19Z")

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When real life imitates South Park.