Article 4HH31 Little league parents don't like child umpire's call, so they beat each other

Little league parents don't like child umpire's call, so they beat each other

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Mark Frauenfelder
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On a nice afternoon in Lakewood, Colorado, parents attending their seven-year-old children's baseball game decided that the best way to deal with a controversial call made by the 13-year-old umpire was to storm the field, scream, and hit one another.

From Deadspin:

Lakewood (Colo.) Police handed out issued four citations for disorderly conduct, and are still seeking suspects for potentially more serious charges, after 15-20 grown-ups got into a big ol' brawl in the middle of a 7-year-olds' baseball game this weekend.

The cause of the fight? According to police, one parent was upset with calls made by the game's 13-year-old umpire. Things devolved quickly, and in a really depressing moment at around four seconds of the video, you can see the children in the field fleeing for safety.

In the background, you can hear a woman making a personal request to Jesus Christ to stop the brawl. The video ends before we can see whether or not the son of God arrived and intervened.

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