Show Sports thoughts The sport of baseball has such violent terms as hit stealing knock down pitch murderers' murderers row kill the umpire umpire um um- pire Aire slugging percent percentage ge brawl as as- aswell well as many other forceful names These names have an influence over the baseball watching audience AN EXAMPLE of or this was a Bronco League game at Roosevelt a few weeks ago between Springville and Mapleton J Mapleton had a one run lead at the top of the seventh and two outs against Springville The last Springville hope had two strikes as well The batter slammed the bat on and then blasted a single to drive in the tying run for Springville The top of the seventh inning ended with the score tied at 5 55 5 In the bottom of the seventh the fireworks began to explode A lady on the Springville side began taking pictures of the Springville players while a Mapleton l player was getting set setto setto setto to hit the baseball All of a sudden a Mapleton lady remarked I dont don't badmouth badmouth bad bad- mouth your kid the Mapleton lady I l assume was speaking to the Springville rooter I thought to myself that maybe the Mapleton and Springville rooters would begin hitting slugging or maybe there would be an old fashioned brawl Maybe taybe there ther would be a melee and both both- cheering benches would empty out near the concession stands and have a battle royal I figured that once the fight began one of the battlers would drive a hit to the opp opposing players jaw and that the victim would gain revenge with a knock down punch or a duster to the n nose e. e However the fighting action did not take place as as' the Sprin Springville ille lady walked back to her bench and the upset Mapleton mother quieted down IN THE TILE bottom bottom of the seventh Mapleton placed a aman aman aman man on first and then the runner stole second base The umpire ruled that the the runner runner was safe at second in what was wasa was was' a a cl close se call ll X The e call cal p e pes pe's pleased s the Mapleton fans fans' but extremely upset the Springville crew One Springville fan yelled that the call at second was one of the worst decisions ever made The fan was st steaming aming with anger and seemed about ready to get the crowd to begin blasting the referees with the often heard saying Kill the Ump Mapleton upset the Springville fans by gaining a double that placed runners on second and third with only one out The situation became hotter as the umpire told a Springville fan that the umpires decision was correct because the second baseman had missed the tag which was blocked from view by the M Mapleton runners runner's body The Springville team retired the remaining two batters to keep the game tied at five runs after the seventh inning In the top of the eighth Springville seared scored ored one run to take a 65 65 65 6 5 lead and all of a sudden the temper of the Springville fans went from hot to tool fool A Springville rooter commented U that the fans should give the umpires a hand The Springville fans began to clap their hands for the umpires ITS IT'S AMAZING how the tone of the fans change when they go from the brink of l losing to the happiness of winning Springville was about ready to kill the umpires but when they gained Ined a winning edge the umpires were heros Springville won the game 6 5 as they blanked Mapleton in the bottom of the fhe eighth inning That's the life liCe of an umpire One moment he is a bum and later he is a hero It all depends on which team is winning at the time If one side is losing the umpire is a bum and when the team is winning the umpire is s perfect In a game during Vernal Bronco League action a call by byan byan an umpire seemed to be a bad decision However the decision helped the team that one fan was cheering for and the person remarked that it was about time the umpire called one for or our team The fans that are losing a baseball game seem about ready to deliver delver a knockdown punch to the umpires and the opposing fans and maybe even get Into a melee a brawl or a battle royal but as soon as they gain the winning edge they become calmer and the other fans take over |