Sunday, April 29, 2012

Umpire Fan Orioles

  • It seems like the Baltimore Orioles biggest problem so far this season has nothing to do with the actual quality of play on the field, but rather fans coming to their games and running onto the field.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Security! We got another one. Whenever a goofball fan runs on the playing field during a Major League Baseball game, ballpark security is supposed to surround him in a big circle and squeeze until the trespasser is surrounded.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • around third base and he slid head-first into home as Orioles security basically stood and watched.
  • (San Francisco Gate)
  • The Orioles seem to have a mini-epidemic shot from the perspective of a fan behind the first base dugout: Nicely done, Mr. Kellogg.
  • (NBC Sports)
  • For the fourth time this early season, a fan ran onto the Camden Yards own hands here -- on May 3, 1999, Cuban umpire Cesar Valdez body-slammed and punched an anti-Castro protester during the Orioles-Cuba exhibition game at Camden Yards.
  • (Baltimore Sun)
  • He wanted me to fight for myself. Robinson, who attended McClymonds High in Oakland, played for the Orioles from 1966-71 and helped them win two World Series. Umpire Jeff Kelloggs tackle of a fan who stormed the field Friday night created a buzz nationally.
  • (Contra Costa Times)
  • as he was taken down by an umpire who was working the game. As Baltimore Sun sports writer Dan Connolly points out in his story about Fridays loss to the Oakland Athletics, this is the fourth time this year a fan has run out onto the field.
  • (Baltimore Sun)
  • The bare-chested fan ran onto the field in the middle of the Kellogg refused to comment after the game, but Orioles center fielder Adam Jones commended the umpire for the action he took. I told him, Thats awesome, Jones said.
  • (News.com.au)
  • The shirtless fan was identified as 20-year-old Christopher Fatkin who was arrested by Baltimore Police immediately after the stunt. CBS Sports reports Jeff Kellogg, the home plate umpire is credited for helping police capture the unruly fan.
  • (WBAL Radio)
  • Last night, home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg tackled a fan who dove headfirst into home plate after "Very hospitable of the Orioles," A's equipment manager Steve Vucinich joked.
  • (San Francisco Gate)

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