13 days per punch
Gary Callaghan sent this on. Not fastball, but interesting reading nonetheless.......
Kingston man jailed for punching baseball ump
By SUE YANAGISAWA, QMI Agency
KINGSTON - A 20-year-old Kingston man has been jailed 26 days and sentenced to 12 months of probation for assaulting a baseball umpire.
Kyle Pyke pleaded guilty Monday in Kingston's Ontario Court of Justice to assaulting Brandon Cross on June 23, 2009, during a game between his Kingston Thunder and the visiting Prince Edward County Lynx. Pyke, who was 19 at the time, was suspended indefinitely from the team after he was charged with assaulting the then 16-year-old umpire.
Assistant Crown attorney Megan Williams told Justice Rommel Masse the trouble began when Pyke hit a ground ball and Cross called him out on a tag near first base. Pyke disagreed, according to Williams, and became very vocal and demonstrative, throwing his batting helmet on the ground.
Williams said Cross then ejected Pyke, subsequently ordering him to leave the ballpark. Instead, Masse was told, the older teen punched Cross in the head and face -- twice.
The game was then suspended, and Kingston police arrived to find Cross sporting a swelling above one eye. Pyke was arrested later that night.
In recommending a 30-day sentence -- minus pretrial custody -- to the judge, defence lawyer David Crowe counter claimed those punches didn't just come out of the blue.
He told Masse "there was some lead-up," to Pyke's loss of control and suggested the young umpire provoked his client during an exchange involving "strong language" and mutual pushing -- a claim Cross has previously denied. Williams didn't challenge the defence lawyer's assertions in court.
Masse accepted what amounted to a joint submission, noting that 30 days was a reasonable sentence under the circumstances. He gave Pyke double credit for two days he'd spent in pretrial custody.
"I know sports can become pretty emotional," the judge told Pyke in pronouncing his decision, "but the umpires are there for a reason."
The judge told him the bottom line is that "umpires have to be protected."
Kingston man jailed for punching baseball ump
By SUE YANAGISAWA, QMI Agency
KINGSTON - A 20-year-old Kingston man has been jailed 26 days and sentenced to 12 months of probation for assaulting a baseball umpire.
Kyle Pyke pleaded guilty Monday in Kingston's Ontario Court of Justice to assaulting Brandon Cross on June 23, 2009, during a game between his Kingston Thunder and the visiting Prince Edward County Lynx. Pyke, who was 19 at the time, was suspended indefinitely from the team after he was charged with assaulting the then 16-year-old umpire.
Assistant Crown attorney Megan Williams told Justice Rommel Masse the trouble began when Pyke hit a ground ball and Cross called him out on a tag near first base. Pyke disagreed, according to Williams, and became very vocal and demonstrative, throwing his batting helmet on the ground.
Williams said Cross then ejected Pyke, subsequently ordering him to leave the ballpark. Instead, Masse was told, the older teen punched Cross in the head and face -- twice.
The game was then suspended, and Kingston police arrived to find Cross sporting a swelling above one eye. Pyke was arrested later that night.
In recommending a 30-day sentence -- minus pretrial custody -- to the judge, defence lawyer David Crowe counter claimed those punches didn't just come out of the blue.
He told Masse "there was some lead-up," to Pyke's loss of control and suggested the young umpire provoked his client during an exchange involving "strong language" and mutual pushing -- a claim Cross has previously denied. Williams didn't challenge the defence lawyer's assertions in court.
Masse accepted what amounted to a joint submission, noting that 30 days was a reasonable sentence under the circumstances. He gave Pyke double credit for two days he'd spent in pretrial custody.
"I know sports can become pretty emotional," the judge told Pyke in pronouncing his decision, "but the umpires are there for a reason."
The judge told him the bottom line is that "umpires have to be protected."
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