Only Fair, A Few Miles South Over the Border, They Shoot You for Speaking English - Ump pushed English-only in game

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Gadsden High School: Ump pushed English-only in game - Las Cruces Sun-News

By The Associated Press

Posted:   04/12/2013 

LAS CRUCES — Baseball coaches from a New Mexico high school say they will file a formal complaint against an umpire who allegedly told a Latino player to stop speaking Spanish during a game.

Emmanuel Burciaga, an assistant coach at Gadsden High School, told the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/14gvJlA ) that umpire Corey Jones told the Gadsden first baseman to speak only English or face ejection during a game in Alamogordo on Tuesday.

After Burciaga asked Jones, the first-base umpire, about the admonishment, Jones said, "Anyone who speaks Spanish — coaches or players — will be ejected," according to Gadsden High School baseball coaches.

Burciaga said he told Jones, "Our players will not stop speaking Spanish, and they will not be ejected." Burciaga said Jones then "came walking toward me and said, 'Another word from you, Coach, and you will be ejected."'

The home plate umpire, who is bilingual, intervened in the mid-game conflict and told Jones there was no rule prohibiting players from speaking Spanish on the field, Burciaga said. The other umpire assured Jones that he understood Spanish and would put a stop to any foul language, Burciaga said.

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