Major League Baseball umpires usually pay attention when bases are stolen — but apparently not when their cell phones are stolen.
Brock Ballou, who has been an umpire with the MLB for four years, was in Philadelphia on April 9 for the game between the Phillies and the Diamondbacks, per areportfrom CBS News.
Ballou found himself tied up in an alleged crime spree that began when the suspect entered a 7-Eleven in the Center City neighborhood and allegedly stole multiple items.
A store employee was punched several times in the process.
About half an hour later, the suspect grabbed Ballou’s phone while he was holding it to look at directions.
PHILLY ATTACK: MLB umpire robbed and punched to the ground by suspected teen in Center City, police say. A bystander recovered Ballou’s stolen phone. He worked home plate two days later.https://t.co/zt8drFt7wz
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“The suspect approached the male and snatched his cell phone out of his hands,” Philadelphia Police Capt. Jason Smith told CBS News.
But Ballou refused to be a victim of the crime.
“The victim went chasing after the male, at which time they got involved in a physical altercation at 16th and Walnut,” Smith added.
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