Friday, May 2, 2014

Daily News: Odd News - Korean baseball umpire assaulted by fan from 'Surprise Zone'

Thursday, May 01, 2014 07:26 PM PDT

Korean baseball umpire assaulted by fan from 'Surprise Zone' 
Thursday, May 01, 2014 07:26 PM PDT
By Narae Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean baseball fan ran onto the field and assaulted an umpire on Wednesday after climbing over a fence in the "Surprise Zone" at Champions Field stadium in the southern city of Gwangju. The game between the Kia Tigers and SK Wyverns was held up before the start of the seventh inning after the fan ran over to the first base umpire Park Keun-young and put him in a headlock. The 30-year-old was restrained by an SK coach and security guards before being handed over to police. The "Surprise Zone" along the first base line at the Tigers' Champions Field, which opened earlier this year, is lower to the ground and juts out closer to the action.
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Texas vet suspected of keeping sick dogs alive for blood 
Thursday, May 01, 2014 03:42 PM PDT
A Texas veterinarian has been charged with cruelty to animals after several dogs that had been brought to his clinic to be euthanized were kept alive in squalid conditions for use in blood transfusions, Fort Worth police said on Thursday. Millard Tierce, who operates Camp Bowie Animal Clinic in Fort Worth, turned himself into authorities on Wednesday and was released on a $10,000 bond, the police said. An owner of one of the dogs, Marian Harris, told the Fort Worth Star Telegram she believed her dog Sid had been euthanized last fall after Tierce diagnosed it with a degenerative spinal disease.
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