Originally Posted by dad43:
Might of got umpire mixed up...and not saying Fan did not deserve to be booted just thought an umpire could not eject a fan thought their authority stop at the "fence"
Not an umpire, but my understanding is that the umpire's authority does stop at the fence, but if there's a disruption outside the fence that is affecting the game he can ask game officials to deal with it. If game officials can't or won't, the umpire can suspend the game.