Texas A&M fans kicked out of College World Series for booing UF coach

Social media was in an uproar over the weekend after two College World Series fans were ejected from the grounds on Saturday night for apparently booing University of Florida baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan during the Gators’ game against Texas A&M.

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The two fans, wearing Texas A&M jerseys, allegedly hurled insults at the Gators dugout related to the deaths of 14-year-old Rex Reinhart and 11-year-old Brody Reinhart in May 2021. Brody was a regular batboy for Florida.

The Omaha Police Officers Association (OPOA) issued a statement on the expulsions on Sunday afternoon.

“Booing an opposing baseball team for the tragic death of their batboy is beyond unacceptable. We are glad that our officers and security ejected this duo from Charles Schwab Field. They are no longer welcome in this city and should be banned for life from future College World Series,” the statement said.

Patrick Dempsey, president of the Omaha Police Officers Association, told The Sun on Monday that he was informed of the events during the game by an association member who worked at the event.

“He told me they were yelling obscenities at the Florida bench and directed them at the coach in reference to the batboy tragedy. There was some exchange of words when two assistant coaches started yelling back that this was unacceptable. At that point, security and then police intervened and removed them from the stadium,” he said.

Dempsey said no charges were filed against the two fans in the incident, but they were simply ejected from the stadium for violating the stadium’s code of conduct.

“Here in Omaha, we treat people a little differently — we treat them with respect,” he said. “And when incidents like this happen and they’re in a family-friendly atmosphere — or we hope the kids are having fun — we don’t want people like them in our stadium, being disrespectful and shouting obscenities, especially in light of the incident they were referring to.”

Rex and Brody Reinhart were killed on May 4, 2021 by their father, Paul Otto Reinhart, who then committed suicide. O’Sullivan and the boys’ mother, Minde O’Sullivan, are now married.

Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle commented on the confrontation during his postgame press conference.

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