The situation was resolved when another umpire in the game mediated the dispute and pointed out that no rules were broken, when the players or coaching staff spoke in Spanish, and they were allowed to continue to play.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/mexico-umpire-threatens-ejections-attempt-stop-team-communicating-100308817.html 

Now the question remains should Spanish be allowed in the game at all?

Was the umpire out of line?

Now what say you?

Dayum it! wish I had popcorn eating emoticon, me thinks its about to get interesting in here.

Do all the teams speak the same language during the Olympics?

Do all the golfers speak the same language while on the Tour?

Does speaking a different language have any impact upon how the ball moves or how the players play?

Being a true international sport, all languages should be permitted during a soccer competition. If there is a barrier, the team should provide an interpreter for the players as well as the officials.

What's the official language in the United States of America?

There's your f**king answer.

Yes

English

Now last time I checked freedom of speech did not apply to solely English.

Hence forth:

All baseball catchers will need to communicate calls to the pitcher in English instead of using hand signals.

All NFL quarterback calls must be in plain English.

Be careful what you ask for.

exactly...

You wouldn't know if they were trying to warn you about a car hitting you or planning on hitting you with a car if they didn't speak English.

Seriously.

There's a reason why we have a national language.

As for the hand signs and play calling...whatever...it's not like they're calling your mom a whore or stealing your money.

Was the umpire out of line? Yes

Now what say you? Only Latin should be allowed to be spoken during a baseball game since the sport is dominated by Latin American players.

Viva la idiocy!!

[ram27bat]

Now that there is funny. [beer]

I barely know any Spanish, and have no particular desire to learn more. However I won't pretend that it's not an immensely useful language to know. I've never looked at the numbers but I wouldn't be surprised if Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the world. I'd guess it's either Spanish or Chinese (due to the immense population there). The only reason English is the Lingua Franca is because so many world economies are tied to ours.

Actually I would, fluent in Spanish and know some French as well, even picked up a bit of Tagalog. Now contrary to popular belief, paranoia, when someone talks in a foreign language in your presence and you don't understand it, the conversation is not always about you. Been in many settings where I don't understand the language being spoken at all, and had no issue with them speaking their native language.

I have no issue with a the National language being English, but this is a GAME and not a classroom environment. If that were the case then I would be agreeing with you, English should be spoken in class.

So, it's a benefit...okay. I'll buy that. All day every day.

So Pig Latin and other just made up languages...how ya feel about those?

Ever wonder how much a nation say like Canada spends on multi-language labels, signage and anything else? Don't forget the tribal languages too!

Ahem...this was a HIGH SCHOOL GAME!!!!!

HELLO!🐴