Bench Clear[ing] Brawl At Florida Travel Baseball Tournament Land 3 People In Jail

The Daily Ridge ^ | January 18, 2026 | Carl

[chajin]

On Jan. 17, 2026 at approximately 6:20 pm, Winter Haven Police officers responded to a reported fight at the Chain of Lakes Complex Baseball Fields located at 210 Cypress Gardens Blvd., Winter Haven. Officers located two victims, one a 21 year-old umpire officiating a game wearing his official umpire identifiers (Victim 1) and the other victim the umpire’s father (Victim 2) who was in the stands watching the game.

During the game, Victim 1 gave a verbal warning to 25 year-old Marcos Antonio Aballi (Kissimmee Florida) who was a coach of one of the teams playing in the tournament.

Right after the warning, the father of the umpire (Victim 2), was approached by 38 year-old Yosmany Guzman Fernandez

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KEYWORDS: baseball; brawl; florida

[chajin]

My kind of town, where I live is...

[Tell It Right]

The link seemed to be about a different story. I found the Florida travel brawl story at https://www.wfla.com/news/polk-county/umpire-injured-3-arrested-after-brawl-at-baseball-tournament-in-polk-county/.

[yuleeyahoo]

Oh the years I spent watching RedSox spring training there.

[kawhill]

“Beisbol been bery, bery good to me”. Chico

[Blurb2350]

An exhilarating time was had by all.

[Az Joe]

Your link is wrong

[dfwgator]

[HartleyMBaldwin]

From the benches, black with people, there went up a muffled roar,
Like the beating of the storm-waves on a stern and distant shore.
“Kill him! Kill the umpire!” shouted someone on the stand;
And it’s likely they’d have killed him had not Casey raised his hand.

[Tell It Right]

Judging by the last names involved, there’s a need for assimilation. Baseball in the U.S. shouldn’t be done like soccer in the 3rd world.

[ASOC]

I did ‘youth coaching’ **once**.

Parents are a massive PITA at best. When I reached my limit, I told the b(5 letter word) that since she was an obvious expert, she was now the coach. My son and I went to our auto and never returned to the game or anything else related to ‘youth sports’.

Life is just too short.

[chajin]

Try this link instead https://www.winterhavendaily.com/index.php/2026/01/18/bench-clearly-brawl-at-florida-travel-baseball-tournament-land-3-people-in-jail/

[Vermont Lt]

I used to spend a couple weeks there every spring when I was photographing college baseball. I would spend all day there, shooting game after game. It’s a big facility.

[pnz1]

I think they tore down the old stadium and have built a brand new complex there.

[PAR35]

Someone needs to call ICE to check papers.

[gunnut]

All three were charged with battery on a sports official during an event.

Sad that there has to be a separate section of the law for this specifically.

[bankwalker]

polk county? where’s the sheriff?

[Mean Daddy]

When my son played travel baseball, the dad’s created a left field club where umpires, family and coaches couldn’t hear our brilliant observations and commentaries.