{"id":167026,"date":"2026-04-15T23:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167026\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T23:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T23:51:16","slug":"mlb-umpire-brock-ballou-punched-in-head-during-alleged-robbery-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/167026\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB umpire Brock Ballou punched in head during alleged robbery, assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Major League Baseball umpire did not feel any brotherly love while in the city of Philadelphia last week, and it had nothing to do with baseball.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Brock Ballou was allegedly robbed and assaulted on April 9 while in town to work the Phillies series against the Diamondbacks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/mlb-umpire-assaulted-robbed-philadelphia-phillies-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to CBS News Philadelphia<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ballou was one of two people who were allegedly attacked by the same assailant, who Philadelphia police believe is in his teens.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39099901\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2234411954.jpg\" alt=\"Umpire Brock Ballou looks on while wearing yellow armbands to recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Day during a game between the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres at Coors Field on September 7, 2025 in Denver, Colorado.\" class=\"wp-image-39099901\"  \/>Umpire Brock Ballou looks on while wearing yellow armbands to recognize Childhood Cancer Awareness Day during a game between the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres at Coors Field on September 7, 2025 in Denver, Colorado. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The MLB umpire was allegedly approached by the suspect \u2014 seen in surveillance video wearing a black hat, black pants and a light blue hoodie \u2014\u00a0while walking on the 1600 block of Walnut Street in Philly, when the individual stole his phone and took off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ballou attempted to give chase and ended up getting into a \u201cphysical altercation,\u201d Capt. Jason Smit told CBS News Philadelphia, and when Ballou tried to take back his phone, he was punched in the head several times.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey ended up on the ground, at which time the victim struck his head, causing injury,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThe male continued his assault, violently punching him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suspect ended up not making off with the MLB umpire\u2019s phone. Ballou was able to get it back when a passerby returned it to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The injuries sustained by Ballou were not serious, and he umpired first base the next night and called balls and strikes behind the plate the day after.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ballou has been an umpire in MLB since 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.77469671;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39099900\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/umpire-assault-suspect-copy.jpg\" alt=\"The suspect in the alleged assault that took place in Philadelphia.\" class=\"wp-image-39099900\"  \/>The suspect in the alleged assault that took place in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Police<\/p>\n<p>MLB has not publicly commented on the matter that occurred earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another person had also been allegedly assaulted by the same person on the same day at a 7-Eleven 20 minutes earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged assault was not the first peculiar situation that Ballou has found himself in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milb.com\/news\/gcs-176197284\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">story published by MiLB.com in 2016<\/a>, Ballou was traveling to call a game in the Carolina League and was on I-95 with fellow umpire Cody Clark when an RV in front of them lost control. <\/p>\n<p>The two men jumped out to assist the vehicle\u2019s occupants.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Major League Baseball umpire did not feel any brotherly love while in the city of Philadelphia last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":167027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[48958,1423,69,71,70,726,75291],"class_list":{"0":"post-167026","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-assaults","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-philadelphia","11":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","12":"tag-philadelphia-news","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-umpires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}