divorced from her husband for two years when their minor
child became seriously ill with appendicitis and succumbed to such illness, incurring expenses for
hospital, medical, surgical, and funeral services in the aggregate amount of $712.10. Id. at 721. The
appellant prayed for an order directing her husband to pay her the amount of the hospital and funeral
bills paid by her, as well as the bills owed to the doctors which had not been paid. Id. In holding that
the remedy sought must be obtained from a court of law rather than one of equity, the court stated:

     The implied obligation on the part of the father to pay for necessaries for the support of a minor
     child is to the person furnishing same;he had stormed the mound after being hit, and possibly because of his postgame comments, the umpire was suspended for three games.

Beyond that, there appears to be little aftermath. Alvarez injured his shoulder and missed the following two seasons, and never again had Shulock behind the plate for a start. (It’s interesting that during Shulock’s last season as an umpire, he worked the Tampa Bay-Oakland game the day before Alvarez pitched, and was immediately transferred to Arlington for a series against the Royals. The last game he called was on July 18 of that season.)

Buck Farmer’s pitch was far less suspicious than that, and Quinn Wolcott took it a lot better than Shulock did. That might be the end of things, but it’ll be interesting to see how