The ballfields at the South Cherokee Recreation Association complex are like thousands of others throughout the country.
Parents sit on bleachers along the baselines, or on folding chairs in the shade.
Little kids play in the dirt not far away. Young players kick around dusty infields, the air is heavy with the ping of metal bats and the thwack of baseball on leather. It is Americana, simple and sweet and, seemingly, uncomplicated. Police were called, the parents had to be separated. Nine adults were later banned from the park for life.