Pick a town, any town, and there are adults assaulting referees or chasing umpires into parking lots looking for a fight, all available on the social feed of your choice.
DEPTFORD, N.J. — Back in Mudville, when mighty Casey took an unheeded pitch for a strike, there went up a muffled roar:"'Kill him! Kill the umpire!' shouted someone on the stand."
It specified: Any spectator deemed in violation would be banned from the complex until three umpiring assignments were completed. If not, the person would be barred from any Deptford youth sports facilities for a year. Jim McDevitt has worked as a volunteer Deptford umpire for 20 years. But he turns 66 this month and won't call games much longer. He wonders where the next generation of officials will come from, especially when the job description includes little pay and lots of crap.
And those who might get sentenced to umping? McDevitt puts it less delicately."We'll see how their sphincter feels when they have to make a tight call and the parents are all screaming and hollering at them." Part of the problem is this: Thanks to technological advances, perfection in baseball can sometimes seem more attainable than ever.
That's why Deptford is experimenting with its attempt at preventative medicine. This is interdicting the parents before the kids get older. This is, at its core, potential assault prevention.
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