This Little League Is Forcing Parents Confronting Umpire To Suit Up And Ump 3 Games

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A new rule this season in the Deptford Township Little League requires spectators who seem to think they could do a better job than the volunteer umpires on the field to come out and prove it. Anyone in the stands who confronts an ump during a game must themselves umpire three games before they're allowed back as a spectator.

"They think that the call was bad, which always amazes me that they can see a strike better over there than the umpire can one foot in back of them," league president Don Bozzuffi told the TV station. The abuse has been so bad, Bozzuffi said, two volunteer umpires quit last week.

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