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Originally posted by Carl I.
The other coach and I have been going out of our minds due to some of the crazy things that have happened, and I wonder if maybe finding some allegiance with an official league wouldn't help this stuff out. All of the umpires used are parents and people they just drag into the games.
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You can adopt the ASA rules (or your rules of choice - some are published on the web - AFA, for example) without actually officially affiliating. This, of course, does not address umpire training and related issues (such as insurance).
As a small (perhaps isolated?) town, you may have limited or no access to trained umpires. Do your schools play softball? If so, who officiates their games?