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[Dakota]

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.

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?