DEPTFORD TWP., N.J. -- A New Jersey Little League organization implemented a creative new rule in an attempt to cut down on spectators fighting with volunteer umpires. For years, officials with the ...

Joe Valentino was a Boy Scout volunteer, a baseball and softball coach, an umpire for Lincroft Little League and a beloved community member.

I don't have any children, but I can relate to the young umpire getting caught in the fray. My first job was umpiring local rec league games for 4th graders in my hometown of Summit, New Jersey. For ...