Youth Baseball Leagues In Massachusetts Struggling To Find New Umpires. Are Parents To Blame?

CBS Boston

Updated on: May 1, 2025 / 7:29 AM EDT

Youth baseball leagues in Massachusetts are struggling to recruit new umpires and some say it's because of parents.

Dorsan Delisle is the umpire director for Bellingham Youth Baseball, overseeing about 400 athletes and more than 20 games a week at Tuttle Field.

When they don't have an umpire, "We can't have a game," he said. "You end up with people who are not as experienced."

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