ATLANTA (AP) — When one looks at the ugly bruise encircling Kristi Moore’s left eye, it’s not surprising so many refs and umps are hanging up their stripes.
Highlights
- Kristi Moore was umpiring a girls’ softball game in Mississippi.
- A parent watching the game thought the runner was out.
- She began screaming profanities, according to Moore, “accused me of cheating these kids’” America is facing a crisis in prep and youth sports, where fewer and fewer people are willing to take on the thankless job of officiating.
- Moore: “Veterans are quitting by the droves.
- They’re sick of it.
- They’re like: ‘You know what?