The head of a New Jersey-based travel baseball league decried a "toxic" environment in youth sports in the wake of an incident in which an umpire was allegedly attacked by a coach during a 13-and-under tournament.
The United States Amateur Baseball League called attention to the assault in a Facebook post this month in which it said the 72-year-old umpire had his jaw broken in two places and needed "extensive dental surgery." The umpire was said to have ejected a coach for violating tournament rules by aggressively arguing a call, at which point the coach approached the umpire and delivered a "sucker punch.