On April 15, 2025, THE RIGHT CALL will be published. This book means a lot to me because it concerns the epidemic of referee and umpire abuse that is endangering youth sports. Games and leagues all over the country are being cancelled because for some reason they can't find enough officials to accept lousy pay for the privilege of being yelled at, abused, and even physically assaulted because of a questionable call made at a fourth grade soccer game. If that sounds absurd, that's because it is. What is happening? Just google "referee abuse" or "umpire attacked" and there are too many stories to count. How can we make it stop? I wish I knew. All I can do is write about it so maybe people will talk about it. Okay enough soapboxing. Next time you're at a youth sports game, tell the officials how much you appreciate what they're doing!