personally, I prefer, "its for the hot dog." Can we use that instead?
jcione (sp?) nailed it. If LL truly were a shoestring org and could do no better, that would be one thing. But they make serious coin from the "ESPN-ization" of a sport that was formerly "for the kids," and still run the umpire side as if it were the 19th Century. I guess LL will continue to take adv of gullible, TV-seeking umpires as long as they can, but the officiating will continue to suffer as a result.
[Edited by LMan on Aug 29th, 2005 at 09:02 AM]