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Originally posted by PWL
You hit the nail on the head, square. Key word, EXPENDABLE. Everybody needs to step back, and look at theirself. See how it would feel to be EXPENDABLE.
Nobody steps forward to work these games. They suddenly become VALUABLE. No umpires, no ballgame.
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OMG! I don't know what you do for a living, but that is quite possibly the most assinine thing I've ever seen written on this board. What job in America isn't expendable? Every employee can be replaced - from the brain surgeon to the garbage hauler.
I've already stated that I won't step forward and offer my services, but that is because I'm getting too old and I've been fortunate enough to have already been there. My objectivity is something few of you have. I've worked in the trenches for less than what they are making now. (That should tell you how long ago I did it.) We drove our own car, ate crappy food and lived in that car some days when we didn't have time to make it to the next motel. We did it because we were dreaming of what might be. We laughed at how little we made and went to sleep knowing that we would sell our grandmothers to get a shot at the bigtime. Then reality sunk in and we realized that while we were good, we weren't THAT good or didn't have the RIGHT connections. We moved along and didn't regret it.
These guys are doing the same thing. They are expendable - so are you. Most coaches don't care who is umpiring as long as they get the calls right. A college umpire who steps into the AAA, AA or A game will have a new appreciation for the game, but will get the job done. We get secnd guessed on high school fields, for goodness sake, why should it be any different there. The new MiLB robots get heckled, booed and challenged just like you and me. Quit kidding yourself, the game will adapt the same way it did when the MLB umpires walked out. Those games were played and they counted!