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Yes I am concerned about the umpires more than that game at this point. Because they are the ones being taken advantage of. Of course the game will go on no matter who the umpires are. The quality of the game though will be tarnished. And with the MiLB umpires out...there would be a black mark on MiLB. They don't want that. I am sure MLB is putting a lot of pressure on MiLB to get a deal done with the umpires. Why wouldn't they?
I don't think baseball would be DOOMED without the MiLB umpires. I just don't think things would run as smooth...and I think it's going to anger a lot of people. And it's going to be HARD for them to get angry at the umpires when they are only asking for a living wage...so I think that anger might instead be turned on MiLB.
When the MLB guys didn't work...they were giving up a lot more. They were giving up THE SHOW. They were giving up a decent salary. So...it was hard for pepole to feel sympathetic for them. But...this is different. Lots of people won't care...but some people will also see that MiLB umpires are just asking for a livable wage...and that will create some symapthy.
Bottom line:
The players WILL notice and WILL NOT be happy.
The manager WILL notice and WILL NOT be happy.
The farm directors WILL notice and WILL NOT be happy.
The fans WILL notice and will already know these aren't regular umpires, so they will already assume that they aren't as good, and when they mess up, they'll just be 10 times as critical.
The MiLB umpire may deserve 50,000 a year. They aren't asking for that though. They just want to get by...because with the prices of everying going up...they aren't making enough to get by anymore. A decade ago it was enough...but since they haven't had a raise in 10 years...it's not enough anymore. Very few if any jobs pay less now than they did a decade ago. Why should MiLB umpiring?
From what I understand, these guys don't want a huge raise...they just want to combat inflation. Can't blame them for that.
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