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Originally Posted by WhatWuzThatBlue
If the WUA boys went on strike - what would you do if a local MLB representative called and aksed if you could work the Yankees series in two weeks? I don't know an umpire out there that wouldn't jump at the chance to work in their favorite big league park with the heroes of the game.
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I can answer this because it essentially happened. Several years ago when it appeared that MLB umpires would get locked out or go on strike, I received a call from the wife of an MLB umpire. She, her husband, and I have been longtime friends since the days I attended his school. She did all the administrative stuff for the school and was involved with a lot of stuff that went on with the guys. On behalf of her husband and one of my other MLB friends, she asked me what my association and I would do if MLB came a-callin'. We discussed it and she politely asked me for the support of both myself and the association of which I was president. I assured her that while I couldn't force any of our guys to not do such a game(s), none of us, myself included, would accept such an offer. As I told her then and as I believe now, the few hours of being in the spotlight is not at all worth the many years of a friendship.
To me, some things are too important.