[WhatWuzThatBlue]

I've read some beautys from his fingertips, but this one is right at the top.

The AMLU boys are calling them 'scabs'. Wow! The MiLB administration and most news reporters are calling them 'replacements'. They are replacing the boys that are getting fired for job abandonment. 'Scabs' implies that they are filling in temporarily until the AMLU boys get their rightful jobs back. PBUC already said that ain't so.

Do you want to know what some rednecks refer to African Americans as? That's about as stupid as the statement you made. Of course those boys will besmirch the good name of the replacements and use hateful terms. They are now on the outside looking in and like asking a scorned wife what she thinks of her ex-husband, you get only one side of the issue.

In reference to how they replacements are performing, even the skipper of the losing team acknowledged that the plays were tough to call and any umpire would be put to a test. I've seen dozens of calls by MLB umpires that were incorrect when reviewed by videotape. I guess those AMLU guys forgot about the League Championship and World Series calls. According to their way of thinking, the guys making those calls are light years ahead of them because of their training and commitment. Hmmmm...maybe we should use replay if the best can't get them right either.

The idea that those working as replacements will be jeopardizing their amateur careers is ridiculous. If a local assignor chooses to blacklist an umpire good enough to work as a replacement, then he deserves to make those 11pm calls begging for fill ins for his contests. If you don't want to work them don't; that other guy may really need to work them for the money and you are going to judge him?

Finally, this thread was started by a union member and sympathizer. Enough said...