[WhatWuzThatBlue]

Has anyone else noticed that a couple of AMLU regulars are conspicuously missing?

The comment about Minor League Baseball being crazy to think that they would accept the offer is laughable. The mediator presented the offer to the union bargaining committee and they did have a choice. Ask yourself this, who looks selfish now? PBUC and MiLB may be the stingy holders of the purse but the public won't see it that way. A Federal mediator sided with the union on the unfair bargaining practice issue and presented what he thought was an equitable offer. The AMLU membership still wasn't satisfied with what will be perceived to be a fair offer and the other eye will get blackened.

Where are those taunts that MiLB finally wised up to the incompetency of the amateur umpire replacements? Didn't someone supposedly 'in the know' brag "soon. very soon."? Another said that the Delmon Young incident was the last straw and MiLB realized their error. Time and again we've been told that all our conjecture means little when they really know what is going on at the table. Tsk, tsk, tsk...

I reiterate a six month position - disband the union and sign a limited contract (either as a new union or individuals, like the old days). Get back to work at those thankless jobs and prove your worth. Stop grandstanding and talking smack about the replacements. (They ARE taking your money and effetively limiting your ability to have a career.) Recall the fact that you have been blessed with an uncanny ability to judge split second playing action and be fair in your decision making. That gift is being wasted and for what? You knew what you were getting into when you paid for pro school.