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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
What you said here does not annoy me in any way. In fact, I agree with everything you said. Is it wrong for AMLU to ask for the recognition that they are professionals? Not at all. Nobody on this forum disputes this! Everyone here knows how sh*tty they have been treated by MiLB and PBUC. You are right! Nobody at these corporations gives a rat's a$$ about the AMLU. They are all about the cheddar, just like all rats are.
The issues we have with what is happening are these:
1. From Day 1 everyone in the AMLU knew that this is the way it is. Nobody promised them a rose garden here. Everyone knows what the term "Baseball's Narrowest Door" means. Let's not kid one another.
2. It seems that in walking off the job and not working these assigned games, the AMLU had the weird notion that the powers that be would just crumble to their knees begging them to return, and that there would be no baseball without them.
3. Then when the AMLU realized that, hey, they're gonna play ball with or without us, they started assailing and demonizing umpires for stepping in and taking their place, after assuming that nobody would dare cross the artificial line they drew. That was a really bad assumption on their part.
I will repeat again, ad nauseum, the fact that these games were going to get played (and umpired) whether the AMLU liked it or not. Most people are non-union in nature, not anti-union. Those people don't have to honor a picket line, and should not be condemned for not viewing the situation in the same light.
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Steve,
For the most part I agree with your thoughts, though I still feel that one should not throw a fellow umpire under the bus (In this case by working his/her games).
The funny thing is that 90% of the time the fill-in/scab (Take your pick of terms) have helped solidify the AMLU message that it takes pro umpires to work the pro game.
Will the games be played? Without a doubt. Will player development be adversly affected? Long A & above yes, Rookie/Short A - perhaps / perhaps not.
There have been some minor injuries & a few close calls so far. I hope MLB steps in & takes control before someone is badly hurt (I don't care if it's a player or umpire).