$90 or LIFE
PBUC will have to find umpires that want to work one 9 inning game for $70 a day, sleep in a lousy hotel, travel from ballpark to ballpark, eat crappy weiners, and miss HOME for 5 months a year with very little to do each day. It must be aweful boring working 3 hours a day so far away from anyone who means anything. I guess playing cards with the crew {until the penny and nickel pots wipes one out}, watching soap operas in a quaint hotel room, and getting toiletries or a refreshment at the local stop-n-shop fill up a LONG day of BORDEM.
That same umpire can find two 7 inning games at a local baseball league for $100 and minutes from HOME. Oh did I mention that he can work for a decent living each day, rather than driving across the state on 25 cents a mile and $20 a day. He can maintain a relationship with people who share the same household and establish a daily routine in a familiar setting. He can actually learn to enjoy his life, seek relationships, employment or education opportunities. Hell, spend a summer day on the lake fishing. It sure sounds a lot better than staring at the beautiful Appalachian Mountains all day.
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