[JRutledge]

They will not care until there is a play, a series or a playoff opportunity that is totally screwed up and it might in their mind cost someone a win of a series or a playoff spot. Now one of the issues here, on this site and other places on the internet is the only place this is even being talked about. The national media does not care about this issue right now either way. I have been saying for years that most people do not have an emotional attachment to baseball in the Minor Leagues. Unless you live in right next to a Minor League Park this might never be something you would even talk about or hear about with people face to face. I live about 20 minutes from a Minor League park and I cannot tell you anything concrete about the team but the fact that Dontrell Willis and Josh Beckett once played there. This is not like any other type of strike; no one knows most of the names or faces to this story. I think when people try to make this all gloom and doom, they are not being very realistic if you ask me.

Once again we will not know what happens until this situation is over. This can last all season and we still will not know. Just because some replacements are working (BTW many are paid more than the regular umpires and the same umpires are working all the games) does not mean the union is not going to get what they want in the end.

Peace