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Willing umpires is indeed the appropriate terminology...not qualified.
This whole thread is pathetic. Not because PDX tries to justify why is his working as a replacement, but rather because he feels the need to do it on the bulletin board.
As for the reasoning, this will never give you an indication of whether you can make it in pro ball. You are not working under the pressures of supervisors who will release you if you don't have the skills. You do not travel and work 140 of 148 days. And lastly, managers and players are hesitant to truly argue because the fines and suspensions are much greater than years past.
If you want to justify what you are doing, why do it here? From a psycological standpoint, you obviously know that no one respects what you are doing. You are a sucker not only for paying the $50 to read Tim's entire column, but also because you have fallen for MiLB's ploy that the job you are doing is the same as the AMLU guys. I am not angry at your decision. but let me answer your question for you. You would not have made it in pro ball. As soon as the AMLU guys get a deal to come back to work, which is going to happen eventually, you will see just how much Mr. Mobley respects your abilities. He will never call you, just as was the case before the strike, until of course there is another stike in the minor leagues where he knows he could find "willing" umpires to work.
WWTB...I mean Jeff...how many times must it be said. Andy pissed you off, I get that. But these guys did not turn down these assignments. They are not unwilling to work. They are looking to keep their wages consistent with the increased cost of living in the US. Everytime you write that, I am reminded why you are so bitter with the AMLU. I have sparred you the embarrasment of identifying you on this forum. Maybe it is out of a sense of old school loyalty. But stop being pissed at Andy for the way things worked out between you two and look at what they are asking for. They are not being greedy. What they are asking for is an insult in any other industry. The difference is that they have so many other people that do their job as a hobby at the amateur levels that they are constantly dealing with egocentric personalities that think they are better despite being at a lower level of play.
Seriously, this argument is old. I may be new to the board, but I am not new to the game. The replacements are doing what they want to do and justify it. The AMLU guys are doing what they need to do to maintain their poverty lifestyle. This is not an argument, this is a fact.
Take it for what it is worth, I am a former AAA umpire who knows that I can works in the PCL today. But I also know what it is like to raise a family on that wage. Stop trying to relate living at home and working 2-3 games a week to what the AMLU guys do. It is not even the same sport in comparison.
And please do not quote me in a later post Jeff. If you want to refute my points go ahead. But I just hate the thought of my internet identity being in the same column of you or PDX where you are trying to diminish the AMLU profession while simultaneously attempting to justfy and promote the replacement's decisions.
Thank you in advance.
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