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Originally Posted by SanDiegoSteve
If you want to volunteer your time and expenses to go there and umpire for free, more power to you. I commend your dedication to the game. If I could afford financially to to the same, I would consider it.
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When you factor in the fact that you get free room and board during the week, a free ticket to the Hall of Fame, and a bunch of schwag (shirts, jackets, ballbags, etc.), it may be more affordable than you think. If you look at it as a subsidized baseball vacation, it's a pretty economical way to spend a week, with some great fringe benefits. A buddy and I attended CDP a few years ago - flew in from Dallas, rented a car, took in a Minor League game, saw the Hall of Fame, umpired a butt-load of 12 year old baseball games, ate a ton of babysitter food, experienced shaving, showering and sh---ing with 40 other middle aged hairy guys in a communal setting, all for under $400 each.
The travel costs would probably be more these days, and now that I've been there and done that I have no real burning desire to repeat the experience, but I'm glad I went.