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Old Fri Jul 20, 2007, 10:59pm
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Originally Posted by lawump
I understand! Hell, I sure could use the money when I was umpiring while in College and while struggling just out of College!

My post was to point out the fallacy in FitUmp56's initial post which (to summarize) stated:

"most (if not all) umpires umpire because they need the money (whether they know it or not; whether they admit it or not). Because they need the money, it influences their calls. This has led to some umps intentionally (and wrongly) calling "safe" runners "out"."
I stand behind that assertion as evidenced many, many times in this Forum where the posters have claimed "call what they want not what you see."

A simple search and you will find this very statement withn the last few days. Search deep and you will find hundreds of posters who agree with this *******ization of officiating.
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