Thread: A Primer For Going Pro
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Old Wed Jul 25, 2007, 10:20pm
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Originally Posted by mbyron
Although I don't share UMP25's political views, I have heard substantially the same about Cortesio. Moreover, her 5 years in AA is extremely unusual: if umpires have not moved up to AAA within 2-3 years, they are usually released.

I applaud MiLB and PBUC both for giving her extra time to develop and for not advancing her if she's not good enough.
Or you could read they gave special priviledge to a female. Females are not attracted to pro umpiring and pro umpiring does little to nothing to attract them. Keeping the "token" around is PC.
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