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I wasn't really responding in regards to
professional baseball. I do HS, Legion,
Senior youth leagues, AAU, adult amateur,
etc. Pro baseball is a whole other ballgame.
If an umpire is going to be "scratched,"
it will happen, as you say, with no reason
necessary. If it is because the coach doesn't
want a woman ump, he can blackball her without
saying that is the reason. Oviously, men
are scratched all the time, in HS and college
levels.
However, we were talking about dealing with
gender issues while AT a game (umpires are
already assigned). This would vary by situation.
From what I understand, in both baseball and
basketball, woman officials don't want to be
advanced because they are a female (more likely
in basketball), but they also don't want to be
held back for that reason either (more likely in baseball).
They just want to be assigned because of the good job they do
(as an official, not a female official). I doubt if this will really ever be the case in our society.
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