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The tantrums are part of the show.
C'mon guys. You know joe six-pack and his little Mrs. and the snotty youngun's love that cuss and kick dirt on the umpire stuff. To most people, and let's face it, we are NOT even close to thinking like most people, the show includes a couple of bean balls, a manager cussing the ump and getting dumped and if they are really lucky a dugout clearing brawl.
I have friends who are MiLB umpires. They spoke to my Sports Marketing Class I teach about how they are part of the marketing. They get briefed on how many minutes between innings, which inning the hot dog race will be so take a little longer, etc.
Unfortunately, to most of America, including the owners, employees other than players it is a side show and umpires are a big part of it, in pro ball.
My two cents.
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