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Originally Posted by UMP25
With rare exception, MLB umpires are, indeed, the best of the best. Like every profession in life, some may have gotten there due to politics, but MLB umpires are the top umpires in the world. Sure, there are some top notch amateur guys at various levels, but as I said, MLB guys are the cream of the crop when it comes to umpiring.
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I disagree with that because of how the process to assign MLB Umpires in the first place. Major League Baseball hardly ever gets rid of umpires based on performance like other leagues and the process to get to that level is so narrow minded, that you cannot tell me the people that make it are by far the best umpires. And when some of the current umpires are there because someone was able to pick their successor, how many good umpires were passed over and later got out?
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Originally Posted by UMP25
They're just not perfect or immune to making mistakes. Some here on this board have never criticized a call and have instead rushed to defend everything MLB umpires do.
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That may be true of some here, but I am not one of them. I have a philosophical problem with going out publicly and criticizing someone that makes a mistake I have made or could make very easily. But I have seen many mistakes by MLB Umpires that I wonder why they are never replaced. I have seen non-pros get fired or suspended from leagues for a lot worse than I have seen MLB Umpires ever get in any trouble. They can make big time mistakes and they are in the playoffs.
Peace