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Hmmm, to Pete!
Pete:
When I look in my wallet my money does not say "extra" or "work money" . . . it normally says, "SPEND ME!"
Like you I make a considerable amount more money as my chosen profession than umpiring. However, I make a lot more money umpiring during my "off" hours than I would make sitting on the dock of the bay fishin'.
If "extra maney" as you call it allows me to buy a bigger TV, or new golf clubs or a better brand of scotch then it is simple "income" and important to me.
I think you have also read my crap long enough to recognize that I also buy "loads" of the best gear available. The would mean I reinvest my monies in gear and training.
The MONEY is important to me . . . I keep score at everything I do.
Pete I also recognize the that "Humanization" of baseball is a selected process by marketers. Seeing a minor league umpire be made fun of must be important to someone because it is, tragically so, becoming more the rule than an exception.
Last . . . having power is important . . . however, being able to use that power judiciously is more important. These use (or sadly the abuse) of power is what separates good umpires from bad, great umpires from good umpires, and highly successful umpires from also-rans.
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