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Old Thu Jun 11, 2009, 11:40am
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Originally Posted by jwwashburn View Post
That is pretty close to the product I am getting as a consumer of these umpires except they are making more than twice the hourly wage that the Mcdonald's kid is making.
When I worked at McDonald's in the 1980's, I had free uniforms. I was paid for my training hours, too. I don't ever remember getting paid to attend an umpire clinic.

Just another example of someone who thinks that getting $25 for a 2 hour game equates to "$12.50 an hour". Never mind all the rest that goes into it.

The more you talk in this thread, the more I'm tempted to reach in my ball bag for a nice wedge of cheese to throw in your direction.