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Originally Posted by jwwashburn
I assume that by rats, you mean the players, coaches and managers. Is it your contention that they think that the umpiring is good enough? Really?
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They think the pay is good enough, thus, they must accept what the pay provides.
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You are making two rather large assumptions here:
1) The MILB is actually losing significant numbers of umpires that would make meaningful contributions in the MLB
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2) They are not being replaced by others who would make similar contributions.
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Those are the opinions expressed by some who are closer to the situation than I, and I repeated them. I would, however, rephrase them thus:
1) The MILB, over the past few years, has begun to lose umpires that could have made meaningful contributions in the MLB and this trend seems to be increasing.
2) The vacancies they create, when filtered down, are often filled by grads preciously deemed not good enough by PBUC, and at times by grads who did not qualify to attend PBUC, thus increasing the number of lower choice and previously unchosen umpires in the system while decreasing the number of competent and experienced umpires in the system. Additionally, according to these AAA umpires, it is more often the case that "struggling" umpires are less likely to leave over the pay and benefits issues.