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Originally Posted by Highest Quality
Depending on the city, county or state(s), there may not be another conference or opportunity, good on you that you are so lucky. Still in my experience I have seen many, many more umpires lose their integrity to the paycheck when they had other opportunities. Sad but absolutely and unequivocally true regardless of the protestations of a few who disagree loudly and are most probably lying about their own character.
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This guy makes another statement that further cements his low-level umpire characterization.
Mercenary umpires are indeed rare to those of us actually active in competitive baseball umpiring. It was my contention, as well as the contention of other established actual umpires. It's the way true umpiring is with actual umpires.