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Originally Posted by RichMSN
Some of us see umpiring as more than a job.
Many people volunteer time to, say, build a house for Habitat for Humanity. How many people go up to them and say, "Shame. Builders could be making $30 an hour building this house. Why are you doing it for free?"
Lots of kids can't afford to pay travel-sized registration fees to play baseball. The local Little League is a place to go where all kids are welcome. If you don't want to donate some time to umpire these games, that's fine. I won't hold that against you. But why hold my choice of community service and charity against me? It's my time, not yours.
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Bad analogy. Most HFH volunteers are tied to the corporate world and get paid for the time they miss from work.
In addition, if a HFH volunteer cannot perform a task at hand, they are removed from said task.
Little League wants to look "big time" with their prime-time telecasts and all the "feel" of a big time event. (replay, mic-ed umpires, slo-mo cameras...etc) Having substandard umpires makes them look silly.
But then again, they have no problem with showing the whole world that they are silly.