Scab Umpires

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Tim C

pdx is at the AAA level and NO D1 guy is working.

Just informational post.

Tim, I wonder if you can provide some more information. Are you saying:

A. You know all of the umpires working PDX, and none of them (so far?) is a D1 umpire.
B. You know all of the D1 umpires in Portland, and none of them is working PDX.
C. You know all of the D1 umpires in Oregon, and none of them is working PDX.
D. You know all of the D1 umpires in the Pacific Northwest, and none of them is working PDX.
E. You know all of the D1 umpires in the world, and none of them is working PDX.

I'm really not trying to bust your balls (well, maybe a little ). I'm interested to see how far MiLB will go to get qualified umpires up there: will they fly in D1 umpires from CA, for example? From TX? From WI?

They might regard the expense of that as an investment in breaking the union, and as a preliminary to introducing a new system of umpiring. On the other hand, if they do not do that, then that would be good news for the union, I think: they're not willing to invest in breaking the union, and they plan to get the pro umpires back on the field ASAP.

I would think that this info would be valuable to observers and participants alike.