The AMLU's Birmingham Folly

[Justme]

Originally Posted by Carl Childress

Once upon a time there were career minor league umpires. You could look it up.

That all changed with the first contract with the major league umpires. Now, MiLB has a three-year clause: If you don't move up after three years, bye-bye.

Reason: They can continue to pay a pittance for their AAA umpires. If the majors have evinced an interest in an umpire, he can remain longer; but he can NEVER make a career of professional baseball unless he's in the majors.

Think about it.

I'm sure that everything you say is correct. But they knew what they were getting into right from the start....if they didn't then they are too stupid to have the job.

I'm not against the strike.....I wish them luck, after all I'm a capitalist. It's just that I do not feel sorry for them.

An example in my life is my #3 son. He spent years chasing his NHL dream. Years of making very little money, riding on buses, staying in cheap hotels and eating fastfood. He held off getting married or even being in a serious relationship while he was out there trying to make it. He survived by working odd jobs when he wasn't playing. He understood that there wouldn't be very much money unless he worked his way into the NHL, he never complained. When the NHL went on strike he gave up and at 23 went back to college.