The AMLU's Birmingham Folly

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I previously posted the following info on "Friendly discussion"
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Offer wasn't secret once details were made public. I agree with your SPIN on spin. Only thing I knew was 6 year term was on the table and we all know why. Things are getting better already.

MLB is asking 2-6 umps to take early retirement.
I would say the current STRIKE by AMLU members is more than partly responsible.

MLB UMPS joined their bothers on the picket line. Ex-AAA umpires are NOT returning to work for the good of the game. That means they support those who have chosen to stay and improve their living conditions.

The AA and AAA UMPS {the cream of the crop} were collectively offered a $500 pay raise. So much for PBUC's integrity in their own rating system and anyone's sense of a FAIR deal.

The Rookie and Short Season Single A minor league experience is considered on the job training, an apprenticeship, or any other term you like for keeping wages LOW for NO experience. Those 8 years in A, AA, AAA sound like grounds for making a good journeyman's salary and journeymen do make a pretty decent living.

Low level scabs are already making $30 more than the going rate. Won't be long till the regulars return for their FAIR share. Hopefull this same effect will amplify into AA and AAA. It won't be long before I get $70 for 9 innings of baseball. A couple of years ago it was $50, then last year it went up to $65. Sorry coach, I don't have any change for that $20.

Most realize that life must go on and quickly resume their PRO or non-PRO status. That doesn't mean they no longer umpire. It means they bought a house, married, have kids and finally have a LIFE.
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Does PBUC plan to replace the AMLU. How much will that plan cost? Is it worth the holdout?

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One person asked me where I got paid $70 a game.

I still don't want to publish names and phone numbers on-line, but let me say that it is part of the largest amateaur adult baseball league in the country. It shouldn't be a secret to any NCAA VET who knows about the real $$$ games. It really isn't that hard to find either.

At the time, I didn't want to give away the details because I knew the local replacement SCABS and the out of work, unemployed AMLU umpires would all be drawn there like a sponge to water. I already know that for each UMP I help into the league, the most I will get for my effort is a well appreciated "thank you." I guess I better sharpen my skills now that the competition may rise a notch or two. We'll see who is invited back.