Minor league baseball

[BenedictArnold]

You know what Jeff....or I mean WWTB, (I wouldn't want to reveal your identity since you obviously don't want people to know who you are) You don't get recruited for professional baseball...YOU GET SELECTED! Get your facts straight. You compete against every other umpire out there that wants to get into professional baseball. So what is the difference between getting recruited and getting selected? I thought you might ask.

When someone goes to umpire school it is an investment. Granted it is a poor one with their pay, but you are investing in your abilities as an umpire and your willingness to be challenged. Here is a question for you and who ever else wants to argue that there may be opening in pro ball next year for these scabs...

If they won't reveal your names now, how proud do you think they are that you are on their field?

"Where I come from" as you computer umpires like to jump on the little things I say, you don't hide from what you are doing. My understanding of the system is a little different than some folks. Where I come from you climb your way to AA and then get promoted to AAA. Where you come from you work a game near your house and then you call the PCL or the IL to get to AAA. In either case one thing is for sure, not a single replacement umpire will remain in AA or AAA next season because they will be where they belong, either sitting in the stands or telling all their family and friends how they are as good as the pro guys because they scabbed and never heard a single argument. Very proud their families must be.

One last thing...for the good of the game they scab? Wow, now that is profound. You (WWTB) come on here and you speak so clearly about your contacts in baseball. You are nothing but a mole, and you clearly have an agenda against the AMLU. If you think for one second that a replacement umpire walks on that field for any other reason than a selfish one, then you are sorely mistaken. You may be right about some of the things that have taken place. That tells me that you have some sources. Maybe they call you Windy, or WWTB...but you and I both know exactly who you are. Before you cast any more stones remember that others have sources too. I know you think you got a raw deal from the AMLU. But what good are you serving now for the road that you traveled down? These guys are replacements, yes. But don't glorify what they are doing. They are trying to do a job they were not trained to do. They are trying to answer their own questions whenever they watched a MLB game and said "I can do that." They are trying to justify that if they had gone to umpire school when they were in their early 20's that they would have made it.

There is no pride in this assignment. There is no glory in this assignment. And I do believe that the Texas league issued advisements to their club personnel stating that if umpires don't show that coaches must be prepared to work the bases as umpires. I think that in itself lets every scab know exactly where they stand with baseball. First we issue a gag order on you...now we ask you to umpire. At least the coaches are out there using their names.

Jeff...watch what you say. You are a bottom feeder and you obviously are upset with your situation in departing from pro baseball. Now go ahead and post a reply and make fun of the things I have said. That is fine. I too have many friends in the pro game. I gracefully left when the writing was on the wall. And I will not post my name on this board because it will only be dragged through the mud by a bunch of internet umpires that remain as mysterious as the replacement umpires. Now that is guilty by association if I ever heard of it.

Benedict