Minor league baseball

[dokeeffe]

There is never going to be agreement over replacement umpires in MiLB. I have friends that are ex AMLU who are working as replacements and others who wouldn't think of it. I know college umpires who will work as replacements and others who won't.

An interesting dichotomy does seem to develop when striking MiLB umpires accept college or high school assignments that, in effect, take games away from those umpires with no desire to pursue the elusive majors. Fair?

One thing is for sure: The days of "brothers in arms" is certainly over for what was once a fairly close umpire (at all levels) family.