Futures Game Umpire

[mbyron]

Her problem is: if she moves up, many will say that it's only because she's a woman. If she's released, many will think she was "good old boyed" out - which is to say, only because she's a woman.

It's possible that the decision to release or promote her will depend on her performance, but many people will not accept that.

MLB has been serious about getting more black and latino umpires into the big leagues, and we're all familiar with the rationale for that. The same rationale does not support promoting women, so I don't know why gender would play the same role in this kind of decision as race or ethnicity.