Released

[Interested Ump]

Originally Posted by ozzy6900

It seems that the idea of female umpires in professional baseball just isn't going to work out. I know that they put everything into doing a good job, but if you are not going to be accepted then what's the sense?

Which takes precedence? Change the natures of the individuals in the system, the culture, to be fair to accommodate the legal and moral requirements of access to job opportunities for all?

Or say "Screw It", we are not in the business of equality, requiring our employees to act under the social good?

[Lawrence.Dorsey]

It's important to remember that umpires get released from MiLB every year. Often times, especially at AA and AAA, it's hard to figure out why. I was talking with an umpire in my area this year who got released in 2004 after working many MLB games and the number of those games had increased annually. He still has no idea why he was released and he said that he could never get a straight answer out of any of his evaluators. Bottom line is that MiLB umpires serve with short term contracts and the potential is always there for a release.

Lawrence