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[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by mattmets

Plus, basketball has the WNBA and women's college basketball to draw female officials. Would any of us want to see an ASA umpire working MLB or MiLB games? Doubtful. Men's and women's basketball are LIGHT YEARS more similar than baseball and softball are.

I fail to see the analogy here. I didn't read of anybody wanting softball umpires working MiLB games. The minors are similar to WNBA and college basketball in comparison the MLB and NBA. Nobody was making the leap in logic all the way to ASA sofball (or any softball for that matter), which of course is nothing like baseball.

For what it's worth, I was a big supporter of Pam Postema when she was making here bid to be the first female MLB umpire. She was very good. I have not followed Ria Cortesio's career closely, but I understand that Ria Cortesio is no Pam Postema.