What would be your call?

[SanDiegoSteve]

Originally Posted by UES

ATTN: GARTH, WALT, BOBBYBANADUCK

Don't waste you're time arguing semantics with these "wanna be" MiLB umpires. While I can understand your sensitivity to this issue (if you're in the game, were in the game or have a son in the game), these guys just don't have a clue about the profession. If they did, they wouldn't even put MiLB in their signature/tag line or whatever it's called.

Guys that do have a clue respect the titles of MiLB Umpires and understand what it means to have been or currently are "in the game". Fill ins, guys who work independent pro ball are not MiLB Umpires. They are umpires who have worked or currently work certain levels of professional baseball (pro ball) but are NOT Minor League Umpires per se.

I can guarantee some yahoos are going to reply to my post and disagree with what I'm saying but you can just tell who gets it and who doesn't. And to those who don't have a clue - you're not going to change them. So lets save some bandwith, time and finger strokes and leave it alone. Just my thoughts

I have all the respect for MiLB umpires I can possibly have. I just think it's a bit funny when the title is revered as if you went through 8 years of medical school to become a doctor or something like that. It was 6 weeks + PBUC for cryin' out loud. It's that "Rocket Science" mentality that I find soooooo off-putting. Sure, it's damn hard work and very few succeed, but compared with other occupations, it really is not as tough overall. I guess I'll never share that AMLU spirit.