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My point about guys like Davidson is that he embarrasses all of us with his antics. It is the knuckleheaded umpires like him who get all of the attention. I have no respect for guys like him, always looking for ways to get attention-good grief, buy a Mach 5 and shave, Bob! As for serving as a fill-in umpire in the MiLB in 2012...no way. My job and my lower back would make that impossible. Unions think they should get to make the rules and we should all just obey their sets of standards without question. If the MiLB umpires vow to do no other work for any other employer during their strike, I could see honoring their strike. If they, however, work any job anywhere then, the games are fair game. If an MiLB guy gets a job at a gas station, then someone cannot...but, then he wants to demand that no one go work the baseball games that he refused to work? Union members live in a dreamland. Last edited by jwwashburn; Fri Sep 10, 2010 at 09:33pm. |
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However, on most issues, when biased people like you encounter unbiased, objective, mature, fair-minded people, there are going to be obvious problems. Being a biased person, you should have plenty of experience with that. I'm surprised that you are reacting so harshly. [For the record, I'm usually one of old Bob's critics, but this time, he stepped up and showed what any courageous, conscious umpire should do when a slur is hurled and no policeman or security person does anything about it: you order the incompetent policeman to do what he's supposed to do. I've supervised incompetent police in everyday life on a few occasions, and I certainly will in such an instance in a baseball setting.] Last edited by Kevin Finnerty; Sat Sep 11, 2010 at 09:35am. |
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Of COURSE I am biased! So are you, so is everyone else. You are just too full of yourself to realize. |
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Kevin, you are either stupid, arrogant or lying. Take your pick. Every human being has biases in every situation....except for Kevin Finnerty and Keith Olbermann, I guess.
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That is why we work for people and they set policy that we are to follow. That is why we cannot set standards for things we have never personally experienced. And unless you have been an MLB umpire (I know I have not) then what they expect of their umpires is not based on your personal feelings. Peace
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So, this measure with MiLB was strickly a FYMiLBU. You could have cared less about working the games, but you did it out of spite. Pity, since you have a "full" schedule anyway, that you did this to spite the little MiLB guy. Let those guys who don't have a full schedule of games like the volunteer Little League guys that only work a game or two a week go try if that is your point, although I do not condone them working either. Let them go, you do not need to go with your full schedule. Don't do the other guys dirty work for them. Pitiful, the reason why you did it. Just to get even. And pity the people that work 3 part time jobs in this country just to make ends meet, and 1 of the part time jobs just happen to be a union job and they are out on strike. This means that they are fair game for people who already have 40 hour jobs and just want to step over and make some quick cash at the strikers part time union job during the strike, since the strikers are working 2 other part time jobs to make ends meet. This is done just to spite them and get even with them for having a part time union job. Pitiful. Last edited by tballump; Sat Sep 11, 2010 at 03:06pm. |
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This is the typical union mindset. No criticism for the hypocrisy of the MiLB umpires. None. The guys in the MiLB said no to the game first. They do not own those assignements. Yet, they were all too willing to knock guys out of amateur games. The Union Mindset is that Union Member can walk away from a job, anyone who goes to do that job is a scabby scumbag AND the Union Member is also allowed to work any job he wants and should not be subject to any scrutiny or criticism. I did not do it out of spite. I worked the first one because a friend asked me the day of the game to fill in and I thought it would be fun. I was asked back several times because I did a good enough job for them to use me some more. Again, one of you Union Apologists quote things that I did not say. When did I say I had a "full" schedule? I had as many games as I liked to work...did this for fun. |
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Nope, I have always worked about half and half. If given a choice, I would always rather do the plate. The way my back has gotten, the bases are harder than the plate. And no, to answer your next question...I do not loaf in my coverages. I may not be as fast as I once was but, I have never missed a coverage because of my body. I have missed plenty over the years because I screwed up...never because of a physical reason. I have gone on hiatus because of the pain, not the lack of movement. It looks like back surgery is inevitable. |
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Well, I will just throw this out there a year early. Hopefully it will not happen ever again, but there is always the possibility of another strike before the 2012 season. If it comes to that again, hopefully nobody will work those games this time and let the umpires and management come to an agreement.
Many in management and administrators think we are just a necessary evil and any warm body off the street can efficiently do the job at both the amateur and MiLB level. Many amateur umpires work very hard, yet do not get the respect they deserve, for their umpiring abilities. Let them take unemployed people off the street to umpire the games the next time a strike happens. Or, at best, let them take a couple of first year umpires who have just gone to a few first year umpire meetings and let them have at it, since management thinks it takes nothing to umpire. Let them figure out they should respect umpires at all levels, both amateur and professional. And yes JWW, I will readily acknowledge there were former MiLB guys who crossed the line also. Last edited by tballump; Sat Sep 11, 2010 at 11:24pm. |
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If they choose to walk away from their jobs-I say go for it, if they can get more money and benefits, then good for them. But, they are not the good guys just because they proclaim that they are. They are just guys that want more money. The owners of these teams are not bad guys because the AMLU says they are. The owners are guys that do not want to spend more money...they want to spend less money. That is how you run a successful business. The guys know the pay and tough schedule before they signed up. If they thought the pay was too low, go do something else or strike and see if you can win. But, stop the garbage that anyone owes them anything just because they took a job they think should pay them more. |
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