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Article: The Myth that MLB Does Not Trade Economics for Integrity

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August 6, 2007
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To: LABOR EDITORS

Contact: Lamell J. McMorris, World Umpires Association Spokesman, +1-202-638-5090, lmcmorris@perennialsg.com

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Last week, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that it would immediately commence background investigations of all major league and minor league umpires to deal with the type of alleged wrongdoing that now confronts the National Basketball Association (NBA). Commissioner Bud Selig's office steadfastly maintains that the background checks are necessary to uphold the "integrity" of baseball, and refuses to discuss with the World Umpires Association (WUA) any other matters that MLB unilaterally considers to be "economic" in nature.

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