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Article: COMMENTARY Umpires only hurting themselves; Fighting necessary improvements is foolish
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- July 18, 1999
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Major-league umpires, apparently mistaking chest protectors for
bulletproof vests, have declared war on baseball.
Good luck, fellows, but please remember to fill out that
next-of-kin information. In these cases of career suicide, local
food banks need to move quickly in opening accounts for family
members.
This, of course, is very stupid muscle-flexing by the umpires
union, a small but powerful 68-member organization that holds
one-of-a-kind jobs.
Out of nowhere Wednesday, the umpires walked out of a membership
meeting in Philadelphia and announced a mass resignation for Sept. 2.
This is not just a threat. I think they're serious.
The problem for the umpires is baseball officials hope they ...