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Article: Umpires created their own mess Commissioner gave them time to rescind resignations
- Article from:
- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 5, 1999
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In the aftermath of the purging of 22 umpires last week after
their union's disastrous labor bluff, some of those with and without
jobs pointed fingers at commissioner Bud Selig as the culprit behind
the entire affair.
Those misguided umpires were pointing fingers in the wrong
direction. Many of those who saved their jobs by refusing to join
the mass resignation scheme know who really was to blame -- their own
leader, Richie Phillips.
It was the arrogance and recklessness of Phillips that led to the
loss of those jobs. Phillips persuaded a good portion of his
constituency to resign, hoping to scare management to the bargaining
table.
But baseball officials, realizing Phillips had far ...