http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/19/the-umps-have-signed-their-new-deal/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Sun, 19 May 2013 07:22:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/19/the-umps-have-signed-their-new-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-24254 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:01:57 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3416#comment-24254 Not only that, for the old umps who don’t want to go quietly, MLB just hired Jose Offerman to enforce their retirements.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/19/the-umps-have-signed-their-new-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-24253 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:24:32 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3416#comment-24253 I always thought the best job in MLB was umpiring. If one is a true baseball fan (as most of us growing up), it is like saying to him; I will feed you if you eat. How can you turn it down. If it were not the best job around, why are so many umps getting their family into the business? Also, it pays very well, no matter what this last contract is. I have nothing against the umps, I just wish I had the opportunity to be one when I was younger.

]]> http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/01/19/the-umps-have-signed-their-new-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-24252 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:14:57 +0000 http://localhost/wp/nbchbt/?p=3416#comment-24252 As any Shyster knows all too well, these types of negotiations are all about leverage. The Umps lost all leverage on this particular issue with the high-profile failures in big moments by the boys in blue this playoffs.

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