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They're unionized, and their union is incredibly strong. There is no official way to fire an umpire.

 

Granted, if one went on a murder spree, they'd probably try, or at least sit him in a rubber room until the trial or whatever, but yeah. There's no official termination process.

For the sake of the game, that really needs to change.
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There is no official way to fire an umpire in the major leagues.

 

Edit: they are assessed, and are assigned postseason games on that basis, but you can't fire them. They are untouchable. Yes, this includes Joe West.

What if he falls on a player and crushes him to death? Could they fire him then?

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Romo looking overused and almost out of gas. He seems like a one-out or two-out guy, max, moving forward. And shouldn't be used more than a couple of times per week.

 

Sure would be nice to have a healthy Dyson back one of these days.

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Perez digs up the mound when he comes in, they should bring in the ground crew to fix it

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They're unionized, and their union is incredibly strong. There is no official way to fire an umpire.

 

Granted, if one went on a murder spree, they'd probably try, or at least sit him in a rubber room until the trial or whatever, but yeah. There's no official termination process.

 

I just looked it up, and the only ump to be fired in this century was busted for drugs, and the MLB drug policy is something the union agreed to explicitly.

 

So there you have it.

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